combined postage

[1800signshop]

I won two auctions from the one seller for similar items and both listed with 3kg satchel post of $14.90.  At checkout I requested a total with combined postage.  I know, I should have asked BEFORE I bid, but presumed (I know!) it would be no problem.  The postage turns out more expensive than the total for the 2 items I purchased.

I was almonst positive they would both fit into a 5kg satchel and save myself a bit of money.  I did not receive a response from seller, but both items were combined in the one invoice, but with two lots of postage. I did not receive a response to my request from the seller so I emailed seller again about the "combined" post price, only to be told "Sorry I don't combine postage".  Ok, no problem, it must be their system or whatever.  Only I now see in my Purchases that the items have been sent together in the one 5kg satchel.  

If a seller goes to post their items and sees they are from the one buyer and for delivery to the same address, I don't mind them combining into one satchel and them having a little win on the postage $.  However, is it petty of me to fthink the seller has done the wrong thing when combined postage was asked for; and what they have sent but not discounted for?  I feel a bit wronged by being potentially overcharged about $13 on postage.

[curraone]

Although I am a bit confused about part of the OP's original post:

If a seller goes to post their items and sees they are from the one buyer and for delivery to the same address, I don't mind them combining into one satchel and them having a little win on the postage $.

If he doesn't mind, what is this whole thread about?

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

@curraone

what we don’t know is the OP’s definition of “a little” in relation to shipping overcharging  We do know that $13 does not fit that definition.

I think many buyers have blinkers when they assess the postage cost.  I can’t even hazard a guess at the number of times I’ve read posts on these boards from buyers complaining that “postage was as much as the item”, especially when buying from overseas.

When has shipping cost has ever been tied to the value of the item being shipped? . . . . especially when a buyer gets that once in a lifetime, rare, mint in box, never opened, super rare item at a bargain price and then they complain that shipping cost outstrips item price even though the costs of shipping are known before buying and they got the item at a fraction if it’s real value (see spoiler below).  It seems the blinkers go on and if shipping cost approaches item cost a trigger goes off in the brain and the buyer becomes outraged by the seller’s shipping cost.

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my comments on this post are not aimed at any one poster and are general in nature

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not that these spoilers would stop a particular poster thinking I am singling them out for special mention

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when I am not

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truly

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