"exray" wrote in message Thanks...
The cost of doing business comes directly out of profits. Thats the way
it works for any vendor or merchant. You can't take 100% of the income
and insist that the buyer pick up the tab for your business costs.
In that light, the manner of presentation DOES matter.
What if a buyer sez, well ok-I'll mail a money order and then wants to
hit you with HIS costs of doing business like 37c postage and 85c for
the money order? You wouldn't think very highly of him as a buyer would
you?

-Bill

I'm going with it. I can see it isn't popular. I was just looking at it like
this.

Lets say a $50 radio okay and the total cost. This is just a quick guess.

So the buyer gives me $50
-Pay Pal 2.9 %+.30c=$48.25
- packing materiels $8=$40.25
- Ebay list fees $2.50=$37.75
then final value fee( say -$2)= $35.75
Then time packing and driving to the PO+Gas-$5=$30.75
and the radio is still worth $50

I guess you could charge shipping and handling? Thats withing Ebay guide
lines. I never charge for packing materiel and they are expensive or at the
least take time and money to find. And Bill you know what it takes to
properly pack a radio. So how would you go about handling cost?


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