ridiculous postage

[missbellybean]

really does it cost $11.95 to send a pair of childrens socks in australia?

why do sellers sometimes charge fair postage and others much higher?

dont give me, time, petrol, packaging costs. I also sold on ebay and it wasnt hard of effort to pop something in a post bag and post it. have had a seller once told me this, why sell on ebay if its such a big effort of your time?

how to justify to sellers that their postage is ripping people off...?

[davewil1964]

Don't buy if you don't like the total price. That is a buyer's choice.

How were they sent? Or did you exercise your right not to bid/buy? In which case you really have no complaint.

I buy my socks from Kmart. I doubt ANY online seller can match their prices, nor would I expect them to. Nor would I buy such things online.

Horses for courses.

[green-gifts-mkd]

Perhaps the seller would like to give the buyer the option of buying one pair of socks if they really need/want them but wants to use a fully tracked postage method. If the children's socks, including their packaging, is thicker than 20mm, then the large letter rate would not be an option. A large registered letter can cost upwards of $5.00 anyway.

This is an example of the costs for a fully tracked and PayPal compliant parcel (which many sellers are choosing to use):

Click & Send Postage Label for 500g satchel = $6.95

Actual plastic satchel = $0.15

Signature on Delivery = $2.95

So, this is already $10.05 for the smallest flat rate satchel available for posting to any state in Australia. This could be raised to $10.50 to account for some bubble wrap etc.. I can't account for the other $1.45, but perhaps the seller has their reasons.

Obviously, it would be more viable to buy more than one pair of socks, which is what the seller might be hoping for. It would take a lot of effort to pack 10 separate pairs of socks in one day. Each package usually includes a printed packing slip, it needs to be addressed etc. It's as much work for one pair of socks as it is for a 3-pair purchase.

I just think you should put yourself in the shoes of the seller, and think out of the box a little. I could be wrong in everything I have written here, but it is not out of the question.

[davewil1964]

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@green-gifts-mkd wrote:

Perhaps the seller would like to give the buyer the option of buying one pair of socks if they really need/want them but wants to use a fully tracked postage method. If the children's socks, including their packaging, is thicker than 20mm, then the large letter rate would not be an option. A large registered letter can cost upwards of $5.00 anyway.

This is an example of the costs for a fully tracked and PayPal compliant parcel (which many sellers are choosing to use):

Click & Send Postage Label for 500g satchel = $6.95

Actual plastic satchel = $0.15

Signature on Delivery = $2.95

So, this is already $10.05 for the smallest flat rate satchel available for posting to any state in Australia. This could be raised to $10.50 to account for some bubble wrap etc.. I can't account for the other $1.45, but perhaps the seller has their reasons.

Obviously, it would be more viable to buy more than one pair of socks, which is what the seller might be hoping for. It would take a lot of effort to pack 10 separate pairs of socks in one day. Each package usually includes a printed packing slip, it needs to be addressed etc. It's as much work for one pair of socks as it is for a 3-pair purchase.

I just think you should put yourself in the shoes of the seller, and think out of the box a little. I could be wrong in everything I have written here, but it is not out of the question.

Since when? I have never included a packing slip in pushing two thousand transactions over over five years.

[digital*ghost]

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@missbellybean wrote:

how to justify to sellers that their postage is ripping people off...?

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I get that P&H charges are an issue for some people, and the reasons why, but a seller does not rip people off on postage if their charges and services used are clearly displayed and then provided.

A seller charging more for a service than it costs them to provide it is not the same as deceiving someone into paying money for something that either purposely does not match the description, or is not provided at all, which is when you can say someone has been ripped off - not when they see a service, choose to pay that amount for the service, and receive exactly that service. 

I personally do draw the line at a certain amount for postage, but I don't generally base that on what the seller is going to pay for postage, I base it on whether I'm prepared to pay the quote for the item I'm interested in, and very rarely would I think or feel a seller's charges need to be justified to me. I deem them acceptable....or not, and that's pretty much it. 

[zelly888]

I'm sick and tired of buyers whinging about postage costs,most sellers out there are not in any way ripping buyers off with postage cost.Buyers need to understand the cost of posting an item is normally the actual price and sometimes even less than the postage price so they're not being deceived at all,like everyone says if you're not happy paying the postage costs then don't buy/bid it's as simple as that.

[missbellybean]

I don't think it's about buyers complaining about postage we are buying the items and paying for the standard cost of postage as we are paying a certain type of postage we should receive that. Not like the one time I paid more than $9 for postage and my book turned up wrapped in brown paper and had 3 postage stamps slapped on it. Not even a tracking number the seller provided. To me that's a postage rip off!
I would never rip a buyer off myself if that's what it cost to post then I do it I also don't complain about fuel costs as I want to get rid if the item not charge all this extra because I have it get in my car and drive somewhere how ridiculous

[kobies_costume_jewelry]

If yoy think it is such a rip-off dont buy.

Better still try and sell an item then come back on here and tell us all how you went.

Until then................................................

Definetly one for the list

[springyzone]

Maybe it is all the tracking costs and such that sellers are supposed to have nowadays, to cover themselves.

I know not all sellers use it but they are taking a risk if they don't.

I used to sell years ago, but back then we just put things in a bag and off it went. Buyers paid extra for insurance if they wanted it.

And buyers could give negative feedback too.

Things have changed on ebay and some sellers are covering their backs I think. It is probably wise to. In fact, I wonder how viable it is now to sell low priced items because tracking would add more to the cost than the whole item is worth at times.

[ytwo000]

i agree with the others. dont like the price? dont buy.....how hard is that i ask?