k1ooo-slr-sales
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In response to bobbo*12

on ‎01-11-2019 01:52 AM

@bobbo*12 wrote:
Yes, its happening far too often on ebay, i had a person leave me negative feed back because they wanted to scam a refund on postage. 1st eBay rep agreed with me, the next, although I did everything right, didn't. The feed back remained..all over a few bucks.for packaging & eBay 10% fee on postage which I had mentioned in my listing & the purchaser agreed on paying. What's wrong with eBay not seeing through these thieves?

 

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you CAN NOT charge more for postage than what shows on the listing (circled in red).  That amount that shows IS NOT a ‘quote’.  You can charge less, but not more.  

 

It doesn’t matter if you include this in your listing:

 

  Please note, i make nothing on P & P and what it cost me is what is charged.
  As such PLEASE WAIT FOR MY INVOICE BEFORE PAYING. 
  As often ebays postal "Quote" is incorrect.
 
If you have that in your listing the buyer IS NOT agreeing to pay more than what shows in the listing.

 

What you need to do is look for the fixed price satchel that an item like the one above can be posted in and use the price of that satchel as a base price for postage calculation.  To this amount you need to add the cost of bubble wrap and boxes as this type of item needs double wrapping and boxing inserted into a satchel.  Then, add 10% to cover the fee on postage and put the total as your P&H charge without giving a breakdown (as suggested by davewil).

 

If you can’t nail the P&H price before preparing a listing then do not list. To do so will get you more negs.