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eBay Plus is a hidden scam that I uncovered which adds additional charges on shipping

rob01ert — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 05:36:30 GMT

I recently joined eBay Plus on a promotion offer for $4.99 for 12 months

I have now noticed that if I buy goods on eBay, that have a separate shipping cost like for example $9 shipping for an item , that when your log in to eBay that the shipping price increases by $3 to $12 .

I can buy goods cheaper as a guest on checkout on eBay because they add additional hidden cost to make their money.

I have proven this by looking at many items on eBay that had separate shipping cost where I logout of eBay and also cleared all my cookies in the browser ( if you dont clear the cookies in your browser whilst logged out you will still get higher shipping cost) and the shipping cost was always a few dollars cheaper than when I logged into my account.

Re: eBay Plus is a hidden scam that I uncovered which adds additional charges on shipping

rob01ert — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:01:27 GMT

I have taken many screen shot examples of different items on eBay to prove this "eBay Plus" scam and have attached one example below where shipping was $9 when logged out and cookies cleared , but shipping increased to $12 when I was logged in.

Normal shipping price when logged out and cookies cleared

higher shipping price when logged in

Re: eBay Plus is a hidden scam that I uncovered which adds additional charges on shipping

papermoon.lady — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:31:01 GMT

I am not an eBay Plus member and see $9 both logged in and out. I am in NSW.

When you are logged out, they don't know where you are, so maybe it depends on location, but this listing does not mention eBay Plus at all, so the price is only based on location I think. There is usually an eBay Plus badge on the pages where eBay Plus is offered.

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papermoon.lady — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:35:57 GMT

https://pages.ebay.com.au/plusitems/

Re: eBay Plus is a hidden scam that I uncovered which adds additional charges on shipping

padi*0409 — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:40:46 GMT

Papermoon, the listing shows $34.00 postage for me in rural WA, and no, it's not an eBay Plus item. In fact none of their listings are eBay Plus.......

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papermoon.lady — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:41:57 GMT

Yes, the difference the OP sees must definitely be based on location...

Re: eBay Plus is a hidden scam that I uncovered which adds additional charges on shipping

rob01ert — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:43:02 GMT

It does not have to be a eBay plus item. eBay is putting on extra shipping cost to any listed item that has separate shipping if your ebay plus member

Re: eBay Plus is a hidden scam that I uncovered which adds additional charges on shipping

padi*0409 — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:47:54 GMT

@rob01ert wrote:

It does not have to be a eBay plus item. eBay is putting on extra shipping cost to any listed item that has separate shipping if your ebay plus member

You don't get it do you ? The item you showed is NOT an eBay Plus item, so the eBay Plus options DO NOT apply.

eBay DOESN'T put extra shipping on, that's built into the seller's post rates, which can increase depending on the buyer's location, if they set it up that way.

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rob01ert — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:48:28 GMT

I always had the same price for shipping on eBay for over the past 20 years whether I was logged on or off. ( cookies on web page cleared as well)

It is only until recently that I joined" eBay Plus" that I now have additional shipping cost on any item whilst logged on .

Re: eBay Plus is a hidden scam that I uncovered which adds additional charges on shipping

rob01ert — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:54:12 GMT

Since your not a eBay plus member , you have proved my case that additional charges are added to postage for any item that has shipping separate for ebay Plus members.

i'm based in NSW as well , so that also proves my case

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padi*0409 — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:53:03 GMT

Read the link below regarding what sellers have to do to conform to eBay Plus options - one of those is their listings HAVE to have "free postage"......

https://www.ebay.com.au/help/creating-managing-listings/listings/selling/selling-ebay-plus?id=4756&st=3&pos=4&query=Selling%20with%20eBay%20Plus&intent=ebay%20plus&lucenceai=lucenceai&docId=HELP1336

Re: eBay Plus is a hidden scam that I uncovered which adds additional charges on shipping

papermoon.lady — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:53:48 GMT

I don't live very far from Sydney, where the item is located.

And I think Padi is not an eBay Plus member either, and he said postage is $34 for him for rural WA, so postage went up for him too once logged in because he lives far from Sydney.

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rob01ert — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:57:09 GMT

It does matter if the item is a Ebay plus item or not as additional shipping cost is charged for eBay Plus members to non ebay plus listings

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rob01ert — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:58:48 GMT

Try joining eBay Plus and then check out the shipping cost again

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padi*0409 — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 07:00:14 GMT

No I'm not an eBay Plus member Papermoon, it has never appealed to me at all - and even less now with the added restrictions.

.........methinks the OP is like that bloke on his horse racing around tilting at windmills..........

Re: eBay Plus is a hidden scam that I uncovered which adds additional charges on shipping

rob01ert — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 07:02:54 GMT

Even more prove of this scam, I just bought this item for $9 shipping checking out as a guest.

( instead of paying $12 as a Ebay plus member if I was logged on - Item does not have to be eBay plus item to have additional shipping cost as eBay hiding the cost from both the buyer and seller

Re: eBay Plus is a hidden scam that I uncovered which adds additional charges on shipping

padi*0409 — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 07:06:02 GMT

@rob01ert wrote:

Even more prove of this scam, I just bought this item for $9 shipping checking out as a guest.

What's the item number (RHS of the listing page) ?

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papermoon.lady — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 07:12:32 GMT

It would be interesting to know how it really works with location for a guest account...

Anyway, multiple accounts are allowed (apart from circumventing blocking and suspensions), so just create one without eBay Plus and check postage. I really think it is only because of the location and the courier they use. It is not the first time that people in different locations see different postage costs, and it has been discussed in other threads before.

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gutterpunkz05 — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 08:28:45 GMT

Absolutely nothing to do with ebay plus. Ebay plus does not apply to any listing that does not offer free postage.
So it is simply calculated postage, dependant on your location.

To put it nicely, you are wrong.

Re: eBay Plus is a hidden scam that I uncovered which adds additional charges on shipping

gutterpunkz05 — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 08:37:29 GMT

HI, PM, if you log in as a guest, your location is not precisely known and could even show as a different state for instance. The correct postage rate, therefore will not be displayed, until such time as the guest enters a delivery address.