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73mark said:
northwest monkey said:
73mark said:
You will get a better result with eBay. If you say from now on I will,sell everything for 99p and p&p of what I actually want for the item. Did this myself after using ebay recommended p&p. lost £22 threatened this plan of action got my losses refunded.
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The reason is Ebay is now the way it is, is because of sellers ripping people off with this sort of s
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For the folks that don't know the scam, the seller sells an item for £1 plus £20 postage - other sellers are selling the same item for £22 so it's a quid cheaper (real postage costs are say £3). Buyer buys the item, decides it's not for them and sends it back (as is their right). Buyer receives a refund of £1 but no postage refund & is £20 out of pocket. Seller has the item back, and is £16 up on the deal. Buyer is pissed off & tells everyone "Ebay is s
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I imagine you also leave shouty false positive feedback as well "BLOAK IS A SCAMMUH" etc etc.
Edited by 73mark on Sunday 14th September 18:50
And ebay don't take 10% of p&p.I sold £95 worth of stuff and was invoiced for £10.52,p&p was £25 on top of the £95.
Edited by 73mark on Sunday 14th September 19:48
£95.00 sales, £25.00 postage.
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And if your user name is the same on eBay, (will be denied ) you haven't sold for ages!!!!!
xuy said:
So you state that you sell at .99p with excessive P&P, but your figures contradict this:-
£95.00 sales, £25.00 postage.
I smell bull s
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And if your user name is the same on eBay, (will be denied ) you haven't sold for ages!!!!!
Just to clarify I Usually sell.99p with high p&p,but went with eBay recommended p&p and let them go on auction for my last lot of items. £95.00 sales, £25.00 postage.
I smell bull s
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And if your user name is the same on eBay, (will be denied ) you haven't sold for ages!!!!!
I then went and posted the items and the postage price was £47 and not £25. eBay didn't give me money into my account,they give me a reference number to use against fees on future sells to the value of £22
And no I don't use the same name for everything do you.?
Edited by 73mark on Sunday 14th September 22:56
73mark said:
xuy said:
So you state that you sell at .99p with excessive P&P, but your figures contradict this:-
£95.00 sales, £25.00 postage.
I smell bull s
t.
And if your user name is the same on eBay, (will be denied ) you haven't sold for ages!!!!!
Just to clarify I Usually sell.99p with high p&p,but went with eBay recommended p&p and let them go on auction for my last lot of items. £95.00 sales, £25.00 postage.
I smell bull s
![](/inc/images/censored.gif)
And if your user name is the same on eBay, (will be denied ) you haven't sold for ages!!!!!
I then went and posted the items and the postage price was £47 and not £25. eBay didn't give me money into my account,they give me a reference number to use against fees on future sells to the value of £22
And no I don't use the same name for everything do you.?
Edited by 73mark on Sunday 14th September 22:56
It's one of the oldest scams on Ebay.
73mark said:
I do it so when people do best match lowest to highest price minds top of the list.
I doubt that will actually help because unless the buyer is collecting the item they'd be daft to not use "lowest price + P&P" sort option which has been there a good few years now. Also free P&P listings are prioritised in normal search results. Plus you've lost a lot of people who immediately ignore the auction because of the longstanding scam issue. All in all doing the "low price, high P&P" thing seems like a good way to make your items less likely to sell.Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff