Postage

[Mrsrobertduvallsaysboo]

I sell sporadically on ebay, and listed some clothes last week.
I see that Ebay now give limits for postage prices...fair enough.

2 of the items I sold were in the coats/jackets section, maximum postage £4.75.
One was a gilet, the other a cotton jacket...not big heavy wool coats.
When I went to post them, the cheapest price was £5.35.

Are Ebay out of touch here?

[LineRunner]

Did you sell and post them separately or as a 'bundle'?

[Mrsrobertduvallsaysboo]

They were sold seperately to two different buyers.

[queenebay]

Use click and collect -a courier you drop of to and its only £4. I dont use the royal mail unless i have to do. This goes tracked too

[Mrsrobertduvallsaysboo]

But isn't that a faff waiting in for someone?

[fergoose]

you don't wait in - you drop it off

[Mrsrobertduvallsaysboo]

Don't think I'll sell coats again!!!!!

[queenebay]

you drop it off to a newsagent listed-its fab

[lljkk]

What IS "click and collect"?

I agree waiting is a faff.

And that Ebay is out of touch. I want to send a 600g box set DVD and Ebay will only let me charge £1 or so in postage .

Oh and courier is a problem if you don't have a printer to print off the courier label (my printer is malfunctioning today(!!)).

Couriers:
CollectPlus: you can usually drop if off in your area. In a bag your coats (if under 2kg with packaging) could be sent for £3.99 with Collect+ (check the insurance amount on that, though).

Some couriers have own shop units where you can drop off for lower price, but none of them ever remotely near me.

[sarahtigh]

instead of choosing flat rate domestic postage choose heavy bulky item, then specify courier charges in listing, you can buy basic scales upto weighing 5kg on ebay for a few pounds, by getting the postage right will save the cost within a few items

parcel post for upto 2kg is £5.30
under 1kg is £3.50 second class so if anything weigh more than 1kg collect+ drop at shop is cheapest

under 1kg royal mail cheaper than courier

[lljkk]

if anything weighs more than 1kg collect+ drop at shop is cheapest

Only if you can get it in the right packaging & dimensions are short enough, for Collect+ rules. And if the default Collect+ insurance is adequate, too. Oh, and if your travel costs to find a Collect+ shop are low enough (I realise that they usually are). I think we've discussed that before, though.

Still, thanks for the explanation. Ebay is a maze, sometimes!!

I think couriers really come into their own when you've got stuff that weighs 2+ kg.