eBay environmental responsibility - combining postage issues

[guymafo]

Why isn’t the combined postage issue fixed for private sellers?

The extra time, packaging supplies and parcel volumes that this increases is ridiculous.

GM

[style_wise]

You're preaching to the choir here. There are workarounds suggested on these boards, but they are not ideal. The best of these is politely ask the Buyer if they would like to cancel and repurchase, then relist as one bundle with single postage charge.

Have you tried reporting directly to eBay? If enough Sellers do they may take action, as they did recently with shorter payment hold times.

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[lucy_farmer]

I don't think ebay are in any hurry to fix this. 

Impatient , dim or uninformed sellers and buyers will just pay for stuff and postage individually because they don't know, can't work out how or can't be bothered, to do work-arounds .

Thus making more profits for ebay.

The extra enviro costs of more packaging, delivery vans etc, mean absolutely nothing when put in competition with 'the bottom line'. 

[guymafo]

@style_wise I appreciate your reply about workarounds. I was talking from a buyers point of view. Was about to purchase three items from one seller, but decided not to because of the faffing around. 
Given the communication system is now overseen by eBay as well, I don’t see why the seller should have relist as a lot, using their allowance up. 

But my initial point is other sites simplify multiple purchases or bundles with a point of making reference to environmental issues. 
Just another whinge….

GM

[jokers_toybox]

Ahhhh don't forget the more items sent through simple delivery the better the discounts they get from Royal Mail...

They won't be in a hurry to fix it