19^th October 2009 – Ebays New Postage Policy

Due to E-bays new policy of zero postage on books I now have to include postage in the description or increase the overall price of the book to include postage. If I do the 2^nd option then I have to pay an insertion fee to e-bay because my value is over 99p.

I have always tried to keep my books at a competitive price and by not paying e-bays insertion fees I have been able to keep my postage rates low as well. Any additional cost built into my prices allows me to make a small profit on each item for packing, my time for listing and taking the items to the post office.

E-bay seem to be trying to squeeze out the small sellers with this new policy and I’m sorry if it’s confusing for you the buyer, but by putting the postal cost in the description allows me to keep my prices low.

Consequently if you win any of my items, either wait for me to send the invoice (which will include the postage) or if you want to pay quickly please remember to include the postage in your payment.

Thanks for looking at my items and lets hope that e-bay eventually see sense and allow us to reinstate a reasonable postage cost