on โ19-12-2013 08:52 AM
on โ19-12-2013 09:07 AM
Yes you should pay anyway although lack of response to communication is meant to be a valid reason for not doing so. You know you should have asked if they would give a combined invoice discount before you bought but as you didn't the ball is in the seller's court, they can combine them and not offer a discount or just leave them as individual transactions.
If it were me I would pay for each one separately and would input the address of a friend or relative in checkout for one of them so the seller had to send individually and would also have to pay the 30c flat fee for Paypal twice.
on โ19-12-2013 09:32 AM
on โ19-12-2013 02:58 PM
If you pay on a combined invoice then you are agreeing to them being sent together, the only way they should send in different parcels is if you uncombine them and make separate payments.
on โ31-05-2020 01:20 PM
I regularly buy paper craft items, many of which are tiny with very little weight and the seller(s) offer combined postage. Most of the items have $1 to $1.50 postage each so when I buy 25 items the postage can easily total $25 to $35. The plain white envelope, a few cellophane bags (usually re-cycled) and actual postage would rarely cost above $5. In order to request combined postage you have to commit to buy. I do get a reduction after requesting an invoice but the postage component Is still in the region of 300 to 400% above standard costs. Is it acceptable for sellers to do this as it's a big mark up on the item price? Thanks for your time.
on โ31-05-2020 01:28 PM
This thread is SEVEN years old, and you won't get an answer from phorum_junkie as she no longer posts on these boards.
Most of the information posted here is out of date, like prices and eBay policies forcing immediate payment regardless of members' wishes or settings.
The prudent route would be to contact the seller before buying and negotiate postage at that time, not after you've committed to buy. What a seller charges is entirely up to the seller, who probably has overheads above and beyond the cost of posting.
And to find a more current thread or start your own if you have a question.
on โ24-06-2020 09:15 AM
in reply to phorum_junkie*3 weeks ago
I regularly buy paper craft items, many of which are tiny with very little weight and the seller(s) offer combined postage. Most of the items have $1 to $1.50 postage each so when I buy 25 items the postage can easily total $25 to $35. The plain white envelope, a few cellophane bags (usually re-cycled) and actual postage would rarely cost above $5. In order to request combined postage you have to commit to buy. I do get a reduction after requesting an invoice but the postage component Is still in the region of 300 to 400% above standard costs. Is it acceptable for sellers to do this as it's a big mark up on the item price? Thanks for your time.
Since there hasn't been a topic about this for a while and it is a short thread as well as the OP identifying a issue that we have to deal with, I'll reply here.
Hi jenxy09, I think that 300% to 400% above actual postage costs is way too much. With what you've described regardiing the iitems you buy, that's way too much! When I was selling I'd gear myself up so that I could provide the best service I could while making use of materials at hand. And I knew where to source good solid packing material that was economical for me. At the time I was within walking distance to the post office so I'd post items as soon as I could. It was also on the way home after work so no problem to pop in on the way. If the P.O. wasn't in close proximity to where I lived or worked, I would have stated in the auction that my mailing days were such and such.
I hope you manage to get items with reasonablle post costs.