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 Posted: Sat May 4th, 2013 09:44
Eric



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 I have been restricted by to a monthly selling limit for a year now because of a bad rating ( not feedback ...thats100%) . It's this star rating system that buyers are encouraged to score you on. Guess what ...I was marked down on postage charges. 2 greedy woman having won small heavy yet fragile items for a fraction of their retail value were aggrieved I charged the going rate for protecting their purchases in the post.

I argued with eBay, to no avail that, in the UK it's impossible to get people to give sellers 5 stars for postage charges...because even when done at cost, buyers still think the seller is the villain...not Royal Mail.

Buyers also think postage is "a stamp" ...when its packaging materials and time to organise it all as well.

I now put a statement on the bottom of every auction stating that people shouldn't bother bidding if they think the postage is ott.

It's clear royal mail don't want to be bothered with the traditional part of their business...general public and general mail. They just want lucrative commercial work. The government should never have privatised the mail...or water....or power.

>:(


I haven't quite got my head round the new parcel sizing. I took a parcel down today and though it wouldn't go through their slot thingie ...it still went 1st class post for £5.20????



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Eric