the postage amount some are charging for a very small item $9 $10 $and $13 dollars for local post

[sie_au0]

I HAVE JUST  BOUGHT A VERY SMALL ITEM AND THE POST WAS SET AT $8 THAT WAS FOR LOCAL MELBOURNE POSTAGE / THE ITEM COULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN AN EXPRESS POST BAG FOR $6 //]]  WHEN I RECIVED THE ITEM IT WAS ORDINARY MAIL IN SMALL POST PACK THE POST WAS $2 10 cents BAG WOULD BE 80c  //  I BELIVE THIS IS GOING ON A FAIR BIT AND REGULAR SELLERS ARE MAKING A GOOD PROFIT BY DOING THE EXESS POST COSTS //   I ASKED THE SELLER ABOUT THIS AND HAVE HAD A BARRAGE OF BAD MESSAGES SENT TO ME AND /SHE PUT IT UP ON EBAY MARKS THAT I WAS A LATE PAYER AND RUDE AND ARROGANT /ALL THIS FOR JUST SAYING THE TRUTH ??? SO PLEASE BEWARE OF THIS / this is the first time for me that it has happened . most people are very good / but i think there is a money making sceam going on with some by getting the extra money for postage . PS THIS PERSON SAID SHE CHARGES FOR GOING TO THE POST OFFICE .I COULD NOT BELIVE  SOME ONE WOULD DO THAT // AND THE SELLER IS A RGULAR IN THE COSMETICS  SALES //

[springyzone]

Most small parcels cost about that in postage nowadays.

The seller usually has to quote a postage rate and for all they know, someone interstate might bid so it has to be a rate that will cover that, not just a local rate.

Plus as others have mentioned, sellers get charged a commission not only on the sale but on the postage costs.

You're treating the whole procedure as if this were a friend posting you something. A friend might charge you only the exact postage cost but in a business, they are entitled to cover postage & packaging. Plus a lot of sellers send things with tracking.

Think about it. If you were a seller, wouldn't you want to cover all your expenses and time and effort? Possibly the seller should have just bumped up the overal price of the item. Ask yourself-was the total price still better than what you usually get it for in the shops? If so, it wasn't a bad deal and if you don't like it you don't have to buy from her again.

You knew the score before you bid.

[collect247]

I charge postage to the cost but many buyers still leave low scores for postage because they feel as though I could have sent it in a cheaper less secure packaging,well I won't ever be doing that. And if a buyer doesn't like this then don't buy it,simple as that,don't start complaining after the fact.

[colic2bullsgirlore]

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@phorum_junkie* wrote:

Forget about the petrol to go to the PO, that is not an allowable postage cost . Ebay allows a seller to charge for the actual postage cost plus the cost of packaging materials and for the time taken to locate and prepare the item for posting, not for actually posting it. Anything else should be added to the item price if the seller wishes to recoup that costs.

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sage advice

"Anything else should be added ( included into) to the item price if the seller wishes to recoup that costs."

When you buy an item that advertises a postage element do you add that and the item price together and then pay?

I include a petrol levy, hot chip tax, toll fees, ugly buyer offset allowances and a Schooner surcharge in with all my

postage costs.....even if I do not buy them when I go to town or separate them on the invoice.

Of course it's allowed.....

It's called working within ebays policy parameters.... unless of course you believe in drop bears, sky hooks, striped paint,

left handed nails or that free postage is really free.

[davewil1964]

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@beautysecretfashion wrote:

... then the seller is charged a fee for having an ebay shop (minimum is $49 per month)...

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A basic store has been $19.95 pm since May 2013

[polly.the.cat]

But not for much longer, as per the ebay cs rep l spoke to on the phone last Friday. An increase in cost is coming soon !!!!! She would not say just when, but its on its way to Basic Store Holders on ebay.au