topic Re: Handling fees? in Buying

Handling fees?

daniel_2004au — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:47:13 GMT

I see a lot of "sellers" with "handling fees".

Which prompts me to ask, are you lazy or just greedy?

If I want to pick up my own item, you charge me more?? even though you do less?? and you wonder why no one wants to buy your products.

Do you expect to pay $5 for a collection fee from Dominoes pizza??

Do you expect to pay extra for using the drive through at McDonalds or other business???

But you expect your customers to pay for "handling" YOUR products YOU want to sell and make money on.

Re: Handling fees?

2106greencat — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:49:12 GMT

I certainly hope you are not speaking to me as I do none of the above when a buyer purchases from me. Perhaps if you stop ranting and explain the problem you seem to be experiencing someone may try to help.

Re: Handling fees?

kopenhagen5 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:59:49 GMT

I find 98% of sellers that are pick up, don't have handling fees. Some have restocking fees if you want to return an item.

And the few with pick up fees, well the products are so inexpensive anyway, I don't mind paying an extra 10 for the storeman to load it onto my trailer. 🙂

Re: Handling fees?

***super_nova*** — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:17:17 GMT

If you are picking up your item the seller has to make time that suits you to be there. far too many people do not turn up or are an hour late. So some sellers, especially those who run large business charge for their time. Sometimes they have to make special trip to the warehouse for you. Some employ people and pay their wages. If you buy something large from B&M store, and go down to the loading dock to collect it, do you think that those guys who process your item, work for nothing? No, their wages are already included in the price of the item.

And , yes, people sell on eBay to make money.

Re: Handling fees?

hockeyroo — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:22:12 GMT

Some places similar Domino's do charge a $2 delivery fee or they charge a fee for orders under $20 delivery fee

Plus their is also petrol to post your item

On eBay if you use the Calculated postage, you sometimes have to add in the cost of the envelope or box into the handling as that over brings but the actual postage cost - not packaging which is extra

Re: Handling fees?

*new2vintage — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:00:35 GMT

Do you think we get our money for nothing and our chicks for free ?:|

Re: Handling fees?

hockeyroo — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:18:25 GMT

Dire straits fan deja_vu 🙂

Bottom line is you bid on something you agree to the postage and handling charges which means they are happy with it, the OP needs to understand that

there are so many more sellers that profit more than 50 cents on postage costs

Re: Handling fees?

gamezanstuf — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:44:34 GMT

I belong to a site where we have what's called a s***box thread.

This post would be a shoo in to be included in this particular thread imo.

B-).

Re: Handling fees?

foxette-in-sox — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:53:14 GMT

(coffee splatter on screen at post 7-not quoting it)

:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O:^O

Re: Handling fees?

ozmachineryandequipment — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:24:38 GMT

Brillaint if your keen for slave labour, I'm sure I can find some work for you.

It's so hard to find good slave these days, everybody wants to be paid. greedy bunch.

No I don't charge a distribution cost on pickup, nor a storage fee, when a bulky item doesn't get picked up for 4-5weeks, however, my freight, postage costs, generally I just round them up, reality is theres no way I cover actual running costs, hell nobody volunteering to pay for my freight insurance policy now are they, it costs me each year, then packing materials and time and say auspost cost, plust registered stickers winds up 27.80 I'll charge $30

more so increasing when I have to assemble a skid, and strap down a 100kg grinder, load and unload it. etc.

Re: Handling fees?

purple.cow — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:34:15 GMT

While I don't sell anything online I still handle every item a couple or more times personally but to me that's all par for the course and factored into my prices, just as every other overhead is, so I see no reason to charge any punter a handling fee on top of anything.

I can see what the OP is getting at and I have to agree with them because if you don't handle the gear you'll never hand it over to anyone at any time, and that means you never flog it off lol.