Wellwhynot Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 I have been looking to buy some Oxford models of e-bay loads of people are listing as free postage however they are usually about £3 over list price so where is the free postage in that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Best to buy them either in multiples (when p&p is charged separately) if you stick to eBay or at shows or from your local dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Australian model rail road Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 You get nothing for free they add it to the price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnGee Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Welcome to the real world, where there's no such thing as a free lunch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMac1707817969 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Do you honestly think someone works for nothing to deliver items to you. Just another marketing gimmick that a surprising number of people think is real like buy one get one free or the best of all 'cash back' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Bought a car roof box the other day, a pound cheaper than Halfords with free P&P so it does work sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I have bought stuff from China post free where the actual postage price stamped on the package was more than I paid for the product in the first place. How does that work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Endeavour_ Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I have bought stuff from China post free where the actual postage price stamped on the package was more than I paid for the product in the first place. How does that work. The reason being that it is Chinese government policy to provide for free/subsidised international postage for Chinese manufacturers and suppliers.Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 @ young MorseTip - don’t use the blue button with the white arrow as it quotes everything I wrote and then loses your reply inside the box. Far easier just to reply blind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMac1707817969 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Simple logic would tell most people that is your expenditure exceeds your income you are not going to be in business for long. If your income is zero cause you are giving it away free then your expenditure has to be less than zero. This is not a very good business model as a very, very basic rule of any business, if you are not making money you will not be making or providing anything for very long.Postage free, interest free it’s all the same it’s never free it’s just included or factored into the price. People can be very gullible when it comes to marketing, simple use of words to make them think they are getting something for nothing, postage free sounds like a bonus, postage included does not but they are the same thing. Simple dictionary definition, free means at no cost, if you have to spend a certain amount of money to get something then it can’t be free.For me cashback has to be the best one, they give you back some money you just gave them and people think this good. Take out a £1000,000 mortgage and they give you 5K cashback. Brilliant you just borrowed 5K more than you needed and you will pay interest on that 5K for the next 25 years which probably costs you about double. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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