EBAY

[Posse]

Just been browsing on there and i have noticed that there is lots of stuff which is cheap but beware check the postage ive just seen that sellers have say a small item for say a pound but postage is £50

[banarama]

greedy people when you as if collection is ok they say no

[Oscar.]

It's just a way of reducing their fees as a final sale price percentage fee is charged on some stuff. The amount of postage, regardless of how much, is not included in this.

 

i.e;

£50 Final sale price (free postage) X 5% = £2.50

 

£2 Final sale price (£48 postage) X 5% = 1p

 

Same total price, big difference in fees to the seller. On common, new items, I usually sort by lowest cost inc P+P which eBay allows you to do. On rare parts it's just make sure you know what they're charging before you bid.

 

In my opionion eBay is far too over priced and the fact you have PayPal charges on top is a joke.

[Skimmer]

I noticed this a few weeks ago with a seller being about 5 miles away so asked could i collect reply came back NO pickup only posting and the postage was 40 quid so didnt bother ........true postage price was around 6 quid

[Savvi]

As above, it's a way of getting the price they want for the item without having to pay high final fee prices

 

Selling on there has got more and more expensive but unfortunatly it still gets the item by using ebay.