I agree. THough last time I used USPS, I could order the tape and stickers for free as well. But that was a while ago... (:
Levi On 7/29/06, Mike Canfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm not trying to be smart here but you guys really need to rethink your shipping. There is no reason at all to buy boxes! No reason to buy packing materials other than tape. Get on the USPS website, sign up and have them ship to you, AT NO CHARGE, as many Priority Mail boxes you want in all different sizes and shapes. Free newspapers from the local blab make great packing material AT NO CHARGE but to go pick it up. Customers never complain about price and speed when the item arrives in less than a week even if I don't get it shipped out for a couple days or so. Flat rate boxes can make things very easy for you as they can be used for anything that fits in them regardless of weight and only costs $8.10 for delivery anywhere in the USA, even PR and HI. No need for a spreadsheet and such, just a bit of common sense that says you better cover yourself on the fees so start all auctions at no less than $2.99. You may not make a cent on that item but as long as you ship it promptly you will gain more positive feedback. Allot of positive feedback gets you better bids. Comments from buyers about how fast the shipping is gets you ALLOT more bids. I do all of my auctions from my laptop and hand write the labels to save costs. Used to keep all sorts of books and such but E-bay has made things so easy to deal with that I don't even need the book at the end of the year to file my taxes. Just pull up the sales for the year, print them out and go. Anyone who whines about the measly fees that E-Bay and Paypal charge have never tried to run a business elsewhere for the same costs. It won't happen. Consider also that I get 1.5% of my fees back just for using my Paypal debit card. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Smyla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 7:27 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] new eBay shipping fraud-update Had to add my $0.02 here.. I earn a significant portion of my income from ebay sales, and have been selling on ebay for the last 8 years. All of my auctions include some sort of packaging fee, clearly stated in the auction text, and is usually no more than $20. I have to cover the cost of packaging materials and my time to get the items packaged. Only one percent of buyers complain, mainly because they failed to read the auction text, and they're always satisfied after they receive their item. And Luther.. a 'sensor' is something that you find on your engine that has wires sticking out of it. 'Censor' is when you leave dirty words out of your emails. And I can't find the word 'rediculous' in the dictionary. I know this is a 'stupid' cliché', but I'll offer it anyway: People living in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. :-) -brian ---original post: Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:44:28 -0000 From: "Luther Gulseth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] new eBay shipping fraud-update To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'd like to give a big banned reply to this message, but I have to sensor the message. "he'll likely find something to bitch about." WTF is your reason for saying this? This seller tried to defraud the USPS by sending it Media Mail. That is illegal and he was busted by the USPS and they refused his package. He paid the difference in the shipping and it confused the USPS and caused my package to take 17 days to arrive to me. THAT IS REDICULIOUS! I should have had the drive over a week ago, were it not for his stupidity. I know for a FACT that Kaleb would NEVER do anything like this. GO back to your skim and delete and take a big cup of shut the %)(#%$&)#&%#%)& up! Luther, dealing with stupid men and women for the last week. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
