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Offline Gruntis

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Cheap TAF or is it
« on: July 26, 2013, 02:51:42 PM »
Saw this http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/addams-family-gold-pinball-machine-/290951525847 and thought it was an unusually low start price and decided, as you do, to have a look. Then I saw the catch - 

Postage $9000 !!@ Where's it coming from? The moon.

Yeah I know its a ploy to attract more buyers to your auction by having the low price but still never liked that way of selling.
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Re: Cheap TAF or is it
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2013, 03:02:29 PM »
Ask him if pickup is ok.
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Re: Cheap TAF or is it
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2013, 03:04:14 PM »
It's because you don't get slugged with a final value fee on postage. Ebay will be onto this and his email address is going to get swamped with people wanting to pick it up which of course he'll say postage only.
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Re: Cheap TAF or is it
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2013, 04:04:10 PM »
Wow you could easily miss that postage catch  &^&

Un F'kn believable  (((
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Re: Cheap TAF or is it
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2013, 04:22:58 PM »
Quote from: skywalker on July 26, 2013, 04:04:10 PM
Wow you could easily miss that postage catch  &^&

Un F'kn believable  (((

Can't help but think some people may have. Bidding has jumped to over $1000. Might be a case of some serious buyers remorse if they have @.@
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Re: Cheap TAF or is it
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2013, 05:14:30 PM »
I might have missed something, but does it make postage compulsory?

If not, then bid away and require him to make it available for collection I guess.

Over 3K now.......
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Re: Cheap TAF or is it
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2013, 11:30:26 PM »
over 5K now  #@#
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Re: Cheap TAF or is it
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2013, 10:01:33 AM »
Straight from the eBay help pages:



Circumventing Fees Policy

It's important to remain in good standing in paying eBay fees. Sometimes sellers try to find ways around paying fees or do so by mistake. Please see "Some Examples" (below) to make sure you're following eBay policies.

Breaches of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:

    Listing cancellation

    Limits on account privileges

    Account suspension

    Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings

    Loss of PowerSeller status

Spend a few minutes taking eBay's tutorial on fee circumvention.
Some Examples

    Outside-of-eBay offer - Listing an item on eBay and then being paid outside the eBay system through the eBay Web site.

    Unreasonable postage or handling costs - Listings with low prices but unreasonably high postage or handling costs.
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