topic Re: Ecxessive postage quotes in Buying

Ecxessive postage quotes

nick_75au — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 21:52:25 GMT

What is with the ridiculous postage quotes on sellers items, I want to by some car parts from europe, Im in australia, cost of parts 93 euros, shipping 284 euro,

EBAY sort out the postage policy

71 euro postage for a 4 euro part , then pay GST on top as well. why bother having an international marketplace

Re: Ecxessive postage quotes

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 21:59:03 GMT

Have you contacted ebay with your thoughts on the postage policy ?

Every buyer has the option not to buy if the price is too high

Are the sellers you are looking at over-inflating the postage charges or is that what it actually costs them to package and ship the items?

Re: Ecxessive postage quotes

davewil1964 — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 00:11:25 GMT

Car parts tend to be bulky and/or heavy. Which tends to make postage to the other side of the world, especially by air, expensive. Postage is predicated on the cost of the service, not the cost of the goods purchased, so I'm not sure why you are conflating the two.

eBay don't read the boards, and even if they did what do you think they could do? They are unlikely to pay somebody to go through millions of listings to make sure quoted postage is not excessive.

Re: Ecxessive postage quotes

gutterpunkz05 — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 10:55:44 GMT

@nick_75au wrote:
What is with the ridiculous postage quotes on sellers items, I want to by some car parts from europe, Im in australia, cost of parts 93 euros, shipping 284 euro,

EBAY sort out the postage policy

71 euro postage for a 4 euro part , then pay GST on top as well. why bother having an international marketplace

Sometimes it is better to buy local, othertimes you can pay through the nose for freight and still have items delivered to your door

cheaper than buying local. International freight and import charges, are what they are, nothing to do with ebay.

Re: Ecxessive postage quotes

padi*0409 — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 11:05:09 GMT

@gutterpunkz05 wrote:
Sometimes it is better to buy local, othertimes you can pay through the nose for freight and still have items delivered to your door
cheaper than buying local. International freight and import charges, are what they are, nothing to do with ebay.

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Re: Ecxessive postage quotes

gutterpunkz05 — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 12:09:49 GMT

@padi*0409 wrote:
@gutterpunkz05 wrote:
Sometimes it is better to buy local, othertimes you can pay through the nose for freight and still have items delivered to your door
cheaper than buying local. International freight and import charges, are what they are, nothing to do with ebay.
Not always gp...........................153294669230

Hi Padi. That is only for standard OZ Post, So sounds about right.

Re: Ecxessive postage quotes

padi*0409 — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 12:19:32 GMT

@gutterpunkz05 wrote:
Hi Padi. That is only for standard OZ Post, So sounds about right.

WOT ? Not personally delivered ????

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Re: Ecxessive postage quotes

countessalmirena — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 22:30:51 GMT

I would insist upon delivery by Nubian slaves attired in pure gold, accompanying a lavishly embellished hathi howdah upon the back of a mighty elephant. The हाथी हौदा must be constructed in such a way that the elephant suffers no harm, of course. (I would not want the elephant to be in pain, suffer any damage, or have a shortened life as a result of the हाथी हौदा.) The Nubian slaves may raise human rights issues, naturally, so perhaps they could be richly paid and freed upon condition that they pretend that they are Nubian slaves...?

At any rate, I would like to know if I'm expected to provide stabling for the elephant - and who is going to sweep up its doings on the street? Surely this is the seller's responsibility!

Re: Ecxessive postage quotes

jamecos_1 — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 09:04:05 GMT

I might be way off track here, as I have never sold anything on EBay. But is the seller putting in the right weight and dimensions for the parcel to be shipped? Or are they just guessing and over estimated on everything?

I have noticed a difference of US$50.00 on shipping for the same item from the same state, (sometimes from the same seller if they have 2 but listed separate) in the USA. That tells me some of the sellers are too lazy to get it right, does not care or is over worked.

If you can not shop around for better shipping from another seller, ask the seller that does have the part to double check everything: sizes and weight with the shipping.

I was in need of an engine stand 6 months ago. Great prices here on EBay but the shipping from east to W.A. more than doubled the price. Mates at work spotted one of the local auto parts suppliers had one on sale. I bought local, got an engine stand, block of beer and change in my pocket for the price of getting it from the Eastern States.

Shop around, and if need be, ask questions to the sellers, they may have it all wrong.

Re: Ecxessive postage quotes

nick_75au — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 18:54:58 GMT

In this paticular case the Items were not particularily bulky and heavy, 2 items would have fitted and been OK ina an A5 padded bag, My issue is with the EBay postage calculator for the sellers is it Is over inflated, I believe it is an " add on" automatic calcilator to the ebay store, not the seller themslves setting the prices.

I ended up contacting the seller amd they combined pthe postage for all four pieces, still cheaper to buy from OS into Australia than to buy locally in far to many cases.

Re: Ecxessive postage quotes

nick_75au — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 18:57:12 GMT

In this case the seller cobined all componets and shipped them for a single item, the low cost items were less than 0.5 Kg and would have fitted in an A5 padded bag