Free Postage but $30 fee?
Summary: The discussion revolves around the topic of free postage but with a $30 fee, as raised by 2dned. This initiated a sequence of responses where multiple participants including springyzone, repentatleisure1952, sandypebbles, sugar249, domino-710, countessalmirena, and *casey* shared their viewpoints. The interplay of opinions and subsequent reactions indicates a dynamic exchange of perspectives, though the details of the content remain unspecified in the discussion. This suggests an ongoing conversation about the perceived value and implications of the shipping fee despite the 'free' postage label.
I am trying to buy an Office Gaming Chair, the ad show Free Postage but when i go to the checkout i have $30 delivery charge?
It is not only 1 but most i tried. This is false advertising which i see on most item i purchase now.
springyzone
·1 year agoI can understand why 2dned bought from the seller.
This seller has the little bit about being one of ebay's most reputable sellers attached to his feedback file.
He is an ebay rated top seller.
The new ad, as I saw it, lists the chair at $79.99 with free delivery or free pick up from Moorabbin.
I don't know where 2dned lives but for me, if I were to purchase such a thing, I could be sitting on that chair same day, as Moorabbin isn't far from here. So it certainly reads as local stock.
Also, I noticed an interesting thing.
If you look at the ad and click on feedback score, it takes you to feedback for that item. There seem to be 6. Most are positive and one of the negs says this: It really is a great chair and very good for my back, Thank you.
The other neg says it has not arrived.
To see the full range of feedback or get back to what i consider the normal feedback profile page takes a few clicks.
This is ebay's doing, it is trying to 'refine' the experience. I'd say many newbies may not even know they can go much further. Even clicking all feedback does not take you there, exactly.
2dned, if you are finding you are having trouble with all the ads of this kind, maybe consider buying from a store. By the time you add on $30 postage, you could probably get a good buy locally at not too much more.
*casey*
·1 year ago"the ad show Free Postage but when i go to the checkout i have $30 delivery charge?
It is not only 1 but most i tried. This is false advertising which i see on most item i purchase now"
I'm just generalising but on the listing page, if you go to Postage > See Details
and enter your Postcode > Get Rates, you'll see that the postage cost changes with different postcodes.
Some will see it as free postage and other postcodes will have a charge
countessalmirena
·1 year agoSome Chinese clips would hold my hair
But all was bald - attack of Nair?
I sat my tush upon a chair
from China - but no seat was there.
My coccyx ached; I’d fallen flat
No cushy tush and that was that.
The moral of this little ditty —
Cheap tat is just an awful pity.
2dned
OP1 year agothanks but yeah on desktop
springyzone
·1 year agoHmm, I don't know then. It is sounding to me as if it may be an item that does not have a set postage price & a different postage amount may be charged depending on where you live & how far away it is from the warehouse.
Are you able to list an item number? We're a curious lot in here so we could look it up and see what it is showing for us.
repentatleisure1952
·1 year agoCan you provide an item # please?
sandypebbles
·1 year agoWhat is the item number?
Is it 'free' to your area
Or 'freight' contact seller for price?
2dned
OP1 year agohi sry for sly reply
Item number: 305693733872
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/305693733872?var=604724413190
I have noticed the ad has changed, shows a post price and different purchase price now.
repentatleisure1952
·1 year agoThe listing was ended by the seller on August 16 because of an error in the listing.
Shows free postage to me.
However it would be a hard pass from me.
China based seller with not so stellar feedback... not too bad but not great.
Remember... cheap no good... good no cheap.
Buy a quality product locally.
sugar249
·1 year agoNot to bad!!!!!! Really!!! 98.4%, but if you added all the neutrals to that it would drag it down even further. And have a read of them, dodgy as. Why would anyone buy from them.
repentatleisure1952
·1 year agoNeutrals do not affect the percentage.
Have a read of the neutrals & negatives... many are for spurious reasons.
I don't know why anyone would buy from them... I am not privy to the motives of buyers.
sugar249
·1 year agoYeah I know neutrals dont impact the percentage, thats why I suggested to add the neutrals to the negs and you get even a worse picture. Yes one or 2 spurious, but still in the gutter.
sandypebbles
·1 year agoI agree
Utterly dodgy as seller, registered in China and feedback down the loo
They would not have gotten my business to start with, even if the chair and the postage was free
springyzone
·1 year agoDon't know if this is the answer but I have read that people accessing ebay via mobile phone can sometimes have a false free postage shown. Try a computer or laptop and see.