Comments on: eBay UK sets maximum P&P for media, phone categories http://tamebay.com/2008/10/ebay-uk-sets-maximum-pp-for-media-phone-categories.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Thu, 24 May 2012 23:52:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chris http://tamebay.com/2008/10/ebay-uk-sets-maximum-pp-for-media-phone-categories.html#comment-13454 Chris Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:20:29 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4632#comment-13454 Why does everybody not get announcements at the same time? Obviously I can see the details through the links on this site. On the eBay forums several people had also posted links. On some of them I could see the new announcements, but on some I couldn't. Logging into my eBay the latest announcement was last week about the redundancies. This morning the titles are there for the announcements, but when I click on them I just go to the redundancy announcement. No doubt at some point today the full text will appear. Is there some way other than my eBay to get into announcements, or are they sent to powersellers first? It seems to happen every time there is an announcement. Why does everybody not get announcements at the same time? Obviously I can see the details through the links on this site. On the eBay forums several people had also posted links. On some of them I could see the new announcements, but on some I couldn’t. Logging into my eBay the latest announcement was last week about the redundancies. This morning the titles are there for the announcements, but when I click on them I just go to the redundancy announcement. No doubt at some point today the full text will appear. Is there some way other than my eBay to get into announcements, or are they sent to powersellers first? It seems to happen every time there is an announcement.

]]> By: Board_Surfer http://tamebay.com/2008/10/ebay-uk-sets-maximum-pp-for-media-phone-categories.html#comment-13453 Board_Surfer Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:21:21 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4632#comment-13453 would it have been so difficult to actually weigh some items? some of the limits are ridiculous compared to others. would it have been so difficult to actually weigh some items?

some of the limits are ridiculous compared to others.

]]> By: tj http://tamebay.com/2008/10/ebay-uk-sets-maximum-pp-for-media-phone-categories.html#comment-13452 tj Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:50:55 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4632#comment-13452 I think eBay need to get away from the bogus misleading wording of FREE..it should be postage INCLUDED I think eBay need to get away from the bogus misleading wording of FREE..it should be postage INCLUDED

]]> By: Josordoni http://tamebay.com/2008/10/ebay-uk-sets-maximum-pp-for-media-phone-categories.html#comment-13451 Josordoni Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:09:45 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4632#comment-13451 I think it would have been less controversial if, like Amazon, eBay had introduced a set flat rate for certain categories. Thinking about books in particular, which vary in weight quite considerably, If I buy from Amazon marketplace, I don't feel aggrieved if the seller's postage shown on the envelope is dramatically lower than I have paid, I know that it is Amazon that set the price and that is that. In fact I don't even think about it. However, eBay buyers are encouraged to think about how much they have paid for P&P when filling in the DSR ratings. IMHO the new eBay rulings could mean that if a seller wants to set the maximum allowed postage price on all his items, so that he can balance out his more expensive postage with cheaper items, the buyer of the cheaper item could feel cheated and could mark down on postage DSRs as being unreasonable. So eBay could still have the same problem they are so assiduously trying to remedy. I think it would have been less controversial if, like Amazon, eBay had introduced a set flat rate for certain categories.

Thinking about books in particular, which vary in weight quite considerably, If I buy from Amazon marketplace, I don’t feel aggrieved if the seller’s postage shown on the envelope is dramatically lower than I have paid, I know that it is Amazon that set the price and that is that. In fact I don’t even think about it.
However, eBay buyers are encouraged to think about how much they have paid for P&P when filling in the DSR ratings.

IMHO the new eBay rulings could mean that if a seller wants to set the maximum allowed postage price on all his items, so that he can balance out his more expensive postage with cheaper items, the buyer of the cheaper item could feel cheated and could mark down on postage DSRs as being unreasonable.

So eBay could still have the same problem they are so assiduously trying to remedy.

