Dual price listings for Amazon items under £15

sassie

they are already supposed to post it incl postage, and when mods see them without they do add these in to the title

BristolDeal · *Last edited by BristolDeal : 06-03-2008 at 19:05.*

sassie:
they are already supposed to post it incl postage, and when mods see them without they do add these in to the title

I've never seen them do that!

Didn't happen here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/15417...ebox-1-96-ama/

Here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/15417...-aloud-chemis/

Here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/15339...n1-adapter-6-/

Here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/15330...-nice-filler-/

Here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/15312...97-p-p-amazon/ (says +P&P in the title, so why not include it in the item price??)

I could go on. (and I do!)

bjmcghee

sassie:
they are already supposed to post it incl postage, and when mods see them without they do add these in to the title

One mod was guilty of it even after I pointed out that the postage was almost double the price of the item: http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/15035...g-dumbbell-tr/

I have to say that the Ebuyer ones particularly annoy me, especially when someone lists an item for a few quid and then says "Free Delivery over £49.99!"...

thesaint

BristolDeal:
I've never seen them do that!

Didn't happen here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/15417...ebox-1-96-ama/

Here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/15417...-aloud-chemis/

Here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/15339...n1-adapter-6-/

Here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/15330...-nice-filler-/

Here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/15312...97-p-p-amazon/ (says +P&P in the title, so why not include it in the item price??)

I could go on. (and I do!)

Have you reported them?

BristolDeal

thesaint:
Have you reported them?

No, because I've only seen them tonight. Plus that's not what the report button is for.

:
This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising messages, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts.

thesaint

BristolDeal:
Plus that's not what the report button is for.

I have questioned the report button before, and emma has said that the message that says:

:
This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising messages, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts.

Is a generic one that she doesn't think can be changed, and is fine to report other things.

BristolDeal

Well I wouldn't waste the mods time with threads that are half dead anyway. If it was made a general rule about the pricing of Amazon items, I wouldn't need to report them at all...!

chuckles2007

I disagree actually..it may be the rule but I disagree with it (Im allowed because were in the feedback thread).

The difference between a hot deal and a nothing deal, especially for CDs, DVDs and so forth is about £1. So if every single amazon deal includes postage, all it means is that most people will just have to remmeber how much it costs for postage and deduct it.

I don't know about anyone else, but for myself, I always try to make up orders of £15...I never buy a single item for say £3 or whatever.

Whereas other shops, such as Ebuyer...the difference between a hot deal and a none hot deal is usually much more than a £1. More in the region of say £5...

Though I must admit I can see the other side of the coin too..if your not one of those who stores up purchases...then having a deal included without the postage could be very annoying...

BristolDeal

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The difference between a hot deal and a nothing deal, especially for CDs, DVDs and so forth is about £1. So if every single amazon deal includes postage, all it means is that most people will just have to remmeber how much it costs for postage and deduct it.

I don't understand what you're saying...

chuckles2007

Let me clarify......

1) If the price of postage is included in the price when you post it up &
2)And most people won't be paying the postage (or at least I assume most don't because there are so many threads about amazon fillers to make it up to £15)

It follows that most people, whenever they scan the amazon threads will just have to memorise the amount for the P&P of amazon for a DVD or a book. eg £1.45.

So when you write up: Die hard 4.0@£7.00 at Amazon.co.uk

I assume most people would then think, £7.00-£1.45 = £5.55

So they know the true price of what they are paying for.

Does anyone else follow that? Or does that make no sense whatsoever?

Thats just my opinion though, and I am not afraid to say I have been wrong before!

jah128

Whoa!! Weird sense of deja-vu here...

BristolDeal

Well maybe this thread will get some answerrs - that other one made things as clear as mud!

**duckmagicuk2**

Last time we brought this up, Admin said:

Admin:
If it's a normal item under £15 and p&p applies then yes that p&p cost should be listed as normal although a comment about getting a filler item and thus shipping free for the same overall cost is recommended.

If it's a really cheap item and meant as an item to top-up for free shipping then it can be listed without p&p as long as it's listing is as a cheap topup item.

I think that makes sense?

So I'd say if an item is very low priced, it's OK to list the price without postage as long as you put that it's a filler item in the title...

Obviously, something that's £7 isn't a filler item... and henceforth it should be listed with postage.

In my opinion the best way to do this is to say the price "£x.xx" then add "+ £x.xx delivery". If you have space you could even add in the title "(Free P&P over £15)".

BristolDeal

Well that's all very well, but it's still multiple rules isn't it, and therefore open to confusion. How about "Anything under £15 has to be listed with postage costs." and then there's no misinterpretation?

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