The laziness of sellers amazes me - some buyers would pay more, even if delivery charges were a tad high, I would for instance. There has been many a bike and bike accessory I've enquired about lately, for which the seller flatly refused to add a delivery option - they're already paying high fees to ebay, and occasionally willing to drop off locally, so why not box the darn things up for a courier? Their sales foorprint could be far larger, and as you say, they could sell for a much better price. It's really quite irrational.
It's not quite that simple Guerney.
I sell quite a lot of windsurfing kit and reaching point where I will stop offering carriage. It's become prohibitive on boards basically on price but that's not only issue. I, ve had more misplaced, lost or damaged sails over last 18 months than previous 10 years. No idea what's going on. Only last week sent 3 sails to Bangor (Wales not Ireland) and they rolled up in Newcastle?? Then came back to me rather than straight to Bangor. Then had to argue with carrier to get a credit (which I didn't get) and finally they carried them for half price. They have sender over a barrel. EBay is also trying to enforce you to use their listed carriers (always dearer).
I now list items pick up only but will despatch if buyer sorts/pays and more importantly takes liability, for carriage.
It's just about reached point its not worth either the hassle or time to sell stuff and try to get fair price through most platforms. Suspect buyers have been taking Michael during lock down.. Insisting stuff hasn't arrived or is damaged..
My advice, for what it's worth . Sell it collection only but agree to meet within set radius. But you are correct, selling collection only does devalue items.
And don't get me started on PayPal (actually Ebay payment on eBay) It's scandalous. Have a look who has money post payment. The seller doesn't not for quite a while anyway. Then it's less selling fees, final valuation fee and whatever they feel like charging. I probably end up with 60% of actual value of item. Better keeping stuff.
Seems to me carriers are far more focused on business sellers nowadays. If you sell enough to warrant an account along with volume to get decent discounts that's another matter. The part time business types and the unique item sellers, carriers could not care less about. And don't try and phone carriers anymore, even when stuff is lost. Its soul destroying and pointless.
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