shipping cost very high

[nagarajbhagwat]

Bazze normally used to charge Rs150 to 200 for delivery charges but now after taken over by Ebay the delivery charges have increased to 300 which is very expensive for if have to pay Rs300 as delivery to buy a product whose value is 400 then it makes no sense.

Please bring down the cost of delivery.

[hi2k_soho]

in continuation with my earlier post ... here i give you an example of why a seller is tempted to go for high shipping charges

check out this one of my listing

http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=5428662724

this item is guaranteed to retail at over 500.00 ... i start the auction at 140.00 and charge only 100.00 as shipping charge which all of you would agree is normall ... ( no insurance or any other hidden charges , and i offer 100% unconditional no quaestions asked return policy )...

see the auction's state and wouldn't i as a seller be tempted to go for a RE.1.0 listing and create shipping charges as 299.00 ??? i will recieve 4 - 5 bids within minutes pof the auction opening in this case ... and still the realisation would be 20% extra


ONCE AGAIN I REITERATE that i do not support high shipping charges but just trying to put across why this thing happens ... and why ebay needs to educate the buyers why it is happening ... all 1 RE. listings should carry a statutory warn and other listings where ebay suspects high unreasonable shipping charges are being charged repeatedly by a seller .. strict action should be taken ... regards

[devjyoti_bagchi]

I am very fond of buying products over the internet, but I hate people cheating others over the net. I trust Ebay formerly Baazee to minimize these frauds. From my experience in Ebay I would suggest others to be careful while purchasing. Even Ebay should monitor that When a seller is listing their products under 1 rupee auction / buy now, their shipping charges should also be justifiable. What they do is they keep the prices low at 1 rupee and increases the shipping charges upto 500 rupees. This should not happen on the site. When you are auctioning a particular thing, keep the gutts to bear the risk too.

[posting.id.in]

Hello,

Since all you buyer know that shipping charges are high, why don't you just ignore that item and buy something else.

Any experience buyer usually add the shipping cost to the product cost before making the purchase.

One suggestion for all you guys who want to see only real auction is to filter your search to products which have 2 or more bids. This is available under the customise search option. The products which have more than 2 bids are real auctions as two other people have found the shipping charges reasonable. Just do this search save all these heartburns.

There are thousands, nay lakhs of buyers who are buying products at Re1/- with the so called "high shipping charges" and still find value in the purchase. I can give some ids of buyers with more than 10 ratings biddfing for Re.1/- auctions with high shipping charges.

[atulnc1]

YOU MAY ALSO REQUEST THE SELLER TO LESSEN THE SHIPPING COST,IF IT IS TOO HIGH,IF HE AGREES WELL AND GOOD,OTHERWISE AVOID SUCH SELLERS.
SOME SELLERS CHARGE HIGH PRICE FOR THE PRODUCT AND LOW FOR SHIPPING.
SOME SELLERS DO THE OPPOSITE AND CHARGE LOW FOR THE PRODUCT AND HIGH SHIPPING FEES(SPECIALLY IN CASE OF MOBILES AND ELECTONICS) AS THEY HAVE TOP BE CAREFULLY DELIVERED TO YOUR DOORSTEP.

SOME PRODUCTS LIKE LAPTOPS WHICH REQUIRE EXTREME GUD PACKING AND HANDLING MAY ALSO BE CHARGED MORE.

TRY ASKING THE SELLER WHY IS HE CHARGING HUGE AMOUNT OF SHIPPING AND IF HE HAS A VALID POINT,THEN I DONT THINK SO YOU SHOULD HESITATE TO PAY MORE AND GET UR PRODUCT REACH SAFELY TO UR PLACE,RATHER THEN SENDING IT THRU CHEAP COURIER COMPANIES.
SHIPPING CHARGES ARE ALSO DEPENDENT UPON HOW QUICK THE PRODUCT DELIVARY IS. I MEAN TO SAY EXPERSS DELIVARY OR THE NORMAL MODE OF DELIVERY.

REGARDS,
ATUL.

[runalaila_in1]

genuine auctions with genuine shipping charges don't end up with good sells
for the sellers....

like these

http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=5441740309

so i guess many sellers are tempted to use wrong delivery charges

[quliqutubshah]

This type of game is very common with Delhi based sellers. Cost of item Rs. 1 and shipping price Rs. 999

[samrudha]

It is indeed not possible to ship highend product like Cell phones or costly items for as low as 200 or 300.
since this items are very costly they need to be shipped with experienced courier companies like Blue Dart. And they charge very high prices for per item. Hence the prices shoot up. I strongly believe that shipping cost should not exceed 500 Rs for cellphones and other light stuff. For everything else (not costly items) RS. 75 - RS. 150 is ok