eBay Packing Tape is getting incredibly expensive

[likelikinrocks]

As I write this 11 bidders have bid $61 for two rolls of eBay branded tape located in Australia. The cheapest seems to be $10.22 per roll plus $28.95 from the USA. They seem to be about $30 a roll so I'm going back to the cheap brown stuff until the price gets back to normal.

[oz-e-seller]

The rolls I got smelled really strongly of glue, thought I might get high packaging on Mondays.

[davewil1964]

Maybe a bad batch.

I did actually check this evening, and there is a faint plastic smell. Less than the roll of clear I have.

I have one and a half of the six rolls left. When they run out I will go back to normal sticky tape.

And using it doesn't make it obvious that it is an eBay sale, for whoever said that. It is used to secure bubblewrap around the book/s, which then get placed in an AP satchel, which then has a MyPost Business label affixed, which doesn't have eBay gobbledegook stuffing up the address as I don't generally import my posting information from eBay. It doesn't take much to C&P the buyers' info from the Paypal notification.

Even though, in the last few days, eBay have started providing buyer addresses in the sale notification emails, I still prefer using Paypal notifications.

[tazzieterror]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

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Even though, in the last few days, eBay have started providing buyer addresses in the sale notification emails, I still prefer using Paypal notifications.

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I hadn't noticed that. From the 7th it looks like - a sale I made on the 6th doesn't have the address on the notification, from the 7th it's there.

[danieh_6]

I don't see a valid reason to use eBay tape other than promoting eBay.

Its a lot cheaper, less than $1 (inc shipping) per roll for standard clear stuff.

IMO it encourages package theft whether this is a courier or safe dropped parcel at your door

[11dustyattic]

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@danieh_6 wrote:
I don't see a valid reason to use eBay tape other than promoting eBay.

Its a lot cheaper, less than $1 (inc shipping) per roll for standard clear stuff.

IMO it encourages package theft whether this is a courier or safe dropped parcel at your door

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There are only 2 sellers @ $1 per roll. One is pick up only in Melbourne, the other is currently out of stock (doesn't show until you click on the listing) and they actually do charge buyers postage according to the feedback comments. A fold up camping table they were selling with 'free postage' resulted in a lot of negs. All said they were told they would have to pay postage or they'd cancel the transaction! Every buyer received the same reply

"Sorry Australia Post charges $192 to ship to your remote/rural location :("

😂😂 

Others said they had to pay postage to collect it at the PO, different products. If it seems too good to be true, it usually is

[danieh_6]

Ill dm you a link - unsure if i can post here.

[11dustyattic]

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@danieh_6 wrote:

Ill dm you a link - unsure if i can post here.

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Hmm you may not like my response. For the price of a coffee or two a week, let's support Australian business 👍

I was referencing individual roll prices. Yes you can get it cheaper buying 600 rolls at a time that could take 3 months to arrive, and allow the Chinese to entirely take over our country

OR

Nip down to your local red dot, or whichever local store you choose to support, buy it at a very cheap and reasonable price, good to go within minutes. Pleasant, tie it in with a family outing or whatever.

Plenty of time remaining to get your head out of the sand

[tazzieterror]

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@danieh_6 wrote:
I don't see a valid reason to use eBay tape other than promoting eBay.

Its a lot cheaper, less than $1 (inc shipping) per roll for standard clear stuff.

IMO it encourages package theft whether this is a courier or safe dropped parcel at your door

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I've posted hundreds of eBay branded satchels over the past few years - I have no evidence supporting you view.

[*tippy*toes*]

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@11dustyattic wrote:

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@danieh_6 wrote:

Ill dm you a link - unsure if i can post here.

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Hmm you may not like my response. For the price of a coffee or two a week, let's support Australian business 👍

I was referencing individual roll prices. Yes you can get it cheaper buying 600 rolls at a time that could take 3 months to arrive, and allow the Chinese to entirely take over our country

OR

Nip down to your local red dot, or whichever local store you choose to support, buy it at a very cheap and reasonable price, good to go within minutes. Pleasant, tie it in with a family outing or whatever.

Plenty of time remaining to get your head out of the sand

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Red Spot shops, who are owned and run by Chinese, and all items are bought from China. Whether you buy directly from China, or you buy from the local Red Spot shop, you're still supporting China.

[offroad7400]

Exactly; show me one packaging tape manufacturer in Australia ?