ebay plus works but mostly a scam?

[vertico_au]

Hi guys,

eBay plus whats the product criteria for ebay to cover the shipping cost for the item?

I recently signed up to the ebay plus to make a purchase because of the following

Product 1

Seller 1 = $25

Seller 2 = $17 + 9.95 shipping

If i signed up to ebay plus "Seller 2", shipping is free. This means eBay paid for the shipping. The Buyer saves and the seller can sell it cheaper making it more attractive to ebay plus members.

Now i tried this on multiple products on my listing and it doesnt work

Offer 1 
Item Price (incudes free shipping), Shipping cost is incoperated into the item price

Offer 2

Item Price excluding shipping, Shipping cost is seperate to the item

When I provide "offer 1" =  eBay plus badge appears

When i provide "offer 2" =  eBay plus badge is removed and the buyer still has to pay for shipping

What this testing shows is that the eBay plus is just a glorified ebay top rated seller. However, from the purchase I made above I was enticed into signing up and save on the shipping which means ebay does actually cover the cost of shipping on certain items.
There must be some criteria that eBay will cover the shipping cost for certain items. Does anyone out there know?

[lyndal1838]

Don't b;ame the sellers......they have no say in it.   Ebay decides which listings will be eligible for it and put it on whether the seller wants it or not.

I decided not to use it as a buyer as soon as it was announced......I could not see any real benefit for me.

[pickle_2007]

Horrible experience with eBay support charging me the yearly amount every month for eBay plus.
Additional to that I've gotten no value from it and sellers that don't have eBay plus often sell for cheaper and sellers that are part of eBay plus and use the 20% off codes often price jack their product 20% so you don't save anything.
It's cheaper to shop on Amazon since price jacking is so common

[hellycat15]

I have had the exact same experience, I have a few sale items that have qualified with the postage added but most of them don't unless I have free postage.  I have found it better to just offer postage discounts for mulitple purchases. 

I have saved a little on postage when buying and got the subscription for half price or something but I don't think I will renew it unless they offer a better deal for selling.  It doesn't seem to matter what I do on some listings, they don't qualify for Plus sellling 

[catmilko]

It is a con for sure.  

Im livid about it 

[imastawka]

Not a con, but it is useless in a lot of respects.

 Were you buying or selling?

[brf.au.710fo57h]

How do i cancel

[padi*0409]

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@brf.au.710fo57h wrote:
How do i cancel

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Click on the link below and scroll down the page to the cancellation link.

https://pages2.ebay.com.au/plus/faq

[stick.it.good]

the shipping has to be under a certain amount, i've found that it works under $11 for me

When i use an "auspost 500g prepaid bag". it always gets ebay plus added to my listings when the other criteria is met as well

[brerrabbit585]

The items also have to be over a certain price if they have separate postage, otherwise they won't have plus on them. I'm pretty sure the magic figure is $15, so if your items are priced at less than that they won't have Plus applied to them unless they have free postage.