topic Postage about Item in Selling

Postage about Item

joey1-2010 — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:12:44 GMT

hi i recently won an item but im unsure wether i have to pay for postage

it didnt say anywhere i had to pick it up it said it was "offered" and in description things that need to be picked up normally say "Buyer must pick up" etc but this had free postage as listing or pick up

Re: Postage about Item

ausfast — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:18:21 GMT

Difficult to say without actually inspecting the listing. I would assume you would have to pay for the postage seeing as though it appears to be a large item that wouldn't be able to be posted for a measly $1.25...
Sounds more like a local pickup item if it has finished for that low of a price.

Re: Postage about Item

harley_babes_hoard — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:20:02 GMT

I would say looking at that it is free postage but seller is also allowing pick up for anyone that lives close by.

Re: Postage about Item

*crikey*mate* — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:20:28 GMT

Local pick-up offered. | See details

Item location:

CRONULLA, New South Wales, Australia

Posts to:

Local pick-up only

There is no postage - you have to pick it up

Re: Postage about Item

*crikey*mate* — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:22:36 GMT

This is in their "Postage and Payment' section

There is no postage, so you don't have to pay postage

The $1.25 is the amount that you won it for. They have not charged you for postage

Postage and handling

Item location: CRONULLA, New South Wales, Australia

Posting to: Will arrange for local pickup only (no postage).

Re: Postage about Item

bigbrickshop — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:24:42 GMT

The item was listed as no postage, Local pick-up only.

Re: Postage about Item

bigbrickshop — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:25:13 GMT

I'm so sloooow tonight. 🙂

Re: Postage about Item

*crikey*mate* — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:26:05 GMT

no where in the listing does it say the seller will post, they are offering pick up only.

best you contact them and arrange to pick it up and pay them.

Congratulations on your win BTW, seems like a great price.

Re: Postage about Item

harley_babes_hoard — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:26:31 GMT

it's about time ebay fix this.On all pickups it says free postage. no wonder buyers are confused.

Re: Postage about Item

*crikey*mate* — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:27:02 GMT

@sportandplay wrote:
I'm so sloooow tonight. 🙂

nahhh, yours is much more pretty and has pics in situ.....

Re: Postage about Item

*crikey*mate* — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:28:17 GMT

@harley_babes_hoard wrote:
it's about time ebay fix this.On all pickups it says free postage. no wonder buyers are confused.

it doesnt say anything about free postage in the listing, that must just be how it apprears in his purchased items.

Re: Postage about Item

harley_babes_hoard — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:31:59 GMT

look at the sellers others listings. The dishwasher has this

Dishwasher Dishlex Made In Europe
Time left: 2d 17h leftFriday, 17:06
AU $100.00
1 bid
Pickup only: Free

Yet look at the bike it just has free postage

AU $115.00

2 bids

Free postage

Re: Postage about Item

*crikey*mate* — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:32:05 GMT

my guess is the seller doesn't know how to list properly and was kind of experimenting iykwim

you know how heaps of people haven't been able to find that link called options or something?

dunno - maybe they worked it out as they went along

but I sure don't want to have to be manning that inbox in the morning LOL - I'm betting a few people may not be able to pick up and are expecting postage!

Re: Postage about Item

*crikey*mate* — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:33:14 GMT

mine is showing this for the bike

Postage:

Local pick-up offered. | See details

Item location:

CRONULLA, New South Wales, Australia

Posts to:

Local pick-up only

Re: Postage about Item

*crikey*mate* — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:34:12 GMT

This for the dishwasher

Postage:

Free Local Pickup | See details

Item location:

CRONULLA, New South Wales, Australia

Posts to:

Local pick-up only

Re: Postage about Item

*crikey*mate* — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:34:58 GMT

and this for the kayak

Postage:

Free Local Pickup | See details

Item location:

Cronulla, NSW (2230), Australia

Posts to:

Local pick-up only

Re: Postage about Item

harley_babes_hoard — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:37:00 GMT

this is how it is with pickups now, it's not the first time this has been seen with pickups showing as free postage. Which is why ebay should change it. Go and have a look in the furniture section it is the same. seach tables and have a look down the list. some show pickup: free others show just free postage.

Re: Postage about Item

joey1-2010 — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:40:08 GMT

thanks for this Im just really confused about how this listing worked because this hasn't occurred to me before and yes i think eBay should fix it

Re: Postage about Item

*crikey*mate* — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:13:37 GMT

@harley_babes_hoard wrote:
this is how it is with pickups now, it's not the first time this has been seen with pickups showing as free postage. Which is why ebay should change it. Go and have a look in the furniture section it is the same. seach tables and have a look down the list. some show pickup: free others show just free postage.

but I think this is because people are ticking the free postage box......and for pick ups they're not supposed to.

Digi will know she was explaining something about it somewhere.

Re: Postage about Item

digital*ghost — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:57:47 GMT

@my*mum wrote:
@harley_babes_hoard wrote:
this is how it is with pickups now, it's not the first time this has been seen with pickups showing as free postage. Which is why ebay should change it. Go and have a look in the furniture section it is the same. seach tables and have a look down the list. some show pickup: free others show just free postage.
but I think this is because people are ticking the free postage box......and for pick ups they're not supposed to.

Digi will know she was explaining something about it somewhere.

If it shows as Free Postage in the search results, but Local Pick-Up offered when you click on the listing, it means the seller has done this:

As you can see, postage is actually selected, but not a service and no prices entered into the field. As soon as the box for "Buyers can pick up...." is ticked, eBay will let you submit the listing without selecting a postage service and price. Which is dumb.

If a listing is displaying in search results as Pick-up only: Free. it means the seller has done this:

Now you can see that there are no postage options in the section at all.

All eBay need to do to fix this is make the "No Postage..." option selectable in teh dropdown menu by default, instead of hiding it in the Add/Remove options.