Another thing Ive just noticed which isnt right either, I've been watching an item Im looking to buy if its still about, so I have added it to my watch list!
The watchlist displays the item price the seller is selling for and then sure as *bleep* when you click to visit the page its more expensive due to the page displaying the price now including the BPF!
I dont think the BPF is the part in dispute here (well not for me, I get it they still make their money on private sales, its just under the illusion of its being free to sell, the same way on Vinted)
What is annoying is that its just not consistent! All it needs as ive said before is to have it all clearly laid out, seller price, postage fee then BPF with a total you pay, and when negotiating the sell price is the only thing that is lowered and subsequently the BPF will be reduce also due to it being sell price calculated.
There is plenty of space on the screens to display this easily in the app or browser.
All it needs is to display each figure clearly so if you send an offer for £15 on a £20 item the seller knows they will be losing £5.00 if they want to go ahead, the rest is immaterial to the seller and the buyer then knows that on top of the £15 they need to pay £5 postage and £3 BPF as and example resulting in a total for the buyer of £23
Instead of £20 + £5 Postage + £4 BPF total £29 for the buyer) as a rough example.
It wouldnt be hard for them to do just show each of the figures like an invoice, thats all it needs.
The confusion comes when a possible buyer asks via contact seller, whats the best price and they start to negotiate rather than using their 3 strikes on the best offer system. If the Seller then say Ill take £45 for a £55 item the buyer is then seeing that £55 item inflated with the BFP fee so it might appear as £62, then when they put in their offer of £45, it will be based on the price they will pay not the seller actual price. This means that the the buyer is offering making and offer that will end up being lower than price the seller agreed too as the buyer is is seeing a price that is already inflated and not the price the seller is actually selling for.
Which is exactly what I had when I first noticed this I agreed with someone id sell and item for £25 when I was selling it for £28 via chat and when they put it their bid it got rejected by the system as it came in lower than £25.00 limit as they thought i was selling it at the prices they see advertised!
