Re: [FWDLK] eBay Prices have gone Stupid

["Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Beats me.

The only time I would charge a handling fee is if I had to do major work to
get someone the part they wanted.   Like, all-day kind of work.  Even then
it's in advance.  Big stuff I send UPS and I use their website to quote the
prices - if you have the box measurements, weight, and origin/destination
zip codes, you can get  the exact cost without leaving the house.  I might
round up to the next dollar, but 50 cents or so is hardly a handling fee.
Sometimes that bites me, but thats how things go.


Sellers should not be able to hide fees with regard to shipping and
handling.  You might check with the eBay help boards for better details on
the rules regarding that. Even so, you have to complain for any action to
take place, ebay does little to enforce it's rules and I've found they are
really selective about what rules apply to whom and when.   It's like
dealing with government.


Bill K.



----- Original Message -----
From: "David Charles Gedraitis" <dcg@xxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 2:35 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] eBay Prices have gone Stupid


> I think the sellers are doing this. They caught on the easy way to make a
> few extra bucks is to charge "shipping and handling". Nonsense I think.
> Packing it up is part of the transaction as far as I'm concerned, and when
> I sell something, I charge the actual cost, unless for some reason the
> packing is rediculous.
>
> ~dave
>
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Larry Ashbaugh wrote:
>
> > Maybe I am cheap, but have eBay shipping prices gone stupid?  I bid what
I
> > thought a couple things were worth for my 64 Fury and ForwardLook
Coronets, and
> > shipping prices are almost more than the item (not shown in the
listing).
> > These are small, not fragile items, and the shipping costs shown on the
(used)
> > boxes show the real shipping costs, and old newspaper sure isn't
expensive.  Are
> > sellers making up for low bids by extensive padding of shipping costs
(or am
> > I just cheap)?
> >
> > LARRY
> >
>