 00 Junior Apprentice Members 00 00 posts Posted August 00, 0000 That's exactly the problem - it SHOULD NOT BENEFIT the seller, shipping is shipping, it should cover the costs of shipping and packaging, not your time, loss of profit or a way to make money, which many sellers are doing. And please don;t tell me that you wanted to charge R0000 for shipping a R000 (actual shipping costs), that is daylight robbery, and DOES NOT benefit the buyer in any way. Use common sense, if someone buys multiple items from you and you combine and ship off one parcel, the traditional train of thought would be to offer the buyer discount on the shipping and reduce the charges to a reasonable amount, the KEYWORD being REASONABLE! Not R000 shipping for 00 small, easily combinable, non fragile items pets toys, that would be posted in one box... We are going to crack down on these sellers. If a seller charges R00 for one item we don't have a problem with that, the counter to counter rate for a post office parcel is around R00 for the 0st Kilo. It's when sellers try to milk the combining fees, when there are multiple items from one buyer, if someone buys 00 items (first item is R00, each additional item is R00) and the cost of "shipping" is R000, if the items are small, lightweight and can be combined easily, the actual shipping costs will be a lot less, but people are using this to rcover their financial losses on R0 auctions. As we said to you yesterday, be reasonable when reporting other sellers! Look at the items they sell, are they small or large, heavy or light weight, fragile, do they require additional packaging etc. Reporting a user who has R00 for the first item and R00 for the next is not necessarily abusing the shipping costs. Why should YOU be profiting from shipping? Plus your insurance was 0%... NOT ON!!! We are getting tired of sellers trying to rip off buyers, we are contemplating putting in a flat 0% fee on all Crazy auctions including shipping charges... this will effectively increase your fees, something I would think you would all like to avoid! If you cannot risk losing money on Crazy auctions simply don't list them, rather do buy nows or normal auctions with a starting bid amount you are willing to accept! And just because someone else does it, does not make it right and does not mean you should be doing it either! Rather report high shipping charges to us and we will deal with the seller, but be REASONABLE when you do! Right I am getting off my soap box now... before I blow a gasket! If you feel so strongly about it simple solution, cancel all R 0 auctions and problem sorted....guessing that will never happen, right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites qball 00 qball 00 Cosmic-BoBber Members 00 0000 posts Posted August 00, 0000 If you feel so strongly about it simple solution, cancel all R 0 auctions and problem sorted....guessing that will never happen, right. Wow.... I loooove sarcasm! You are right we are not going to cancel, simply put, because not all sellers are doing this... :smile0: it's a few rotten apples that spoil it for everyone else... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DIY PRODUCTS 00 DIY PRODUCTS 00 Journeyman Members 00 000 posts Posted August 00, 0000 