no postage costs shown on listing

[scsknits]

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can help, I have just won an item, nowhere in the description does it mention postage costs, where it shows how it will be posted it says courier but no price in the listing it says courier but no price. My question is after I won the item I received a message from the seller asking for my postcode so they could get the price for postage and for me to request a total invoice so they could add it? Now I don't know about anyone else but I've never purchased anything on-line without knowing how much the postage is going to be, but apparently eBay are allowing this because they to say I have to request an invoice total when I went to pay. I've just wasted an hour txting customer services and all he could basically say was if I need help requesting the total invoice he could show me how, at this point I'm ready to start swearing, I didn't. please help am I in the wrong I did contact the seller about it but they came back with "it's collect only or I will go halves with the courier cost" I promise you it does not say that anywhere on the listing and they still didn't tell me how much they expect me to pay? btw I've been using eBay for over 12yrs so not a newby.

Regards Shirley

[pixiesen2012]

it's perfectly normal

sellers have the option of stating a P&P cost or choosing courier delivery-contact seller for cost

you should have contacted the seller for a quote before you purchased the item

once purchased you have to provide the seller with your post code so they can provide you with an invoice with the courier costs included

once you provide your postcode the seller can invoice you

[scsknits]

Thank you for your reply, I have never seen this before and the point is, they didn't ask buyers to contact them for costs.

[pixiesen2012]

they don't have to ask buyers to contact them for costs

if you click on the Postage and Payments tab it states you have to contact the seller for a postage price

you've been selling on ebay for years,

are you saying you have never seen the courier option when creating your listings?

[scsknits]

The reason I asked the question was because I had not ever seen this before and was stunned by it, when ever I have posted anything out like this and I have on quite a few occasions I have always got a price for it before listing as I wouldn't want to undercharge or overcharge for it and it's not difficult is it after all if you have the weight and dimensions you can get the price. But thanks for your help.