The old offering free postage and bundling problem

[transport-posters]

I was an idiot and gave in to eBay's constant pestering automated emails about offering free postage as a way to enhance my exposure in search result.  As my sales have ground to a halt over the past few months, I thought I'd give it a try.  To my surprise, I had one sale earlier today and then another 7 - to one person.

I don't want to have to roll up 7 posters into 7 tubes addressed to the same person and put them all through individually at the post office.  I can easily bundle them all into one tube for the price of a single poster's postage weight bracket, as I have normally done in the past.

When I send the invoice, putting in -50.00 (for example) into the "Seller discounts (-) or charges (+):" field and then clicking recaculate had no effect.  (That field has always seemed useless anyway?)

So I'm thinking I tell the buyer I will refund them (after they pay) for the 6 overpaid postage amounts, minus eBay's 10% fees on the postage components for each item.

A stupid situation to be in, and a smart buyer could argue they shouldn't have to pay such excess to begin with and that they shouldn't have to cover the fees on each item.  I know they agreed to the sale prices by committing to buy the items and they haven't requested an invoice yet or paid, so I think they are just as stuck as I am.

Any advice appreciated... thank you.

[crocodilepete1960]

Hi Guys,

well I am new to muliple sales of anything to one person: So here goes:

I have several items online that are similar but different ( same weight, size diff image , flat)  each has a postage cost:

a potential buyer wants 4 of the items , which could easily be posted in the same package as they are flat.

How does the buyer buy each one individually and how do I "Bundle" the items under one postage cost as I see a lot of sellers dsay they can do ?

regards

Peter

[davewil1964]

Get him to put them in the cart and click 'Request an Invoice'.

If that doesn't work, as it possibly won't, set up a single listing for items he wants, with the correct postage.

I do it as a BIN with best offer enabled, and set the BIN way higher than the agreed price. That stops gazumpers. The buyer then makes me an offer for the agreed price, I accept, they pay, I post. It's a bit of mucking around, but if eBay's system won't allow the buyer to request an invoice, it is probably the easiest workaround.

[padi*0409]

You could make a listing just for that buyer, don't put any photos in and have a high BIN with "best offer" enabled, that let the buyer have the item number of the listing.

Edit. G'day dave - beat me to it again..............

[davewil1964]

Edit. G'day dave - beat me to it again..............

Understandable. You are always behind over there. I see you've been using your keyboard cleaner again.

[padi*0409]

---

@davewil1964 wrote:

You are always behind over there.

---

What, compared to Eastern States Fantasy Times ?     

Spoiler

...........all 4 of them...............