Is anyone else getting as fed up as I am with people trying it on with postage?

It costs £1.30 to send a 45 by recorded delivery, that's in a decent mailer with 2 bits of card.

Even if you charge £1.50 you make 20p!

So why do people quote £1.50 or £2 standard mail, £2.50 recorded etc.

I've just had one bloke bill me, he wants £2.50 for one record, second class normail post! Add on £1 for recorded. So that's £2 more than the actual cost and I'm absolutely sick of it so I think I'm going to put some kind of message on each of my sales now asking people to question anyone charging more than £2 recorded post.

This may seem petty but if you add it up over a year it costs over £100 in rip off postage charges.

I asked one bloke why he charged £2.50 and this is his reply

"because doing the whole postage thing takes a big chunk out of my day, and I feel my time is as valuable as the next man's"

well don't be a record dealer then you tw*t

So you've just spent £300 on a record whats a few extra quid mean to you?????

Agree about charging way over the top postage, but i mean whats £2.50! doesnt get you alot in this day and age.

What about the charges from those in the US? I'm a bit tired of paying 8 or 9 dollars for postage just to see it turn up with $5.05 on the package.

I've just "won" this item

https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

and the guy charges $11.35 for standard airmail postage, I either pay and get the record or don't pay and get no record plus neg feedback

... and it will probably turn up in an envelope

What about the charges from those in the US? I'm a bit tired of paying 8 or 9 dollars for postage just to see it turn up with $5.05 on the package.

I've just "won" this item

https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

and the guy charges $11.35 for standard airmail postage, I either pay and get the record or don't pay and get no record plus neg feedback

... and it will probably turn up in an envelope

If you took the time to read someone's feedback you might be happier about how it was packed. Below is the sellers last feedback, looks pretty good seller to me.

Great seller, 45 as described, well packed, fast shipping +++++++++++++thanks! and no I'm not the seller.

It's fee avoidance more like..... cheeky feckers....

if it's just a simple matter of fee avoidance, what's the difference?

you either pay £20 for the record and £5 postage, and paypal make a few less pence, or you pay £23.50 for the record and £1.50 for the postage and paypal makes a few more pence.

this is nonsense.

What about the charges from those in the US? I'm a bit tired of paying 8 or 9 dollars for postage just to see it turn up with $5.05 on the package.

while i'm not desperately keen to pay any more than i have to, $3 for the guy's time, petrol, packaging etc isn't exactly a rip-off paul, surely?

If you took the time to read someone's feedback you might be happier about how it was packed. Below is the sellers last feedback, looks pretty good seller to me.

Great seller, 45 as described, well packed, fast shipping +++++++++++++thanks! and no I'm not the seller.

I'm sure it will be well packed and shipped quickly, the idea of the smiley thing was to indicate the line about the envelope was light hearted.

I just object to paying $11.45 when postage including a good mailer cannot cost more than $8. The ebay calculator for postage works out postage on the basis of postage plus sellers "handling" charge, I've asked why postage is double but haven't had a reply. I've paid as it still works out reasonably cheap.

Maybe I'm just a tight Yorkshireman , is there any other type

YES!

Just won a Ray Scott off some bloke in Scotland (no names.....YET!) who's sent me an invoice with $12.23 int. flat rate postage on it

Emailed him asking for a revised invoice because his postage rates are extortionate - but as yet had no reply.

Hopefully he's reading this..... :angry:

All sorted out I'm pleased to say!

while i'm not desperately keen to pay any more than i have to, $3 for the guy's time, petrol, packaging etc isn't exactly a rip-off paul, surely?

And so we come back full circle to my original posting.

yes it IS a rip off!

F*ck the guys time and petrol. Stop ripping customers off.

And so we come back full circle to my original posting.

yes it IS a rip off!

F*ck the guys time and petrol. Stop ripping customers off.

No it's not. At least, I don't mind paying it. If it stops other people bidding on stuff I want, even better.

doesn't bother me too much either (if it is within the reasonable realms of actual cost + a bit extra) if i am actually getting good service e.g. prompt, well packed, new package rather than used if that is what i'm paying for etc.

As far as i go, you get some idiots on ebay who sell items and charge too much on postage and package. As mum or friend says it prob cost them about £1.50 to get it all parceled up ready to send and they say ok you pay £2 postage and package. So they make 50p out of it, why can't they charge normal price of only add on say 10p. They should make there money out of the record sold. I not had a bad thing on ebay yet but did buy a cd single once paid more po postage and package £1.25 then the cd priced at 1p lol i think seller wanted to get rid of quick