wrote:

The ebay fee is based on sales price, which does not include shipping.
Hence these assholes charge high shipping fees to increase the net. If
there is any question about shipping cost, establish this before the
purchase.

I do admit I leaped before I looked and I have only myself to blame but if this post
causes some other soul to stop and think twice before dealing the way I did then it
will make my loss a little more palatable.



In the US, USPS shipping depends on where you go. There are some retail
outlets that take USPS shipments at a marked up rate.

You need to be very careful with ebay. Almost always I get better deals
elsewhere.

Yes but there is very little of that around here, and the local Sony stores are
selling this radio at $329.00 plus $49.35 tax which makes that about a total of
$325.38 US$


I was at a local surplus shop and ran into an ebay peddler
getting items to sale. Well, at least that is more legit than
Radio-Mart(TM), where he gets items from Ebay and writes lies to get a
higher price when reselling on ebay.

Thanks for the good come back!

Bob

Why not buy from Universal radio or any other radio store that sells
the 7600?...They ship to Canada and try to use the cheapest method
possible...

Well Yes!! If you know about them, and their prices are competitive, sure! Why not? I
also found an Ebay seller from Canada selling the radio which would allow me to avoid
all the importation BS and I think I could pick it up right at his home, but I did
not see that until after I had committed to buying from the first seller.

As I said earlier, I simply bid in to much haste and have only myself to blame.

GP wrote:

Why not buy from Universal radio or any other radio store that sells
the 7600?...They ship to Canada and try to use the cheapest method
possible...

Thanks for sharing your experience with us, even though you've had to endure
a lot of "hindsight advice". It's a lesson for all of us.

John


"Bob" wrote in message
...
Well Yes!! If you know about them, and their prices are competitive, sure!
Why not? I
also found an Ebay seller from Canada selling the radio which would allow
me to avoid
all the importation BS and I think I could pick it up right at his home,
but I did
not see that until after I had committed to buying from the first seller.

As I said earlier, I simply bid in to much haste and have only myself to
blame.

GP wrote:

Why not buy from Universal radio or any other radio store that sells
the 7600?...They ship to Canada and try to use the cheapest method
possible...

John Black wrote:

Thanks for sharing your experience with us, even though you've had to endure
a lot of "hindsight advice". It's a lesson for all of us.

Ha ha ha ha

Well John, I can't say that I didn't know it as coming. Really ,, I
told my story because I am so ****ed at myself that I can hardly see straight and
putting things on paper helps get rid of the anger. I can lose a few bucks but I'll
be damned if it's going to drive me to a heart attack. (O:

I wish I could blame the seller but he was just another greedy little man who set up
his site to snare the unsuspecting, and he caught me. All our politicians seem to be
crooks and the Enron guys are crooks. Our country was run by crooks for 13 years and
your country went to war with a nation based on lies. I can hardly blame one little
Ebay seller for the "moral decay" of the our society!

Cheers
Bob



John

"Bob" wrote in message
...
Well Yes!! If you know about them, and their prices are competitive, sure!
Why not? I
also found an Ebay seller from Canada selling the radio which would allow
me to avoid
all the importation BS and I think I could pick it up right at his home,
but I did
not see that until after I had committed to buying from the first seller.

As I said earlier, I simply bid in to much haste and have only myself to
blame.

GP wrote:

Why not buy from Universal radio or any other radio store that sells
the 7600?...They ship to Canada and try to use the cheapest method
possible...

Not trying to rub salt into your wounds but I would have just refused to pay
it and taken the negative...




"Bob" wrote in message
...


John Black wrote:

Thanks for sharing your experience with us, even though you've had to
endure
a lot of "hindsight advice". It's a lesson for all of us.

Ha ha ha ha

Well John, I can't say that I didn't know it as coming.
Really ,, I
told my story because I am so ****ed at myself that I can hardly see
straight and
putting things on paper helps get rid of the anger. I can lose a few bucks
but I'll
be damned if it's going to drive me to a heart attack. (O:

I wish I could blame the seller but he was just another greedy little man
who set up
his site to snare the unsuspecting, and he caught me. All our politicians
seem to be
crooks and the Enron guys are crooks. Our country was run by crooks for
13 years and
your country went to war with a nation based on lies. I can hardly blame
one little
Ebay seller for the "moral decay" of the our society!

