topic Re: adding postage to a payment in Buying

adding postage to a payment

ten*thousand*fists — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 23:26:28 GMT

A seller is advertising braided hose for 5.50 per foot, the postage is listed as 9.90.

I want ten foot, so the seller says enter the lenght you want In the quantity, but it also times the postage by ten (99 dollars!)

so I messaged the seller, they are actually selling the hose for 15 dollars per foot but are now telling me I can have it for 14 dollars per foot.

in my mind it should be 5.50 per foot times ten= 55 dollars + postage?

To to me it's misleading for them to be advertising it for 5.50 per foot when it's actually 15 dollars per foot.

i have done a search but can't find if they are going outside the rules doing this?

Can an anyone advise me?

Re: adding postage to a payment

phorum_junkie* — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 23:39:37 GMT

I think the seller means it will be $15 per foot including delivery. Nothing wrong with that unless it specifies in the postage section that there will be any reduction for multiples of one foot.

If you give us the item number we can go have a look.

As the seller pays fees on the total cost including delivery there is no advantage to them in selling as they are if that is how they are doing it.

Re: adding postage to a payment

collect247 — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 01:25:34 GMT

Add it to your cart then request total from the seller.

Re: adding postage to a payment

ten*thousand*fists — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 08:22:25 GMT

Thanks for the reply, the item number is-
161749382052

Cheers Matt

Re: adding postage to a payment

imastawka — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 08:54:11 GMT

Don't know where they get 15 per foot. Listing def says $5.50 per foot.

Unfortunately, further down in the listing it says this -

POSTAGE IS TO MOST PLACES IN AUSTRALIA. NO COMBINED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM UNFORTUNATELY

Re: adding postage to a payment

davewil1964 — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 08:56:36 GMT

Shock horror.

You READ the listing. You are obviously not a typical eBay buyer.

Re: adding postage to a payment

imastawka — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 08:58:25 GMT

That one is worth reading for all his little announcements, like Paypal has

rules about registered post, and he's not responsible after it's posted......and more

Makes for good fiction

Re: adding postage to a payment

ten*thousand*fists — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 09:27:04 GMT

No worries, thanks for looking it over, think I'll give that one a miss

Cheers Matt

Re: adding postage to a payment

imastawka — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 09:45:26 GMT

I especially like this part - for a gas hose

WOULD MAKE A LOVELY GIFT FOR SOMEONE TOO OR GO AHEAD AND SPOIL YOURSELF.

Re: adding postage to a payment

*tippy*toes* — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 14:02:17 GMT

I like that it comes from a happy household.

I also cacked myself laughing down near the bottom where they are ranting about the star ratings, saying sellers get discounted FVF's if stars stay at 4.9 or above and those discounts are passed onto buyers. Low star ratings harm them and increases their fees, which stop them passing on discounts. That's the funniest thing I've read in ages, especially as they only have 1 star at 4.9, the rest are below.

Re: adding postage to a payment

wan303win — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 19:24:13 GMT

Well! I studied the listing from top to bottom.

My comment?.............. WHAT THE ****!

Re: adding postage to a payment

padi*0409 — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 23:42:31 GMT

Ah Tippy, "never let the truth get in the way of a good story"................................

Re: adding postage to a payment

k1ooo-slr-sales — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 06:33:52 GMT

I see that they have only left one buyer feedback in the last 12 months yet they have received 111 in the last 12 months. So much for what they put in their listing description about leaving feedback for buyers.

The last two feedback left for buyers more than 12 months ago makes for good reading.