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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.
No offence, but that's just b
ks. You might have got away with that 5 years ago, but you wouldn't get away with that now. The dispute process now includes postage costs so you'll have to come up with another ingenious scam.The reason is Ebay is now the way it is, is because of sellers ripping people off with this sort of s
t.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
t".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.
I smell bull s
t.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 st.
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
t.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 st.
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
t.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