There was something specific i was after this morning, so i thought i would try and buy from here to support the site, but was just not possible.
The thing i wanted was small and light (about 32g per pack), on searching, i found what i wanted, but the equivalent of 3 packs was just over £5.50 + over £3.50 postage (item is in the UK, same as me)
The exact same item, on amazon, was £12.99 for 12 packs with free prime postage (ok, a little unfair), the same from the ebid seller would have been £34.50 as there was an additional charge of £3 per each extra item, so faced with nearly triple the cost, what else can i do?
This isn't a massively fair equivalent i know, as who is going to compete with Amazon here, but i am always willing to spend a 'little' more to support small sellers where i can.
This hasn't been an isolated incident, i was also looking at a book the other day, £2.00 for the book (a small paperback), but over £5 for postage, again in the UK. I sent an almost 2kg bible out a couple of weeks back and i charged £4.50 against a £3.99 cost
Both of those put me off buying here, i ended up buying from other sites, so i got to wondering how many sales are lost, but more importantly, how many people wouldn't return to buy after seeing pricing like that.
Now, of course, every user charges what they feel is fair and they have their own reasons, i am not having a go at anyone, just pointing out how it made me feel as a customer, but interested to hear the other point of view.