@lyndal1838 wrote:
What don't you understand Soul?
If the buyer is entitled to a discount on the item price but not the postage then by a seller giving them effectively free postage by including the postage in the item price the buyer is getting the discount on the postage to which they are not really entitled.
The trick with these vouchers is to find sellers who list with free postage.....not expect the seller to change their listings to benefit the buyer.
There is nothing wrong with either method of listing...ebay gets their fees on the item plus postage. But if a seller does change a listing to help a buyer circumvent the terms of a voucher then it is wrong in my opinion.
Here's an example:
The promotion was for $20 off the next $100 spent, excluding postage. Let's say a buyer bought four items, $20 each, all with free post. Then they bought a $10 item with $10 postage, bringing the total amount to $100 but not realising that the $10 post on the last item was excluded from the promotion. So they're only up to $90 and don't qualify for the promotion yet.
One way a seller could make them eligable for the promotion is to cancel that last transaction and re-list it as a $20 item with free post. I've personally done this for someone. It's not against the rules at all, otherwise every single item that has "free" post (e.g. postage included) would be against the rules. Making something with free post is actually encouraged.
Cancelling and re-listing is the only option since it's not possible to add directly to the item price post-sale. But what is the difference between cancelling & re-listing or (if it was possible) editing the item price to add the postage onto the item price? It would be better if that option was available. It's just making it "free" postage, post-sale.
No one is duped. The fees are exactly the same as well, since it's still the exact same price being paid.
