Like Clay, I've noticed the outrageous prices on Ebay for shipping, and I
too miss the old days. There seems to be a lot of commercial selling going
on. An acquaintance, whose husband is a truck driver, said that when boxes
are damaged in transit and retailers consequently refuse delivery, the
contents of the boxes often end up on Ebay. She also said that there had
been questions at her husband company about how accidental the damages were.
A local electronics store had the usual Black Friday sale which included HD
televisions with no limits on purchase quantities, and the local newspaper
interviewed people waiting to get into the store. One man said he was
buying 3 of the televisions to resell on EBay!
As a casual seller on EBay, I try not to get outlandish with my shipping
costs. I always offer, and most people prefer, Priority, which is just a
few cents more than standard. I weigh my items, then have to factor in the
cost of the packaging, as well as the 9 mile drive to the post office. The
shipping costs on my web site have turned out to be within about 75 cents
of my estimate. On the few things where the shipping was more than I
thought it would be, I ate it. Which cost me a lot when I sold a down
sleeping bag to someone in California a few years back!
Off to the post office now.
Cherry Knobloch
www.Earthechos.com
Chesapeake, Va USA
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