No consistency in postage

Good old Ebay - ripping people off , if your outside the US - in effect with the GSP you pay twice for shipping - the seller posts to the Ebay shipping facility ( you pay for that ) and then you again for it to be shipped from there

And for the life of me - why is the cost so erratic - same item and you get 100 different prices - from the correct to the insane and everything in between !!

US sellers are the laziest and just throw a random weight - come Ebay get it right **bleep** , it's 2017 and the postage stuff ups are from the stone age
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I'm very aware of the above .
Firstly you sound like a employee of Ebays .
Secondly - what has any of the above got to do with the out and out price differences between sellers ?

Go into a large seller ( 10k + items ) find a Hot Wheels car and go through list = 50 items and 50 different shipping prices - that is the reason for this post .

How can the same thing be be charged at random prices ?

Check 5 sellers - all using USPS Priority and all have DIFFERENT prices and it can fluctuate from $5 to $40 + - so explain to me
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Awwww, Lyndal, apparently you're working for eBay again. If that's the case, can you do something about the fees I'm being charged this month. I want them at mates rates seeing as though you're an eBay employee and I'm your mate.

 

OP, it's been explained multiple times why the prices fluctuate. If you don't like the price, don't buy it. Simple. I buy a lot of model cars from the US and if I think something is over priced once the postage is factored in, I don't buy it. If the overall cost is reasonable to me, I do. It ain't rocket science. Oh, and I don't buy from sellers who use GSP......unless the item is large and heavy.

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Omg - what part of this post don't you get ??
The question is a simple one - why is their such large discrepancy in the price charged from seller to seller !

I understand the difference between USPS & GSP - but why oh why is it so damn hard to understand the damn question i asked ??
Go look at a item and you will see 100 sellers have 100 different prices on postage - what part of that DON'T YOU GET ??
But your like the rest of the sheep in the flock , just follow the crowd - so can anybody just answer the above question without going into USPS or GSP - the damn question has NOTHING to do with the carrier .

For the not so smart people on here - WHY are their so many different prices for the same thing using the SAME carrier ?
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I presume you are replying to me....maybe learn to reply use the Reply button to indicate who you are answering.

 

No. I am not an ebay employee....if I were my posts would be highlighted in pink to indicate the fact.  Ebay employees do not reply on the boards.

 

Could you put up some item numbers to show what you are talking about?   You seem to be confusing USPS mail with the GSP which is a Courier service.

 

As far as different sellers having different prices for the same service......there are many things that can influence that.  Some will have tracking and insurance, some will not.   Some sellers in the US live in the middle of nowhere and have to have their mail picked up from their homes....I imagine that would cost something.

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You explained nothing - my question has nothing to do with the overall price - the question was about postage price discrepancy
Did the Thread read - are you happy to pay high postage if your happy with the price overall ? NO IT DID NOT
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I give up - can somebody plz advise how to delte this thread as totally pointless to continue
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You cannot delete the thread.  It is a public forum and once you have posted the thread is available for anyone to answer.

 

But I do agree with you that it is pointless to continue with it unless posters actually read the answers to their questions.

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@kojakshouse1 wrote:

Go into a large seller ( 10k + items ) find a Hot Wheels car and go through list = 50 items and 50 different shipping prices - that is the reason for this post .

How can the same thing be be charged at random prices ?

Check 5 sellers - all using USPS Priority and all have DIFFERENT prices and it can fluctuate from $5 to $40 + - so explain to me

Perhaps asking the sellers involved why they charge different prices is the way to go.

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I think I mentioned to you last night about being abusive towards other members isn't a good thing. I'd suggest you stop. Unless the seller is using the GSP, they put a postage amount in. If they have a flat rate for international shipments, they may put in say $30 for postage. Some countries will cost more than that, some countries will be less, so for the seller, the costs even out. Other sellers will use calculated postage, so eBay dictate the cost that they think it should be for the carrier being used. They will take into consideration the weight and size of the parcel. If the seller doesn't put weight or parcel size in, or they put the wrong one, then the cost won't reflect the true cost.

 

Sellers usually add a bit extra to their postage as ebay charges fees on the postage. The extra bit is to cover the fees. Sellers often add a handling cost. That amount can vary between sellers. Some absorb the costs of the packaging they use, others charge the buyer for it. Cost can also be different if the seller uses a more expensive service, like express, or a service that provides tracking and insurance. There are many factors why the postage cost will be different between sellers. These are just a few examples.

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@kojakshouse1 wrote:
I'm very aware of the above .

Go into a large seller ( 10k + items ) find a Hot Wheels car and go through list = 50 items and 50 different shipping prices - that is the reason for this post .

How can the same thing be be charged at random prices ?

Check 5 sellers - all using USPS Priority and all have DIFFERENT prices and it can fluctuate from $5 to $40 + - so explain to me
Some sellers still believe that they don't have to pay FVF's on postage and by adding a higher postage cost

to the item they believe they make more money,(so the higher postage is part of the item sale).

Eg:they sell the item at a lower price with higher postage.

This also puts them higher up in search results if buyers search by Price: lowest first,(a $10 item with $40

postage will appear a lot higher up than a $40 item with $10 postage.

If you search another way you will get items at lots of different prices and postage amounts and it wont

make much sense.
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