Item prices listed in a search, don't match actual prices of the item

[ppwoody]

1. Search for Milk Frothers, with the brand selected as "Lavazza" : https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/bn_99102311?_sop=15&mag=1&rt=nc

2. Select price + postage, lowest first.

3. Note how eBay item number:146014748296 is listed at £65.18

4. Click on the item to view it, and the price magically changes to £78.22

[This is browser agnostic - same in Firefox, Chrome and Edge]

I am an occasional buyer on ebay - but I will be staying clear now - as it is so easy to have missed this and to have got ripped off.

[buffster1963]

Is the seller in/ registered in a different country to you? This sounds like the 20% tax added to all imports. 

[ppwoody]

The item is listed as being located in London.

As a consumer, I haven't a clue where the seller is located - neither do I care. I just need shenanigan free purchasing - without even a hint of being about to be ripped off.

These days, I invariably find that Amazon is cheaper than ebay (for the stuff I want) and for this particular item, even Argos is - so I am staying well clear until ebay fixes this sort of nonsense.

[tressygirl]

The item is located in London, but is the seller?  Many use a forwarding Company in the UK to facilitate a faster dispatch if the seller is registered,  for example , in China / Hong Kong.

Click on their feedback score to bring up their profile, and it will show you their country of registration.

@ppwoody 

[jonat_broad]

The seller is located in Sri Lanka. It is odd though why the correct price wouldn't show in the list view though.

[ppwoody]

I think you might have missed my point:

I am a simple consumer, who wants to buy a product. I clicked on a £65.18 listing and the price immediately jumped to £78.22. Is that normal or expected? (it's never happened to me before).

Hit the link I gave, and see if it happens for you?

I just want to buy something (at the advertised price) not spend my time trying to research the location of the seller.

Not being a seller (I am just a simple consumer) - hence having no inside info - I really doubt that ebay has a button for sellers that says "advertise a rigged price" does it? I therefore conclude that this is a systemic ebay issue - not something that is caused by the seller - surely?

Whatever the cause of this, it simply feels scammy - so I am steering clear of ebay entirely now - until I can be sure that it has cleaned it's act up.

[moldosgifts]

I needed milk frothier last month myself did i look anywhere else but my local pond shop, no.

Picked one up for a pound it froths my milk and stirs my coffee bonus, and when it breaks I'll buy another for a pound.

Why would you need to look on amazon at those prices.

This is todays throwaway society, i recon if i buy £65 pound worth of these £1 frother's ill get well over 65 years of frothing at which point your lavazza one will be long gone.

[tressygirl]

Yep, it does jump for me, I didn't miss your point,  but I think you may have missed mine.

As someone has pointed out the seller is in Sri Lanka,   so it does matter where the seller is based,  not the actual item, as then an import tax is added.

@ppwoody 

[jonat_broad]

Is this a known glitch on ebay though? ebay seem to know on the list view i'm looking at that I want postage to a UK address - so why don't they know at this point in the customer journey to add on import tax? Why only on the PDP?

[jonat_broad]

The £1 frother won't heat your milk though I guess. It's an odd logic that someone shouldn't want to buy a higher spec branded product with more features though.

[tressygirl]

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@jonat_broad wrote:

Is this a known glitch on ebay though? ebay seem to know on the list view i'm looking at that I want postage to a UK address - so why don't they know at this point in the customer journey to add on import tax? Why only on the PDP?

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Your guess would be as good as mine @jonat_broad  !

Sorry,  I'll rephrase that,  I have no guess! 🤔

[moldosgifts]

Mine does seems i got an absolute bargain.