I've never bought multiple items from a single seller before but I have now...When and how do I go about taking advantage of the shipping discount that the seller offers for buying multiple items? If someone could tell me a little about the proccess I'd appreciate it...Thanks!
2006-10-05 18:05:18 · 5 answers · asked by Jade Orchid 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
The idea is that if you ship all goods together then you should be able to get it cheaper.
I only went for this deal one time. The company promised to give me a shipping discount if I ordered multiple items and when I increased my order they didn't give me a discount. So I don't deal with them anymore.
Before you pay these people or this company calculate your shipping cost, cancel the order and then email them with the items you wanted to order, and ask them what your shipping discount would be. If the "discount" equals the standard shipping costs that you calculated then ask them (in another email), "Where is the shipping discount?"
A lot of eBay "auctions" are actually done by people who operate an online store and have several of those items in stock. The keep putting up auctions to sell their goods, then a week later they come up with the same items on auction. This isn't illegal and eBay realizes that it is done so they let people have online stores. This may be whom you are dealing with.
If you sell something on eBay then eBay wants a percentage of your profits, so they can run their website and make a profit themselves. One way sellers have found to make a little more profit is to inflate the shipping costs. EBay doesn't calculate the shipping costs in with the amount of sale, so the company gets a little more profit. If eBay argues about it then they can say that the extra money is to pay the workers that ship the product so it is “handling” costs. This could be true so eBay doesn’t press it. Since a lot of companies do this you "multiple purchase shipping discount" may be a figment of someone’s imagination.
2006-10-05 18:23:01 · answer #1 · answered by Dan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you pay with paypal, all of the items should be listed together in the My Ebay section and have one link underneath them that allows you to pay for all the items at once and it should calculate the shipping automatically, including the discounts available. If you're still confused, request the total from the seller and just send the total once they let you know what it is.
2006-10-05 18:10:38 · answer #2 · answered by KPatrick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wait to pay the seller til ALL the auctions you were bidding on ended so you can get the complete total. it does list them all together and the seller can send you an invoice for all the items priced together. You go into paypal and pay and they send them. Its really easy. Plus you only have to leave feedback once. It will automatically count it for all the items.
There really isnt a whole lot you or the seller does out of normal, the system recognizes youve won multiple auctions and automatically sets it for you. Like i said..really simple. and if theres something you dontunderstand..just contact the seller to clarify.
2006-10-05 18:14:44 · answer #3 · answered by Autumn M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think the seller automatically does it for you, provided they realize the same person has won multiple auctions
2006-10-05 18:15:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to Ebay help and type " taking advantage of shipping discounts"
and you have everything there...with examples!
2006-10-05 18:14:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