Excessive postage and reporting.

[nevyn1968]

I would like to buy from this seller

but the postage is horrendous. 

I've tried sending him emails about the postage. I'm ignored.
I've tried reporting the item and it seems I am being ignored as well by E-Bay.
Every item is $450.99 to post from either China or Germany in his WHOLE shop.
Should I just give up?

[jellybirddesigns]

I took a look and he does seem to be doing well in terms of feedback and thousands of sales, but I have no idea why it is so expensive for Australia. In fact, when you look at the postage tab, only Australia is in the drop down of countries and, yes, it is $450.99.

I then went to Ebay.com and found his shop there, where it is a completely different situation. The T-shirts have FREE shipping worldwide and every other country (except Australia) is available in the drop down list of postage destinations.

No clue why Australia is singled out, sorry.

[sugar249]

A seller can offer items at any postage charge they like.   If you are not happy paying $450  move on to another seller.   Not sure what you are trying to report to Ebay,  if I want to charge $500 I can,  and if someone wants to pay it a bonus for me.

[jwsm_oz]

Just avoid.

Postage on eBay is a licence to gouge by some sellers,  and eBay itself.

I just got charged $40 US to post an 4A standard envelope to Australia.

Ever since eBay's Global Shipping came in,  and they began taking fees on postage,  sellers have been leaving in droves.  What's left is over priced rubbish and dodging sellers gouging on postage to make up the difference.

I used to use PicClick to  see what sales had gone through and what were cancelled owing to excessive postage (most likely reason).  However you can't see sold items anymore.  Perhaps eBay didn't want people knowing just how much doesn't get a bid anymore,  let alone sell.

Enjoy eBay whilst it lasts... because with few reputable sellers and high postal charges... it's not worth using (eBay's greed is destroying the platform).

J

[*sons_and_daughters*]

Where is your proof that sellers are leaving in droves? I have seen that mentioned quite a few times, but no one is able to show any evidence that this is happening. Just because you aren't happy with a certain aspect, doesn't mean others are too and "leaving in droves". Unless you personally know a million sellers, how do you know? Genuine question.

[sugar249]

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@jwsm_oz wrote:

Just avoid.

Postage on eBay is a licence to gouge by some sellers,  and eBay itself.

I just got charged $40 US to post an 4A standard envelope to Australia.

Ever since eBay's Global Shipping came in,  and they began taking fees on postage,  sellers have been leaving in droves.  What's left is over priced rubbish and dodging sellers gouging on postage to make up the difference.

I used to use PicClick to  see what sales had gone through and what were cancelled owing to excessive postage (most likely reason).  However you can't see sold items anymore.  Perhaps eBay didn't want people knowing just how much doesn't get a bid anymore,  let alone sell.

Enjoy eBay whilst it lasts... because with few reputable sellers and high postal charges... it's not worth using (eBay's greed is destroying the platform).

J

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Interesting,  you will be pleased to know that it costs nearly $30 to send an A4 envelope from Australia to the USA,  so prices are comparable.

Gladly the droves leaving only appear to be the ones coming on the board and complaining,  and generally when you check their profile a month or 2 later, they are back again.  A break is as good as a holiday they say.  

[lynsh84]

At a guess, I would say that the seller really does not want to post to Australia so has set the postage to a level that would discourage buyers.

You can hardly blame him......delays are horrendous at present.

Although it does not appear to apply here, another reason for very high postage rates is when a seller has run out of an item and is awaiting more stock.   By making postage prohibitive they can keep a listing active and not lose their place in searches.

[goodbusiness777]

That's true. Since Global Shipping emerged, EBay international postage didn't get any safer or faster, quite the opposite, but postage prices suddenly doubled! Tracking of the items and also items lost in international transit became too much, double the trouble for double of our good money.