Postage costs are disgraceful

[jx2mad]

My daughter has some small babywear on ebay. She has sold one item for $2.50 but the cost of postage plus small post bag, the weight of which is minimal still costs $8.00 So she is out of pocket $5.50 for one sale and now she has a second sale to process for a similar loss. These charges are ridiculous. Jim:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

[loanrangie]

Sorry to say it but she didnt do her homework then, cant blame ebay or aus post for that.

[Mick_Marsh]

$8.00 postage! That's cheap.
Be a good dad and deliver it for her.

[jazzaD1]

If she chose to advertise free postage of course she will be out of pocket! sure, aus post rates have increased somewhat recently but it is all available online, no surprises

[bee utey]

The loss is small change, she should post at a loss just to make the feedback score. Then purchase some prepaid post bags and make sure whatever she sells fits in them. Never guess postage again.

e.g.

10 X 500G Post Satchel Prepaid RRP $8 25 | eBay (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/10-X-500g-Post-Satchel-Prepaid-RRP-8-25-/321229776710?pt=AU_Envelopes_Bags_Boxes&hash=item4acac96746)

[bob10]

My daughter has some small babywear on ebay. She has sold one item for $2.50 but the cost of postage plus small post bag, the weight of which is minimal still costs $8.00 So she is out of pocket $5.50 for one sale and now she has a second sale to process for a similar loss. These charges are ridiculous. Jim:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Stamps are going up to 70 cents each next year, Bob

[MR LR]

Include postage in the price next time...

[superquag]

I've been told that some mail-order vendors make a respectable profit from the 'handling' portion of the shipping...

American vendors have raised this to an Art-Form... not only on evilBay.

Case in point from a few years ago. Needed a pair of headlight globes for (grey) Jap import car, H4H - Domestic Market only... ("JDM")

- Did'nt matter where I went int he US, East, West coast, central or Alaska... was going to be $100 the pair. Either $99.95 with $FREE 'shipping', or $19.95 and $80 shipping...and everything between via US Postal Service or DHL or Space Shuttle... etc.

Finally found a place that charged a reasonable price for them, and posted via USPS Flat rate box. - which is on the US Postal Service website.

Bought extra sets 'cos they were honest.

- And a good reputation, even on something as fickle as evilbay, is worth almost any price.:eek:

[richard4u2]

those charges don't sound right to me, if she could use a a4 or a3 envelope and the item can squash down below 20 mm and weigh under 500 grams the max she would pay would be $3.00

[jx2mad]

Needed one of those padded bags. I checked a parcel to me from Qld in a small padded bag with postage of $1.20. Local postmaster said there is a flat rate of all parcels up to 500gm of just over $6.

[Gary S11]

I got my ashcroft locker freight free from the states, but had to change the diff in my mitsy l300 $130.00 Perth to Albany for a milk Crate that it came in ..