Any free listings this weekend? Hoping, but not holding my breath ....

[heihachi_73]

Well, "this weekend" is now here, and I'm not seeing anything but the default 40 free listings... In fact I can't even remember the last time I had anything but that.

[heihachi_73]

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@imastawka wrote:

Too big a jump I reckon

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Just like Australia Post's parcel rates! A DVD or game costs either $1.40 or $2.10 in a bubble mailer, or $7.45 if the moron at the counter tries to force you to use Parcel Post. Why doesn't Australia Post have a "small parcels" option at around $3 or so? Meanwhile, China can send infinite bulky items to Australia with free postage and AP are happy to deliver them at no extra cost, even when the item costs 99 cents.

No-one ever pays $7.45 for a DVD with a thick case (or VHS video tapes, double-CD cases, audio cassettes, or classic 70s/80s/90s video games, the list goes on), so I don't bother listing them anymore, I am sick of eating exorbitent postage costs for items that usually cost less than a pink note simply because they are a bee's stick thicker than two centimetres.

[i-love-my-sheep]

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@heihachi_73 wrote:

Well, "this weekend" is now here, and I'm not seeing anything but the default 40 free listings... In fact I can't even remember the last time I had anything but that.

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The last promotion was 3 weeks ago. They have been coming in monthly so my guess is next weekend. Plus next weekend is Easter so they might run one for that anyway.

[joethenuts]

hey i think AP are not so great either   , but if a game cost $50 or $80 new and it costs $7.50 for postage  thats how much it cost but because you might sell older or used games for $3   its going to cost the same to send what ever is in the package ,

[imastawka]

sheepie, it's been 2 months now since stores have had any...

       Got about 1200 that need to go back up                        

[transport-posters]

AP did have a smaller parcels price but they phased it out a couple of years ago, much to my sadness.  Now I have to charge over $8 just to send a poster (a piece of paper) to someone and it usually goes up annually.  I know this is holding back my success.  I've written to them twice asking (begging) for a lower price for poster tubes or lighter items but they can't do it.  Now that they are bleeding money, it's not ever going to improve.

[helenm777]

OMG I did not realize it was $500 per month

That is even worse!!!

Thanks guys for the update

[base787]

LOL yes its a dam joke how do they work out that AP sends something from Lets say the item comes from china, so i would say the item gets Shipped straight to sydney, then if its coming to me,  i live Rural NSW Tura Beach how do they do it for free ?

[davewil1964]

Free listings?

After all, that is the subject of this thread.

[heihachi_73]

Two hours until April Fools' Day, not a thing. Why does eBay Australia hide the promotions anyway? On the US site, they put the promotions in plain view on the announcements page - on the Australian site, the announcements page is rarely updated at all (so much for them saying "latest news").

AU announcements page (on the .com website, strangely)

US announcements page