]]> By: Chris http://tamebay.com/2008/10/ebay-uk-sets-maximum-pp-for-media-phone-categories.html#comment-13450 Chris Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:24:50 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4632#comment-13450 Sue - It is what you would get on Amazon. But, as I understand it, you get it for each book, regardless of weight. So there would at least be a chance, that over time, it would even itself out. Sue – It is what you would get on Amazon. But, as I understand it, you get it for each book, regardless of weight. So there would at least be a chance, that over time, it would even itself out.

]]> By: Sue Bailey http://tamebay.com/2008/10/ebay-uk-sets-maximum-pp-for-media-phone-categories.html#comment-13449 Sue Bailey Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:54:14 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4632#comment-13449 Chris #3 - my guess would be that shows that eBay have taken category averages into account, and that booksellers trim their P&P a lot closer to actual costs than memory sellers do. Or <i>just maybe</i> that £2.75 would be what you'd be charged on Amazon? :shock: Chris #3 – my guess would be that shows that eBay have taken category averages into account, and that booksellers trim their P&P a lot closer to actual costs than memory sellers do.

Or just maybe that £2.75 would be what you’d be charged on Amazon? :shock:

]]> By: Chris http://tamebay.com/2008/10/ebay-uk-sets-maximum-pp-for-media-phone-categories.html#comment-13448 Chris Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:25:25 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4632#comment-13448 How can Multimedia Cards/Memory have a higher maximum than books? How can Multimedia Cards/Memory have a higher maximum than books?

]]> By: Chris http://tamebay.com/2008/10/ebay-uk-sets-maximum-pp-for-media-phone-categories.html#comment-13447 Chris Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:03:23 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4632#comment-13447 It rather depends how eBay decides to market the change to buyers. Is there going to be the same overboard emphasis on category maximums that we saw over the no negatives and neutrals for buyers change. If so we could have a situation where a seller is marked down on DSRs for charging the maximum, even though they are making a loss on it. Adding the extra to the item price isn't so easy for auctions, and I think they could be the real losers. I have a box of military books that I hope to sell. I picked 3 out at random. They are almost all hardbacks but these were by no means the largest. Weighed without any packaging 2 would cost £2.51 each to post, leaving 24p for packaging which would need to be substantial. The third would cost £3.08 for postage alone. That's for 1st class postage. I wouldn't use 2nd class as being a very low volume seller I'm too vulnerable to sanctions if a buyer took exception to the extra delivery time. If I don't get rid of them before Christmas I think they'll be going to recycling, It rather depends how eBay decides to market the change to buyers. Is there going to be the same overboard emphasis on category maximums that we saw over the no negatives and neutrals for buyers change. If so we could have a situation where a seller is marked down on DSRs for charging the maximum, even though they are making a loss on it. Adding the extra to the item price isn’t so easy for auctions, and I think they could be the real losers.

I have a box of military books that I hope to sell. I picked 3 out at random. They are almost all hardbacks but these were by no means the largest. Weighed without any packaging 2 would cost £2.51 each to post, leaving 24p for packaging which would need to be substantial. The third would cost £3.08 for postage alone. That’s for 1st class postage. I wouldn’t use 2nd class as being a very low volume seller I’m too vulnerable to sanctions if a buyer took exception to the extra delivery time. If I don’t get rid of them before Christmas I think they’ll be going to recycling,

]]> By: DR Johns http://tamebay.com/2008/10/ebay-uk-sets-maximum-pp-for-media-phone-categories.html#comment-13446 DR Johns Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:52:06 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/?p=4632#comment-13446 Obvious reason why Ebay/PP are looking to stop postage is that certain, mostly low priced items that only have a small margin potential after Ebay/PP take their big slice set attractive, BIN's and then look to recover a small margin by a higher postage charge that helps to minimise listing charges and PP take. They dress it up as though it is for the good of buyers-typical half truth as usual Obvious reason why Ebay/PP are looking to stop postage is that certain, mostly low priced items that only have a small margin potential after Ebay/PP take their big slice set attractive, BIN’s and then look to recover a small margin by a higher postage charge that helps to minimise listing charges and PP take.
They dress it up as though it is for the good of buyers-typical half truth as usual

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