Would you contact this seller about postage?

[DinosaursOnASpaceship]

I won a big bundle of newborn clothes on eBay for £1.04 and postage was £5. Arrived quickly and the clothes are lovely, all clean and ironed, they look like new.

But they arrived in 3 big seperate parcels and the postage on each was just over £5 so about £15 in postage. I paid £6.04 all together so the seller is down by about £9 and I feel very guilty.

Would you message and pay the extra postage or just feel lucky to get a bargain?

I'd offer to pay something towards it if you feel that the clothes are worth it. I'd also point her in the direction of one of the courier companies as they're so much cheaper for things like this. Work out what it would have cost her to send as one bundle and pay the difference maybe?

she could have probably sent the lot with Collect Plus for a fiver - is she a new seller?

Depends what mood I was in.

On one of my rare nice days, I'd e-mail and say I'll pay the additional £4 or £6 to bump it up to £10 or £12 for the lot so they don't lose out on postage too much.

On one of my usual days, I'd think bollocks to them; they should have priced up the postage before the put the stuff up on Ebay and I'd be chuffed with the bargain.

How are you feeling today...

It would be very generous of you to do that and good karma! The seller is an idiot though for paying Royal Mail prices.

OP is saying that she can see each parcel cost £5.30 in postage (RM labels).
Heck yeah I'd offer something towards the postage. And recommend CollectPlus to her in future, although they don't always work out cheaper, especially if no drop off point near seller's home.

I have paid the extra postage. I felt awful for her, I've been sorting things out at home to sell on eBay to make money for Christmas and I would imagine she was doing similar and I would be gutted to sell such gorgeous clothes for a tiny amount never mind losing out on postage too. She has been on eBay since 2011 but is probably sleep deprived from a tiny baby. I know the feeling!

Thanks all

Thats a lovely gesture Dinosaur. Its easy to make mistakes on postage

What an utterly lovely person you are, Dinosaurs.

beyond pleased I made THE spreadsheet

how lovely of you dinosaurs!

What a nice thing to do. I probably would too because I know it would make the sellers day. I am a soft touch though I sometimes refund buyers a bit of money when I think they have over bid