a way to avoid paying ebay charges:clever or cheating?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 22 Apr 2006, 13:48

you decide,gotta admire his cheek though

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Green-Wing-Series ... dZViewItem

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 22 Apr 2006, 18:38

Haha, pretty clever.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Apr 2006, 19:22

I'm sure the listing cost also includes postage no? The PayPal cost definitely does.

It's not cheating definitely not the rules don't prevent you from doing this so how can it be? Many other's do this to. I've done it before.

It does mean the listing stands out on the list page as it's only £1.99.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 22 Apr 2006, 19:40

no the listing cost doesn't include postage. £15 for a set that'll cost about £2.50 to post is

but good luck to him.i thought i was being cheeky charging £1.50 postage for dvds

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Apr 2006, 20:12

I wouldn't say it's cheeky at all when you're willing to let it go for £11.99. It's all wording at the end of the day.

I look at the grand total and then decide if it's fair. It's what we do without thinking about it at places like Play. Free postage doesn't actually exist.

the68monkey · Post by **the68monkey** » 23 Apr 2006, 00:30

Seems like money-mongering eBay would have a rule against inflating the postage like that to keep the sale prices so low, thus making the listing fees paid to eBay at a bare minimum. If there isn't a rule like that in place already, I wouldn't be at all surprised if eBay creates one for that purpose soon.

Unrealnils · Post by **Unrealnils** » 26 May 2006, 13:50

ebay are slow to do things though i hear there gonna start doing something about it.

Either way i think its clever