takeslousyphotos
No Tears Please. It's a Waste of Good Suffering.
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I think the postage / carriage cost was possibly calculated on "Volumetric Weight". Polystyrene weighs nowt. But takes up a lot of volume. As a for instance if you sent one piece of polystyrene 8ft x 4ft x 4ft it would fill a van but only weigh a couple of kilos if that........ and as parcel carriers work on consignment weight they wouldn't make any money on it. So they then work on the volumetric weight. ...........\ said:What a rip off eBay are and the sellers!!!!!
Ordered 2 pieces of polystyrene at .99p each and they'were no bigger than A4 sheets but they wanted £6 for postage.,,,............... I don't think so
Got myself the same order elsewhere free postage
I like to get a bargain but £2 to pay and £6 post don't sound right!!!!
Robert
That is calculated as Width x Length x Height in centimetres / 6000 = Volumetric Weight in kilograms.
So the chunk of polystyrene (4ft x 4ft x 8ft) in "cm" would be: 120 x 120 x 240 / 6000 ........... Would actually weigh 576 Kilos as far as the carrier is concerned......... and that'd cost a fortune.