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my4beauties 
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Posted: 17 February 2009 at 3:45pm |
I sold an item on TM, so packaged it up and took it to the Post Shop to buy a box and find out how much postage will be. I was told it would be $7.50 postage. I took it home and addressed the box and waited for payment to come through. It did, so I took the package back to the post shop only to be told it would cost $12.50 for postage!!!! As it was, I told the person who won the item to only pay $10 all all up for P&P as the box was $4.50 and postage was going to be $7.50! So I in the end I had to pay MORE myself for the postage!! GRRRR STUPID STUPID post shop! I told the lady there that I'd been priced $7.50 but she said no it would be $12.50. I mean what else can I do?!?!?!?!?!?! I'm not one to get too upset over these things right there, but I was fuming and was very short with the lady.
Rip off artists I say!!
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ohanlon82
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Posted: 17 February 2009 at 3:51pm |
I had this happen to me last week.. it suxs..
I sold some stuff n Trademe. And went to two different post offices and was charged different
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Posted: 17 February 2009 at 3:51pm |
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There was an item on target a few months ago about how the people at the post shop don't understand their pricing correctly. That sucks!!
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Posted: 17 February 2009 at 3:53pm |
Grr that really sucks.
I have a whole lot of stuff I have been meaning to put on trademe but I get so scared about the whole postage thing.... buyer pickup I think.
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BessieBear
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Posted: 17 February 2009 at 4:34pm |
Ohh that sucks, postage is such an ass. especially when buying and the person way over charges you for postage to send 2 mcn's.
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Posted: 17 February 2009 at 5:54pm |
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I had the exact same thing happen the other day, luckily the person I traded with was fantastic and she paid the difference after I had sent the goods.
I was told when I sent the parcel that you can check the postage on the NZ Post website (if you have the size and weight) which is what I have done since then and the postage is then normally correct.
It really sucks though!!!!!
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Posted: 17 February 2009 at 6:45pm |
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I had that with the thank you cards I sent out after Isobelle. One postshop told me that a 50c stamp would do and another that I had to use a $1 stamp. I had already posted half of the cards with the 50c stamp and thought they would all come back but they were delivered. Meaning that I got charged twice as much as I should have on the other half of cards. It seems like a small thing but we could have saved $30 in stamps!
I felt very ripped off
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my2angels
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Posted: 17 February 2009 at 7:54pm |
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I had the same thing but I had written down the prices at the time so I could give the buyer all the options and still had this on me when i went back in to the post shop and argued with her about it and she actually sent it for the quoted price.
Its so rude aye
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Posted: 17 February 2009 at 8:03pm |
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I had this the other day but some were way more than initially quoted and some were less. I had the TM lady where it was less send me and abusive email about it!
They really need to sort it out at the post shops!
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Posted: 18 February 2009 at 6:00pm |
Man that sux! I don't often sell on TM but this has happened to me when I have. In the end you pay the extra postage and are also charged a success fee on your auction, all adds up
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my4beauties
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Posted: 18 February 2009 at 7:40pm |
Yeah it does add up, considering I didn't charge the auction winner full price as it was for the P&P and then I end up paying an extra $5 more! I only sold the item for $25! NZ Post will be making soo much more since TM started up! And their prices still rise!
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Posted: 18 February 2009 at 9:53pm |
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As well as checking on the website, you can get a postage parcel chart from the post shop.
Sometimes at the postshop different people perceive the size of your parcel slightly differently when they hold it up to the chart!
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Posted: 18 February 2009 at 10:07pm |
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i posted something the day before waitangi day in 1 of those pre paid 4.50 fast parcel post bags at our main post shop and . . . the person only got it this monday!!!! 9 days!!!!! it took 9 days to get to AKL when it was suposidly next day delivery!!!
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Posted: 18 February 2009 at 10:42pm |
 nursie wrote:
Sometimes at the postshop different people perceive the size of your parcel slightly differently when they hold it up to the chart! |
This is what happened to me, the first lady just used one of those red boards to measure the box and told me the postage price. The next time I took it in, the lady actually used a measuring tape and said it there was a slight overhang when she put the box on the red board, so it was cost more to post! That's was made me really mad cos it was probably only 1 mm over the board!!!!!! I almost wanted to be snarky and say "do you get a bonus for overcharging the customers?" but I didn't want to cause a scene, the shop was busy!
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Man I HATE it when this happens!!
Little Angel, April 10