keitha
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Post by keitha on Sept 6, 2024 22:06:13 GMT
EBay have made me an offer
If I start to offer my items with free postage they will give me 10% off my fees
So I currently sell for £39.99 with £4.50 postage, I've tried with Free P&P but whatever eBay say they won't sell above £42.50 - yes I know and it makes no sense.
but currently my fees are £4.45 that leave me £40.04 for the item and the postage.
If I do the Free Postage I will get £42.50 and pay ( £4.25 - 43p = £3.82 ) leaves me £38.68 for the item and postage , so eBays offer leave me £1.36 worse off
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Post by moonraker on Sept 7, 2024 9:44:16 GMT
Nearly all my postage costs for eBay purchases and sales relate to letter postage. With the latest hike in first-class postage for letters I wonder how many vendors will switch from 1st to 2nd class? Nowadays I buy mostly old postcards for, usually, between £5 and £25, and the 1st-class rate would be even more of a premium on the lower-value items. (Probably I've mildly ranted before about vendors sending such items by "signed-for", at extra cost, whereas a free Certificate of Posting provides insurance cover for anything up to £20.)
I do have a couple of dozen 1st-class stamps, but I can't recall the last time I used one. In fact IIRC I've posted only one letter this year, and that was a birthday card to a friend whose email address doesn't seem to be operational. And on my birthday I received just one card - not because I'm a sad person, but because friends and relatives exchange greetings by email.
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Sept 7, 2024 10:56:03 GMT
Not sure how some sellers will make any money on low priced items with free first class P&P.
nearly doubling the price of a first class stamp in 2 years is disgraceful.
the Royal mail 48 tracked is a nice boost for me costs £3.89 compared to £5.09 for second class recorded.
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Post by michaelc on Sept 7, 2024 15:24:36 GMT
I saw a bargain on my broadband providers website. For "new customers only" it says and that phrase isn't defined anywhere in their T&C.
Here's their reply to me when I asked about it and I wonder if they are allowed under GDPR to hold my name for that purpose? Either way, could someone else at the same address get the offer? Maybe I should quit caring about it....
Hi Michael,
You are currently out of contract, so only 30 days' notice is required if you wish to leave. I understand you've seen the introductory tariffs on our website. Please note that these offers are for new customers only. As we keep a record of our customers, cancelling and rejoining to receive these offers is not possible.
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Post by badersleg on Sept 7, 2024 18:27:07 GMT
Nearly all my postage costs for eBay purchases and sales relate to letter postage. With the latest hike in first-class postage for letters I wonder how many vendors will switch from 1st to 2nd class? Nowadays I buy mostly old postcards for, usually, between £5 and £25, and the 1st-class rate would be even more of a premium on the lower-value items. (Probably I've mildly ranted before about vendors sending such items by "signed-for", at extra cost, whereas a free Certificate of Posting provides insurance cover for anything up to £20.)
I do have a couple of dozen 1st-class stamps, but I can't recall the last time I used one. In fact IIRC I've posted only one letter this year, and that was a birthday card to a friend whose email address doesn't seem to be operational. And on my birthday I received just one card - not because I'm a sad person, but because friends and relatives exchange greetings by email.
Unfortunately 1st and 2nd class aren't tracked services. If you opened up an 'Item not received' case on eBay you'd get a refund.
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Post by mogish on Sept 8, 2024 14:55:07 GMT
I use evri who so far have been OK.
Up to 1kg is 2.90 but a pod costs another 60p which i always choose.
It depends what you ate selling I suppose. Most of my stuff is 1-2kg.
It's slowed a bit recently or maybe I'm not prepared to take£50 for an item listed at£95!
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Sept 8, 2024 16:38:36 GMT
I use evri who so far have been OK. Up to 1kg is 2.90 but a pod costs another 60p which i always choose. It depends what you ate selling I suppose. Most of my stuff is 1-2kg. It's slowed a bit recently or maybe I'm not prepared to take£50 for an item listed at£95! lol just had an auction winner ask for a discount, on the item not postage as he "really can't afford to pay that much" how cheeky are people getting if you can't afford £33 then don't bid £33
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Post by mikeb on Sept 8, 2024 17:57:16 GMT
I use evri who so far have been OK. Up to 1kg is 2.90 but a pod costs another 60p which i always choose. It depends what you ate selling I suppose. Most of my stuff is 1-2kg. It's slowed a bit recently or maybe I'm not prepared to take£50 for an item listed at£95! lol just had an auction winner ask for a discount, on the item not postage as he "really can't afford to pay that much" how cheeky are people getting if you can't afford £33 then don't bid £33 Cheeky or just a bit thick? I've had that one in the past -- complaint from buyer that "the price I _made_ him bid was too high" and wanting a reduction after the fact. Despite it being an auction, and them bidding against another user. Turned into a nightmare buyer ... take it as a red flag! Should've cancelled his winning bid and let it go to 2nd chance buyer!
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Post by moonraker on Sept 9, 2024 6:57:52 GMT
With reference to my post above of the 7th about postage costs: a vendor recently listed five cards of c1915 of an army camp near Stonehenge at £40 plus £3.50 p & p, 48-hour tracking. They didn't sell, so I contacted him to say that three of the cards were common (and other sellers had been listing duplicates of two of them for some months), a duplicate of another had recently sold for around £12 and I would pay £10 for the fifth including p & p if he re-listed it separately. He's re-listed the first one at £10 and the second at £15, in each case quoting £3.50, 48-hour tracking. He might be lucky when it comes to selling at these prices, but I wouldn't pay £18.50 for the card that I'm interested in. I'll be "watching" it.
And he's quoting £12 for postage overseas, with the card also being liable to VAT.
(As a vendor, I did struggle a bit with eBay "postage policies" and setting one-off p & p for items that were bulkier and heavier than my usual offerings.)
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Post by badersleg on Sept 10, 2024 18:18:37 GMT
I use evri who so far have been OK. Up to 1kg is 2.90 but a pod costs another 60p which i always choose. It depends what you ate selling I suppose. Most of my stuff is 1-2kg. It's slowed a bit recently or maybe I'm not prepared to take£50 for an item listed at£95! Personally I wouldn't bother with a POD. As long as the parcel is showing as delivered on the tracking then you will win an 'item not received claim'.
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