Making Proft on postage?

[oxcat1]

Hello,

I recently bought a top on ebay for £0.99, and only afterwards noticed that postage was £4.99. Given I lived in teh same town as the seller, I contacted them to see if I could arrange to collect in person, but I never heard back so in the end I just paid up.

Now I'm looking at a dress I'd like to buy, and postage is listed as £5.50 for 2nd class recorded. I contacted hte seller to ask if I could just have it sent normal second class, if I won, and she replied saying that she was quite new to ebay, but she did have to 'make a profit somewhere'.

I had thought that you weren't meant to make a profit on the postage? Whenever selling I have tried to be as reasonable as possible, and only charge for the packing materials and the cost of postgae. Sometimes I've got this wrong and lost out horribly, but it is true that I often make about 10p profit or so on the postage.

Is it unreasonable to think that charging over £5 for postage just to make a profit seems a bit mean? I thought hte whole point of selling on ebay was that you took your chance with the auction price? I can't now find anywhere on the ebay help pages where it says you shouldn't aim to make a profit on the postage though. Hmmmm.

Could some please explain to me SLOWLY what no seller feedback means?

I send stuff via recorded because of the insurance aspect. And also there is a record of it being signed for if someone claims they have not got something. Also I have lost so much stuff sent to me over the years I like to make it as safe as possible. It only costs about a£1 extra I think.

You can compare prices with and without p&p.

weve changed to all recorded now,have had to

feedback- basically sellers cannotleave feedback so buyer can say whatever they want and even try to blackmail you with it if they want

i only send by recorded now- purely for the signature to prove item delivered.

the feedback thing is really crap- a seller cannot leave negative if buyer takes 2 weeks to pay,doesn't respond to emails etc...or cheque bounces...or if they decided they don't want your item...however...the buyer can leave negative feedback whenever they want!

Peachy - you can report your buyer for feedback extortion ( I think that's what it's called). Also didn't realise you couldn't even reply to a negative!