Question About Requiring Immediate Payment and Combined Shipping on eBay

BINatVCP

So if I offer combined shipping (via a rule) on eBay, which is $3.50 for the first card and $.50 for each additional card, but require immediate payment for BIN items, will someone who purchases an item automatically pay $3.50 S&H for the first card purchased and then automatically pay only $.50 for each additional card purchased within 24 hours? Within some different amount of time? Does it even get automatically applied like it should?

Thanks for any insight.

Brad

Barfvader

I attempted to purchase three lots that required immediate payment and sellers terms stated that combined shipping (x amount for first and x amount for each lot after) would occur.

Hit the buy it know and it would not combine shipping. Seller had to change the immediate payment to regular buy-it-now and once he did that went back and hit the items I wanted and everything combined. Payed him immediately (which is what I do anyway).

Only time I've ever purchased with a seller needing immediate payment so don't know if that's the norm.

WinPitcher

If it was me (seller) I'd simply ask the buyer to pay whatever ebay says and I'd refund him any difference.


If I was a buyer I'd ask the seller if he would do that before I bought multiple BINs.


Steve

cardbender

For me as a seller, the ebay's combined shipping checkout hasn't worked correctly in over two years. When the postal increases occured in May 2008, the whole thing went off kilter.

I have to manually combine all multiple purchases myself or else the buyer will not get a combined shipping discount.

I've called ebay on this and no one there can help you fix anything on their site.

MeteoriteGuy

Combined shipping and immediate payment have never worked together...not sure how they could (in automation). I sure if you e-mail eBay your concern they have some form letter reply to ease your mind.

Tabe

<< <i>If it was me (seller) I'd simply ask the buyer to pay whatever ebay says and I'd refund him any difference.


If I was a buyer I'd ask the seller if he would do that before I bought multiple BINs.


Steve >>


Ditto. Exactly what I would do.

Tabe

zep33

<< <i>Combined shipping and immediate payment have never worked together...not sure how they could (in automation). I sure if you e-mail eBay your concern they have some form letter reply to ease your mind. >>



seems to me like a simple programming issue that could easily be addressed

a check box for the buyer stating he's planning on buying multiple items from same seller - maybe with a quantity decision box
each item matching the number of items buyer plans on buying is held for 2 minutes
buyer clicks done
shipping is then combined according to sellers settings
invoice pops up, buyer pays, all done

MeteoriteGuy

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<< <i>Combined shipping and immediate payment have never worked together...not sure how they could (in automation). I sure if you e-mail eBay your concern they have some form letter reply to ease your mind. >>



seems to me like a simple programming issue that could easily be addressed

a check box for the buyer stating he's planning on buying multiple items from same seller - maybe with a quantity decision box
each item matching the number of items buyer plans on buying is held for 2 minutes
buyer clicks done
shipping is then combined according to sellers settings
invoice pops up, buyer pays, all done >>



I guess I could have been more clear. A simple program would do as you noted. However, the eBay seller would have to set up these auctions different, which is more the problem. Which is why I'm not sure how it would work...in automation. Like, if you are not selling all of the same like items, you would almost need would need to have different weight catagories to select among when listed, but that could be done also, and the seller would have to have both items set up correctly. So for example, it adjusts different for two baseball bats over two baseball cards, and a baseball bat and a baseball card.

None of this would be hard, but sellers are bad now about filling in all the stuff, so I wonder if adding more boxes would get much response.

Clear Skies,
Mark

BunchOBull

BIN items should never have shipping associated with them. Factor the shipping price into the BIN and offer free shipping and require immediate payment.

Once the BIN is hit, if the buyer has any auctions to pay for, your shipping rules will be applied and PayPal will allow the buyer to pay all at once.

If multiple BINs are being hit, they'll have to be paid for seperately.