Postage price increases

[davewil1964]

Just in from eBay =

PRODUCTS AND PRICES

Product Name weight packaging Prices (As of 1 October 2018)

eBay Australia Post Flat Rate 500g Satchel eBay Satchel $7.55

eBay Australia Post Flat Rate 3kg Satchel eBay Satchel $12.85

Australia Post Flat Rate BX1 Small Box Max 1kg Australia Post Box $10.25

Australia Post Flat Rate BX2 Small Box Max 3kg Australia Post Box $12.85

Australia Post Flat Rate BX4 Small Box Max 5kg Australia Post Box $15.9

Australia Post Parcel Post Parcel (Nationwide) <500g Own packaging $8.3

Australia Post Parcel Post Parcel (Same state) >500g Own packaging $9.85

Australia Post Parcel Post Parcel (Other state) >500g Own packaging $12.6

Australia Post Express Post Parcel (Nationwide) <500g Own packaging $11.3

Australia Post Express Post Parcel (Same state) >500g Own packaging $13.85

Australia Post Express Post Parcel (Other state) >500g Own packaging $15

500g eBay satchels stay the same, Bx1 boxes are significantly more expensive.

https://sellercentre.ebay.com.au/ebay-for-business/ebay-postage-labels

[eol-products]

I purchased a few 10 packs of pre paid envelopes to help delay the price increase as $12 is a huge increase. I also found it strange the 500gram stayed the same price at $18.

[jfmgray]

So if I print out B1 box labels tomorrow before eBay increases the price on Monday, will Australia Post still accept the price as I can not lodge until Monday?? I have a couple of orders that today B1 ebay label is the cheapest option but on Monday the B1 box will not be the cheapest option.

[purplemon18]

In the end we just increased the price of items that go in BX1 boxes by $3 to cover the difference.

[davewil1964]

You should be right. The price at time of generation is the price. eBay won't wear it, although if there are repercussions they should, because the applicable postage is the one that is extant at the time of label generation. ie What is quoted by eBay when you click on 'Create Label'.

I won't be posting anything until Tuesday as I'm in the majority of the country where Post Offices aren't open on Monday, but if I have any B1 sales tomorrow I will be generating the labels before midnight.

[davewil1964]

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@purplemon18 wrote:

In the end we just increased the price of items that go in BX1 boxes by $3 to cover the difference.

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As B1 boxes in singles are $1.75, with postage that's $12. I can buy 10 packs of 1kg satchels for $11 per. Guess which way I'm leaning?

[jfmgray]

Yep me also

[digital*ghost]

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@chameleon54 wrote:

WOW - Just checked out the new AP prices. Was that $12 I saw for an international large letter up to 250g ? Another 30% price increase. I send quite a few 250g letters OS so this is going to hurt.

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Yep, that one's pretty harsh, too. At least they've introduced a 51-125g bracket at $7.50, which will be good for a lot of sellers, but it wasn't that long ago the 51-250g bracket was $6-something. 

Over 250g is much more than an untracked 500g air mail parcel, aso I don't know how they figured those prices out. 

[*tippy*toes*]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

You should be right. The price at time of generation is the price. eBay won't wear it, although if there are repercussions they should, because the applicable postage is the one that is extant at the time of label generation. ie What is quoted by eBay when you click on 'Create Label'.

I won't be posting anything until Tuesday as I'm in the majority of the country where Post Offices aren't open on Monday, but if I have any B1 sales tomorrow I will be generating the labels before midnight.

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Ahhh, good point. I had 2 sales today, I can't post until Tuesday. I'd best print the labels tomorrow. Didn't give that a thought until you mentioned it.

[dazzledayz]

This is one of the best reasons not to offer "Free" postage.

These AP price rises are becoming just a little too frequent, too hard to absorb and the workload too great sorting through listings to find and reprice the items affected.

eBay, in their wisdom, have not extended their active listing external editing function to price, only SKU.

Postage policies on the other hand offer an easy, one stop solution.

[eol-products]

Mypost prices are still the same this morning.