schuetzen - RKBA! wrote:

Mark S. Holden wrote:


the captain wrote:

for those of you that buy on ebay, do you look at the shipping price
and deduct that from the maximum you are willing to pay or do you just
ignore shipping and bid whatever you want.

this is something I have wondered for a few years now

I consider the shipping cost when deciding if or how much I'll bid.

A year or two ago someone listed a full set of OEM ink for my printer for $14.95 buy it now - an insanely good price - but he wanted $325 for shipping. So what looked like an incredible deal up front was actually a pretty average total. I presume he was
looking to lower his final value fees.



exactly!! I just filed a complaint to ebay on someone selling a one yr
subscription to Cosmopolitan for $3.99 but the shipping was $11.95 !!

Ebay wrote back and thanked me for reporting a fee evader.

then there is the guy who sold me a 4gb Hitachi microdrive from a Muvo1 last
night and charged me $29.95 for shipping in spite of the fact that his shipping
instructions said $15 (UPS) which is extremely excessive as it could have been
shipped by priority mail to me for $4.00 .. I called him on it and he refunded
$15... still and all, I reported him at the same time as the subscription
complaint. I fully agree with you

I HATE a shipping gouger!!

cheers
chas

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chas

Shipping and handling can include a handling fee - If they clearly state
it in the auction, I just treat it as part of the bottom line cost.

One guy I've bought several things from does "foam in place" packing,
with new materials for everything he sells.

So his shipping costs can look high - but he's not ripping people off,
he's packing it to arrive intact even if it gets used for the box
tossing contest or a Samsonite commercial.

I do find people who clearly treat handling as a major profit center are
generally more trouble than they're worth.