Cheers
Bob



John

"Bob" wrote in message
...
Well Yes!! If you know about them, and their prices are competitive,
sure!
Why not? I
also found an Ebay seller from Canada selling the radio which would
allow
me to avoid
all the importation BS and I think I could pick it up right at his
home,
but I did
not see that until after I had committed to buying from the first
seller.

As I said earlier, I simply bid in to much haste and have only myself
to
blame.

GP wrote:

Why not buy from Universal radio or any other radio store that sells
the 7600?...They ship to Canada and try to use the cheapest method
possible...

Dear Bob,

We all live and learn. WHENEVER I buy something I always try to
remember P. T. Barnum's sage comment!

In future, should you wish to import SW equipment into Canada, consider
buying from AES - http://www.aesham.com - a very reputable dealer
whom you can telephone toll-free and who will ship into Canada by
whatever means you desire, thereby minimizing your shipping costs.

Universal will also ship into Canada; however, I believe they will only
ship via UPS which, as you may know, causes some "problems" (and costs)
with shipment into Canada.

An English firm which ships to Canada at reasonable fees (and which
also has low prices) is THE SHORTWAVE SHOP.

Best of luck in the future and best of luck with your new Sony
ICF-SW7600GR.

Joe

Joe Analssandrini wrote:

Dear Bob,

We all live and learn. WHENEVER I buy something I always try to
remember P. T. Barnum's sage comment!

In future, should you wish to import SW equipment into Canada, consider
buying from AES - http://www.aesham.com - a very reputable dealer
whom you can telephone toll-free and who will ship into Canada by
whatever means you desire, thereby minimizing your shipping costs.

Universal will also ship into Canada; however, I believe they will only
ship via UPS which, as you may know, causes some "problems" (and costs)
with shipment into Canada.

An English firm which ships to Canada at reasonable fees (and which
also has low prices) is THE SHORTWAVE SHOP.

Best of luck in the future and best of luck with your new Sony
ICF-SW7600GR.

Joe

Thanks Joe

I really don't need much of anything else now. I bought a Sony CFR 320 back in about
78 in Europe and did not use it much after I returned in 82. Anyway, I got listening
to it again this winter and it still works beautifully. My wife bought me a Grundig
350s to listen to in the kitchen and I just loved it's selectivity but the one I had
could not keep time, so I returned it and read a few posts about the 7600GR and
looked around for this one.

I kind of like the look of this Eton E1XM and may opt to buy one. I think that it
may be a little simpler to tool around the band with then the 7600GR. I like presets,
but so far I am finding the page system of the 7600GR just a little awkward. I know
that as I become more familiar with it things will get easier.

Well OK better run!

Take care.

Bob wrote:
BTW Before anyone says anything I do realize that I could have
prevented these
excessive charges by simply not dealing with this seller.


I bid $129 on a Sony ICF SW7600GR radio from a seller on Ebay.
The seller charged me $41 shipping. (I priced return
shipping via UPS, it is
$16.29)

The seller advertised shipping to Canada by Fed Ex. When asked
to ship by US Post Office
(because the brokerage fee is only $4.30) he failed to respond
and shipped the
item via UPS??.

When the package arrived I was faced with an additional $33.62
brokerage fee
from UPS for having collected $18.89 tax on the goods and $2.36
tax on the
tax ( total $54.87 )

My total cost was $224.87
($129+$41+$33.62+$18.89+$2.36)

Had I chosen a different seller my cost could have been $168.48
($129+$16.29+$18.89+$4.30)

You live and learn. (or) A fool and his money are soon parted.

Yeah, we learned a similar valuable lesson when buying a china platter
from a UK seller. We didn't ask the cost of shipping before pressing
the bid button and shipping almost doubled the price of a serving
platter.

It sounds like your seller expected more in the way of bids and is
compensating himself to a degree. Customs brokerage fees and duties
are just adding to the pain. I've heard similar stories from other
Canadians, and I think the best advice is to line up the cost of
shipping before pushing the bid button.

You can take some consolation in being the owner of one of the nicer
portables available. Enjoy it.

Bob wrote:

BTW Before anyone says anything I do realize that I could have
prevented these
excessive charges by simply not dealing with this seller.


I bid $129 on a Sony ICF SW7600GR radio from a seller on Ebay.
The seller charged me $41 shipping. (I priced return
shipping via UPS, it is
$16.29)

Each time before I bid I look or get shipping charges, I have
been royally f$%$ed before paying $32.00 shipping for something
that should of been less than $10.00!