eBay.ie expand postage discount scheme

January 8, 2008

This post was written in January 2008; specific information contained within it may be out of date.

eBay.ie and An Post have just announced that the e-Parcel card scheme, which gives Irish sellers a discount on parcels up to 5kg has now been extended to cover packets up to 2kg as well.

When the e-Parcel card was first introduced last August, many sellers complained that they had never sent anything as large as a 5kg parcel, and that small packets, which comprise the vast majority of eBay dispatches, were excluded. Comparing the allegedly preferential postage rates with An Post’s standard rates, it seems that those who send the very smallest packets will still not benefit from the new scheme, but packets which would normally fall into the 1.5kg or 2kg bands would, with the card, be charged at the 1kg rate.

The scheme is available to Irish-resident eBay sellers with feedback of 90 or more, of which 98%+ must be positive. It offers preferential postage rates when sending both within Ireland and abroad.

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