topic Re: Shocker listing in Selling

Shocker listing

sprinklespowerpuff — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:17:29 GMT

Hi, just now came across this little beauty from a US seller if anyone would care to have a look. It has to be a typo surely! "Vintage 1976 Beswick Beatrix Potter Mrs Rabbit and Bunnies Figurine w/box". What's going on here?

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amber-eyed-girl — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:49:43 GMT

Ha ha haaaa haaaaaa

won't spoil it for anyone else but wow

happy easter 🙂

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ejholden1963 — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:53:35 GMT

What the ....... !?!?!?!?!

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sprinklespowerpuff — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:56:44 GMT

Thanks Amber, same to you. Must go to bed but sleep is sooo boring. Just doing some of my usual rather aimless browsing when spotted this. Just had to post it here. All the best.

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sprinklespowerpuff — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:59:04 GMT

Nothing like a laugh before bed hey EJ?

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ejholden1963 — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:07:01 GMT

Ya got that right ......

and that's an absolute classic .....

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sprinklespowerpuff — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:29:36 GMT

Waiting for it to be pulled......or maybe not. Fair bit of postage commission there perhaps?

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ejholden1963 — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:33:31 GMT

I doubt it will be pulled. It definitely looks like a legit listing.

Curiosity got the better of me, so I had a look via my US based ID. Shipping from Florida to Washington State is via USPS Priority @ US$6.00.

The rest of it is probably add ons by the PB solution (or a total screw up) which may include breakage insurance being as it is in the Collectibles cat & Royal Doulton.

Most likely, the poor flamin' seller is totally unaware as to what ebay are doing to her ...... & would be quite **bleep** to know that ebay are charging an additional US$1785.50.

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2106greencat — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 22:25:44 GMT

Has it been pulled ? I can 't find it

*sulks*

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iamanark — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 22:46:46 GMT

Why would it get "pulled" ... ebay will not pull it .... they get FVF on postage !

It is not over until the fat lady posts

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cathy1971 — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 23:02:56 GMT

Obviously doesn't want to send overseas so has put ridiculous postage charge. Why didn't they just put no international shipping. Shipping within USA is only $6.95 so is a proper listing.

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chezzy — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 23:44:12 GMT

Maybe that covers the airfare so they can personally deliver it! Note they will also combine purchases for postage savings!

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annies_fancy_dress — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 00:42:47 GMT

postage says $43.25 USD, which sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

Have I missd the joke????

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tuffy42tuffy — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 01:07:26 GMT

I've always found that it's more appropriate to contact the seller and alert them to what was an obvious typo rather than ridicule them. Seller has been notified and an adjustment made.

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ejholden1963 — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 03:27:11 GMT

She said she was stunned & glad it wasn't T&S contacting her ......

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chezzy — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 03:45:21 GMT

We didn't know that it is an obvious typo, I have come across numerous listings on ebay where the postage is over the top.

I have heard different reasons for this: such as the seller wants to discourage overseas bidders OR the listing is for an item not in stock but seller wants to leave listing there/not lose their status or some such thing. Am relieved to learn this time it was an honest mistake!

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2106greencat — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 04:05:09 GMT

Usually the seller inflates the buy price, not the postage, but yes it can happen that way.

Poor seller, maybe now there will be a little more interest in the item.

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sprinklespowerpuff — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 07:21:50 GMT

@tuffy42tuffy wrote:
I've always found that it's more appropriate to contact the seller and alert them to what was an obvious typo rather than ridicule them. Seller has been notified and an adjustment made.
Spoilsport, LOL. Should have let more people see it the way it was. (Tongue firmly in cheek). Seller had more attention.

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ejholden1963 — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 10:35:47 GMT

chuckle, chuckle ....

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lyndal1838 — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:05:12 GMT

@tuffy42tuffy wrote:
I've always found that it's more appropriate to contact the seller and alert them to what was an obvious typo rather than ridicule them. Seller has been notified and an adjustment made.

I could not agree more Tuffy.

I contacted the seller within an hour of this thread being posted.

It was a definite mistake with the decimal point after adding a small handling fee onto the postage....the seller does post to Australia regularly and does not use the GSP.

If anyone had bothered to look at the rest of the listings they would have seen that this was the only listing with ridiculous postage. Why would the seller be trying to discourage posting overseas on one item, not on all of them?