Postage costs

[suth.coli]

Hi, I am listing some small Auction items for £5.00, £6.00 per item and do not want to pay

the Ebay Postage of £2.70 . I have been sending these items with 1st class post and now

there does not seem to be a option to continue to do this. Has anybody got any suggestions 

how to overcome this problem. Many thanks. 

[**peaseblossom**]

Opt out of Simple Delivery during the listing process, also remove details of parcel weight etc. then you should be able to put the postage you want.

[m25jet]

One option would be to incorporate the postage price into the asking price and list the item with free postage.

[suth.coli]

Thank you for your reply but I feel that the buyer is already paying extra with the buyer's protection fee 

now, and to add on the extra postage makes the item overpriced. I previously sold these lots with free postage.

Many thanks for your suggestion.

[geosacha007]

Simple delivery has just appeared on my listings.  To opt out you have to click on advanced postage options and then custom postage.

It is extremely annoying as every listing I do now is throwing away my previous postage settings and making me put them in again.  I have not yet relisted in bulk but I am worried about what will happen to my postage when I do.

I did try an experiment of agreeing to the simple delivery.  I set the weight and size and it came up with the correct amount a buyer would pay.  But when the listing went live I checked and the amount the buyer would pay for postage was lower than had been stated. So I was worried the label would be inadequate and went back to custom postage.