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.

Seems a very excessive price to me,shipping charges to Canada.Heck,I
could get that woman in England to ship a small radio to me for
much,much less, (I am guessing about $20.00 or less) she has snail
mailed me some trinkets to me before,and I live in Mississippi too.Good
Luck to you with your radio when it gets to you.
cuhulin

wrote:

Seems a very excessive price to me,shipping charges to Canada.Heck,I
could get that woman in England to ship a small radio to me for
much,much less, (I am guessing about $20.00 or less) she has snail
mailed me some trinkets to me before,and I live in Mississippi too.Good
Luck to you with your radio when it gets to you.
cuhulin

Yes exactly!!

The truth is that I know better but I got carried away. I bid before I had read
all the shipping rules. The seller does ship via US post office for troops at APO
addresses so my request was not impossible. I suppose he was greedily looking at
the ($41-$16.29) = $24.71 profit he could make by shipping by UPS. On top of that
he just didn't give a damn if by doing so it cost me (his client) the $24.71 that he
snared plus an extra ($33.62-$4.30) = $29.32 to UPS for brokerage.

The seller's got a good business going with almost 41000 sales and not to many
complaints so I never dreamed he would actually do what he did.

We live and learn. I guess after dealing with soldiers all my life (37 years) I have
a thing or two to learn about business people.

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:58:09 -0500, Bob wrote:


The truth is that I know better but I got carried away. I bid before I had read
all the shipping rules. The seller does ship via US post office for troops at APO
addresses so my request was not impossible. I suppose he was greedily looking at
the ($41-$16.29) = $24.71 profit he could make by shipping by UPS. On top of that
he just didn't give a damn if by doing so it cost me (his client) the $24.71 that he
snared plus an extra ($33.62-$4.30) = $29.32 to UPS for brokerage.

The seller's got a good business going with almost 41000 sales and not to many
complaints so I never dreamed he would actually do what he did.

We live and learn. I guess after dealing with soldiers all my life (37 years) I have
a thing or two to learn about business people.

This is why I go to HRO and pay a few pennies more.

David wrote:

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:58:09 -0500, Bob wrote:

The truth is that I know better but I got carried away. I bid before I had read
all the shipping rules. The seller does ship via US post office for troops at APO
addresses so my request was not impossible. I suppose he was greedily looking at
the ($41-$16.29) = $24.71 profit he could make by shipping by UPS. On top of that
he just didn't give a damn if by doing so it cost me (his client) the $24.71 that he
snared plus an extra ($33.62-$4.30) = $29.32 to UPS for brokerage.

The seller's got a good business going with almost 41000 sales and not to many
complaints so I never dreamed he would actually do what he did.

We live and learn. I guess after dealing with soldiers all my life (37 years) I have
a thing or two to learn about business people.

This is why I go to HRO and pay a few pennies more.

That sounds good if you happen to know what HRO is. (O:

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:01:36 -0500, 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.


They don't have stores in wherever you are?

David wrote:

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:01:36 -0500, 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.


They don't have stores in wherever you are?

Sure we do David, at the same time a person should be able to deal on Ebay if he
chooses to do so.

I don't really "get" what it is that you are driving at.

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:22:56 -0500, Bob wrote:



David wrote:

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:01:36 -0500, 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.


They don't have stores in wherever you are?

Sure we do David, at the same time a person should be able to deal on Ebay if he
chooses to do so.

I don't really "get" what it is that you are driving at.

eBay seems like an S&M institution. I've never understood what the
attraction is. The warranties are flaky. The businesses are virtual.

Spend a little more money for some peace of mind. Call Bob Grove, or
Fred Osterman or Bob Crane, etc. Keep our friends in business.

David wrote:

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:22:56 -0500, Bob wrote:



David wrote:

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:01:36 -0500, 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.


They don't have stores in wherever you are?

Sure we do David, at the same time a person should be able to deal on Ebay if he
chooses to do so.

I don't really "get" what it is that you are driving at.

eBay seems like an S&M institution. I've never understood what the
attraction is. The warranties are flaky. The businesses are virtual.

Hi Dave

Well I got into machining after I retired and I found Ebay a wonderful source
for so many things that you just could never find by your self in a non industrial
city and I have come to appreciate Ebay buying.

I got screwed on this deal because I was to lazy to follow all the common sense
checks that I should have. I did not do my homework.

Thing is, that it's not to late to remind others.

TTYL
Bob



Spend a little more money for some peace of mind. Call Bob Grove, or
Fred Osterman or Bob Crane, etc. Keep our friends in business.

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.

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. 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.

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.