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.

Yea, my wife tells me that all the time...



"Bob" wrote in message
...


Jim Hackett wrote:

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

The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on, nor all your piety and
wit shall
will it back to cast out half a line nor all your tears wash out a word of
it. (O:

Bob



"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...

Jim Hackett wrote:

The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on, nor all your
piety and wit shall will it back to cast out half a line nor all your
tears wash out a word of it. (O:

Bob

Yea, my wife tells me that all the time...


And the worst of it is: "that it's true"!

Bob

Jim Hackett wrote:

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

The original poster was man enough to suck it up, admit he made a
mistake, honor his eBay *CONTRACT* and complete the deal.

Thanks for sharing *your* "ethics" with us...

I did a bad deal on ebay, but took my whoopin' like a man, or maybe a
wuss. Basically, if you agree to the deal, you do it, even if you screw
up. In my case, it was some used electronics gear that I thought was a
slightly different model (same manufacturer). It was my fault, and thus
I was obligated to finish the transaction.

However, I have been screwed by jerks selling gear that wasn't
functioning well. The worse is some asshole who is "selling the item
for a friend." Now I email every seller to see if they actually have
seen the gear do what they claim it does, not what somebody told them
it does. I've managed to get my money back, but lost on shipping in one
case.

The good news is there are asshole buyers out there too. I've talked to
sellers at local flea markets that have stopped selling on ebay since
some ebay buyer would break the gear then demand a refund, or steal
items out of the unit (say a module "option" on HP test gear), then say
the unit is defective.

You can generally get better deals if you do them face to face.

Jim Hackett wrote:
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...

Bob wrote:

Yep,,, you gotta look "befor" you pull the trigger!!!! (O:


Bob, with all respect...the Cheney thread ended some days ago...





mike

m II wrote:

Bob wrote:

Yep,,, you gotta look "befor" you pull the trigger!!!! (O:

Bob, with all respect...the Cheney thread ended some days ago...

mike

Must a been a heck of a party!

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!

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)

It also works the other way, I sold a compound bow that I had
weighed and estimated shipping to be about $15.00, for good measure
I said $18.00 on the listing, sold it within a few hours and when
I went to ship it UPS wanted $38.00 to ship it to NorthCarolina
fm Texas, I was ****ed and told the guy that I had used their
estimation software, no avail! I ate the cost difference in this
case

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