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@*crikey*mate* wrote:

so, if 20 people buy 20 items and you make no other sales that day/week, you operate at a loss?

 

(generally speaking, not meaning to be personal)

 

see, for me, that seems weird - you know, just in case that happened?

 

 

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That's not what I said. I said that I can not honour my flat rate postage offer if people pay for things individually, which is relevant to the issue of people buying and paying full postage for each item, then requesting combined postage, thus attempting to address some of the assumptions about how costs / postage discounts were calculated and admistered, and that can differ quite a bit depending on how the buyer purchases and pays. Or, in short, saying it's not the same for everyone.

My listings basically state that people can by an unlimited number of items for X postage cost (where X is the cost of postage on a single item), but only if they are paid for together. For the sake of ease, lets say my flat rate P&H charge is $5.00, so one person can buy 20 items and only pay $5.00 postage for all if they checkout only once. If someone buys 10 items, pays for the separately for a total of $50 postage paid, I will not refund $45.00 to give them the same flat rate offer because they did not meet the condition of my flat rate postage - I will refund overage, but (again for the sake of ease) it's likely to be in the $40 ball-park. 

I'll just point out again, many sellers do not have fixed P&H costs due to the items they sell, making it that much harder to do things the way you do, I am (thankfully, in the current climate on ebay) not one of them, but I am aware that they have different needs and methods for trying to operate at an overall profit.