start price and postage

[ixtis1965]

so this is the problem as I see it

An item I am interested in has a start price of £5 + £2.95 postage nowhere on the offer page is there any other information and considering the postage was fairly low I was in the mood to make a bid.

However I just happened to look at the description which had no information about the item apart from what it is and a note saying collection only,

As a rule if I know exactly what it is that I am bidding on there is no need to go to description but considering the low start and postage I wondered if the item was not all it was cracked up to be maybe broken etc.

So I contacted the seller asking about this apparent anomily and the answer was if you dont want to pick it up dont bid, but the current offer is £5 + £2.95, late bidders last minute or so will think that is a good deal and not know about the collection only in description.

so if I bid and win or anyone else for that matter can they insist on the £2.95 postage

In answer to the people who commented you are correct of course but I can see trouble for somebody down the line

[023mjc]

If it's on the invoice - yes. But If you win and you pay £7.95 in total, the buyer has to send it.  If he does not you can get a refund via the money back guarantee.

There was a time that postage didn't incur fees, so people thought that by adding postage to a collected item, or adding too much postage, would save them some fees, but that all stopped almost 4 years ago.

It's entirely up to you - you have 3 options

1.  Decide if the item is worth £7.95 to you and collect

2.  Pay £7.95 and then claim it back if the seller doesn't send the item.

3.  Walk away.