On defense a little bit on eBay. If the seller isn't really into
a business on eBay but just selling off old/spare parts it does
take time to find a box, packing materials (even if just
newspapers and old plastic bags) and take it to UPS or USPS.
Maybe in this case a $6.00 ~profit~ on S&H is a bit much but it
could be they had no idea what shipping would be and made a SWAG
at it. I used to buy and sell a lot of Hot Wheels on eBay but
when even the USPS went to $3.00, then $3.20 (probably higher now)
for Express Mail, it didn't make sense on a $3 or $4 car to pay
double when postage was involved. On something that small, even
non-express mail was usually only $.10-$.30 less than express.
I'm sure that large business efforts get some type of bulk
shipping rates from UPS, FedEx, etc and don't have to adhere to
the same packing standards as you or I when we walk into UPS to
ship a package. Unfortunately some companies make up narrow
profit margins on shipping.
Right now I'm giving away three arm rests for a 67 Chevelle to a
guy that needs them in Alabama or Louisiana (can't remember now)
and feel bad about the shipping costs - probably just $4/$5
bucks. I'm just going to ship them to him and have him reimburse
me when they get there for the actual costs.
Dale
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan McIntosh)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 09:23:14 -0500
>With this shipping thing, I buy allot of stuff on Ebay, and some
people
>charge $10 to ship something that says $3.85 on the label. I feel
it's OK to
>add a little something to cover ones expenses, such as packaging
material,
>their time and gasoline to take it to wherever they're shipping
it from.
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