How Much Do I Charge?

[mrs.chappie]

Please can anyone help with this.

I've advertised something for sale on a local selling site but someone has answered from out of town and asked if I will post it to him.

The price for posting it is £6.29. The item itself is £40. Buyer has asked me to send a Paypal invoice, including fees, and he will pay all the costs.

Could anyone tell me how much I would have to invoice him for, in order to end up with £46.29 into my Paypal account (I know Paypal will take a fee).

I've suggested a bank transfer but he has discounted this, said he's had a bad experience in the past and would rather pay the extra fees.

I hope this makes sense. Thanks for any replies, peeps.

[mrs.chappie]

I could insist I send it to his registered Paypal address (it was me who came up with the idea of him collecting it) as I've done this before when sending parcels and it's always worked well - means folk don't have to wait in for it.

[EDDIE51]

How far 'out of town' is it? For £6.29 you could cover the cost of fuel for delivering it your self if it is only 20 miles or so.

[hc4361]

Royal Mail Signed For compensates up to £50.

[EDDIE51]

^^ ok it was £20 last time I looked.

[mrs.chappie]

I've just done an AA Autoroute and it's 129 miles. That's too far to deliver it myself.

[hc4361]

Relist it on eBay as a BIN for £50 including postage and send him the link. That really is the easiest and safest way to do it.

[mrs.chappie]

Thanks HC, that's a good idea, as long as he is an eBayer (or he's willing to sign up).

I kinda wonder if he doesn't do eBay, as I think he would've looked on there and found that I had it for sale at £25.

I wonder if he'd be willing to send me a cheque. I'm not sure if many folk have cheque books these days.

[hc4361]

Make sure you wait for the cheque to clear before posting.

[mrs.chappie]

I certainly will.

[maclarencat]

I do not know if you have sorted this put but I deal a lot with Ebay and Paypal.If you send him a Paypal invoice for £50 which he pays (you need his email address that is all , you and he are covered under Paypal guarantees. Post the parcel on a signed for delivery. If you send it on a signed for delivery you are covered for loss by the post office of up to £50. The paypal fee is 3.4% plus 20p. so if you invoice £50 you end up with £48.10 into your paypal account which will cover your postage and packing materials. Hope this has helped you :)

[Retrochic]

Mrs chappie -to try and answer your original question. Paypal take around 3.4% on a transaction. So if you charged the man £47.21 you will receive around the correct amount you require and PayPal will take the rest as a fee.. I can see no problem what so ever in getting paid through PayPal I do £100's per month through PayPal on and off Ebay. Make sure your payment goes onto your account before sending the item and send it tracked/signed for .

[mrs.chappie]

Thanks Maclaren, Chic, and everyone else for replying.

I've had an email from him, asking me to confirm that it's in working order (it's new and still in box). I've replied that I couldn't confirm with 100% surety but it is unlikely to be faulty as it is brand new.

OH says he is hearing warning bells about this - I really don't know what to do for best. I'll see what he has to say about my last email.

[hc4361]

What is it, mrsc?

[mrs.chappie]

I'd like to tell you, HC, honestly I would, as you've been very helpful (as has everyone else) but the item is easily findable (is that a word?) on eBay, and it would reveal my eBay username, should anyone decide to look it up.

I learned a lesson when a "well-wisher" decided it was their duty to report me to eBay (their concern was that I was registered as a private seller, and not a business seller).

I contacted eBay and reported myself, explaining that I would have to close my account as I did not want to become a business seller (couldn't commit the time to make it worth my while). I was pleased to receive this response:

"We have looked at your account and the number of sales thereon, and at this time we are not concerned about your status as a private seller. If your monthly sales numbers increase considerably, we may be in touch at a later date to review your selling status". (Or something like that - can't remember the exact wording now).

Of course, I don't know that it was anyone from here, and maybe it wasn't (I sincerely hope so) but it made me wary about what I divulge online.

No offence to you and the vast majority of the good peeps on AB.

[hc4361]

Understood, but I do like a bargain

[Retrochic]

Mrs Chappie The buyer in this scenario is the one taking all the risk not you. He pays you by paypal and you then send the item. You have the funds before he has the goods. As you are not a business seller he can't send the item back to you for a refund if it is faulty. You have to trust each other with PayPal acting as mediator . Once you are paid through PayPal send the item tracked and signed for. I can't see what kind of scam this would be to be honest.

[Peter Pedant]

five quid I would have thought

[Peter Pedant]

I think you are spending more than forty pounds worth in on line agonising about this

I would just get on with it and press 'send'
and you know if a black hole forms outside your house or something
just put it down to evperience

[hc4361]

Retrochic, even a private seller has to comply to the consumer laws inasmuch as the item must be 'as described'. So if an item is described as new and unused and it is faulty, the buyer is entitled to a refund.

[mrs.chappie]

Chic, as HC says, he could say it's not as described, then claim his money back from Paypal. He knows I can't check to see it's definitely working without getting someone to install it, and labour charges for that would be more than I'd get from selling it.

Mind you, I think he might've changed his mind anyway, as he's not good at coming back to me and it's been dragging on for several days now. He's not a good communicator, that's for sure.

PP, 'agonising' is not the right word.....'pondering' is more like it. I can see why you think I'm agonising over it, though, as I suffer from a condition known as WOW syndrome. It's at its worst when contributing to AB.

You may be aware of it - perhaps even become afflicted by it occasionally - there are a few of us here on AB with it.....Waffling Old Windbag syndrome. :o)