[meteorite-list] Shipping theft IE HIGH CHARGES

[Michael Farmer]

I am in shock. I have just spent the evening perusing ebay, looking at sellers shipping charges. It is pathetic. I truly hope that the buyers on this list look around at prices and realize that many so called "dealers" are blatantly ripping people off with shipping charges. I find it pathetic. If you are a seller with constant ebay auctions, you have no right to charge outrageous shipping charges. I do not charge for my time, my daily trips to the post office. Selling and shipping meteorites is my business. I just saw one dealer who is on this list, selling a 1 gram Taza stone and adding $3.85 shipping charge. It costs .45 cents to ship and maybe .20 cents for the envelope. NET gain for the dealer $3.00 profit on the shipping alone.     If you buy from people who rip you off on the shipping, you deserve to lose your money. Mike Farmer