Are all Ebay Shoppers Stupid??

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

To avoid all of the frustration, can't you automate your checkout settings so that on multiple single card purchases the ebay checkout system will automatically cap the s/h on your buyer's purchases?

That can work if the buyer buys multiple cards then pays.
Many times I've had buyers buy 1 card at a time & pay for it, then buy another & pay for it and so on.
I bundle them up and ship them together.
I lose a little bit of money for each Paypal transaction, but I'm happy for the multiple sales.

[Marchillo]

As a buyer only I have just as many complaints to sellers for shipping issues. Some sellers are obviously trying to increase their margins with shipping fees. This is one of the reasons I give so many props to Greg Morris. It's $3 no matter how many single cards (I think eBay caps invoices at 40) but it keeps me bidding on more items and I am sure he makes up the shipping from people like me bidding on things we otherwise might skip and increasing the prices whether I win or I don't. There is one seller in particular whose stuff I really like, but his shipping policies are absurd. Even when you buy a few items you are waiting to see what he will come up with for a combined price. At the end of the day its definitely cost this seller business from me. He has great feedback but about a dozen neutrals on these shipping issues. He is pretty upfront about it so if you don't like it move on. But my point is that he definitely could do a lot more business and probably make more money if he had more reasonable shipping policies.

But yes from the OP's original point I always wait for an invoice when combining items. If its been 24 hours than I remind the seller. If there is an eBay promotion or bucks promotion involved I will email the seller a few times to try to expedite the process so I can take advantage of the offers.

[mybuddyinc]

As a mainly seller, it is VERY frustrating. I always like to combine s/h. But I do realize many buyers just pay for separate items, for reasons stated above. I then have to refund the extra s/h. That's basically the only way I can figure out making things right.

I'm usually not a negative person, but I think ebay does this on purpose. Once they made the decision to take a small percentage of s/h fees, they make it hard to combine s/h. As they will make a bit more from individual purchases.

It actually has gotten so frustrating to me, now I do Free S/H on all my listings. So now, a buyer can buy as many cards, and I don't have to worry about it any more.

Not fun, Scott