eBay UK, one doubt

I just received a motorcycle [1] item from the UK. When I asked the seller
for the mail fees he said 12 quid, but the parcel says "7.18 L postage
paid". Should I ask him about the 5 quid difference [2] or there is
something of the wonderful UK postal system that I am missing? Thanks.

[1] so, question is on-topic
[2] that's some 4 beers here!

 

I think the phrase used is "postage & packaging". Whilst it could be seen to
be fraudulent to overcharge on the postage, the "and packaging" means you
basically paid nearly a fiver for some cardboard, sticky tape and the seller
getting his arse to a post office.

Just deal with it and move on. It's not worth the hassle for that sort of
money.

 

He would claim the difference as "usual" fee for packing the item,
taking it to the post office etc.
Sod all you can do about it, acksherly...

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Ok, you're certainly right.

I go on with my positive feedback.

 

I guess I'll quit IT consulting and start a career as an "eBay Certified
Packager"!

Ta.

 

When I sold something recently I refunded the buyer the difference between
the quoted p&P and the actuality.

 

Dan White secured a place in history by writing:

And his time packing it up, which can be considerable. I get quite
annoyed, as a seller, by people who carp about this. The auction clearly
states what you are going to pay for P&P, it's easy enough to check whatthe
likely postage charges will be yet people still whinge after the fact.... I
couldn't be bothered to sell half of the stuff I do if I couldn't make a
little to cover the effort in putting it up in the first place.

 

Loz, give this man a job.

 

I'm afraid I don't understand how this works.

Perhaps you give give a further concrete example by demostrating with one of
these items, here:

url:http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=smo
rgo&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50


;-)

 

Ooh, that would have be _so_ much slicker if I'd used this:

http://tinyurl.com/6srpz

 

Porl says...

I might, he can then shift all this old tat I have lying around that I
really ought to bung on eBay.

 

<snip

If it's commission you're after, you need to do better than that ;-)

 

Smorgo wrote

Well to be honest, the way the bidding is going, if I had some dosh I
would seriously consider bidding myself.

How's that?

 

Smorgo wrote

That's what all the goils say.

 

Damn, you're good!

 

Agree with the principles involved, so I've revised to P&P options. As for
specifics; packaged the lens will weigh over 1Kg so standard parcels would
cost £4.45. There's still the actual packaging involved which will take the
total cost over £5. Special delivery will cost £6.55, so I've added that as
an option and will cover the packaging myself. If the thing only goes for
£10, there's not much profit to be made if I have to pay for packaging,
listing fees and PayPal fees. I've taken the postage insurance option off -
it should only have been 50p, anyway, since I can't see it will sell for
more than £100 (actually, chances are it won't break £28, in which case it
would be covered by the standard compensation). What's the point in offering
optional insurance if the sender is still liable if they don't take it and
you state that the buyer is liable for P&P costs?

Thanks for the advice, though. I've added SD options to the other two
auctions, too. I'm a bit of an eBay newbie. Still, at least my photos are
better than most!

 

A.Lee wrote

Of course not. That is me at my best that is what that is.

 

Lozzo secured a place in history by writing:

What tat you got?

I'm no eBay junkie (unlike that sad feck on Wifeswap recently who buys tat
at boot sales to flog on eBay) but I have the occasional flurry of flogging
the tat that I accumulate which clogs up my life. If you do a load at one
time it's not too irksome. And it amazes me how much people will pay for
tat that would have gone in the bin a decade ago....

 

Ah but that makes it R@RE!