A little advice needed please guys.
I wanted to buy an item which featured a BIN option. The price looked OK - cheap but OK, but then I noticed the postage was exactly the same as the item price.
£17.50 GBP which made the item, in reality, £35.00 and perhaps NOT such a great deal.
Then I noticed he was but 20 miles away so I wrote and asked if I could pick it up and save the postage and this is his reply.
English is not his first language clearly but I am struggling to understand what advantage he gains by listing the goods thus, and he is not the only one doing this.
To me it's confusing and unnecessary but to him?
Ah, well dear readers, that is what I am asking of you..
Shoot.
PS He is undoubtedly a trader, not an individual.
"Dear friend,
Sometimes we make the item at the FREE shipping cost and sometimes we add the item price to the shipping cost.That's why you feel the shipping costs is so high. But our total price (price +shipping cost) is the lowest price on eBay. You know all the buyers buy the item base on the total price (price + shipping cost), not base on price or the shipping cost.
Our total price (price + shipping cost) already is the lowest price on eBay. It is nearly no profit sale. Hope that you can understand. We will provide the best service to you including the delivery service and warranty service.
Sorry we do not accept customer pick up items by themselves.If you want to buy, then please email us your paypal email, then we will send the paypal invoice to you. Then you can pay for it and then we will send the item to you within 1 day and then send you the tracking number.
Best regards"
So, what do you make of it?
I wanted to buy an item which featured a BIN option. The price looked OK - cheap but OK, but then I noticed the postage was exactly the same as the item price.
£17.50 GBP which made the item, in reality, £35.00 and perhaps NOT such a great deal.
Then I noticed he was but 20 miles away so I wrote and asked if I could pick it up and save the postage and this is his reply.
English is not his first language clearly but I am struggling to understand what advantage he gains by listing the goods thus, and he is not the only one doing this.
To me it's confusing and unnecessary but to him?
Ah, well dear readers, that is what I am asking of you..
Shoot.
PS He is undoubtedly a trader, not an individual.
"Dear friend,
Sometimes we make the item at the FREE shipping cost and sometimes we add the item price to the shipping cost.That's why you feel the shipping costs is so high. But our total price (price +shipping cost) is the lowest price on eBay. You know all the buyers buy the item base on the total price (price + shipping cost), not base on price or the shipping cost.
Our total price (price + shipping cost) already is the lowest price on eBay. It is nearly no profit sale. Hope that you can understand. We will provide the best service to you including the delivery service and warranty service.
Sorry we do not accept customer pick up items by themselves.If you want to buy, then please email us your paypal email, then we will send the paypal invoice to you. Then you can pay for it and then we will send the item to you within 1 day and then send you the tracking number.
Best regards"
So, what do you make of it?