I have seen this as well Merle, and it is indeed annoying. I am willing to cut a seller some slack if he want to charge something minimal for a handling charge, but when there appears to be an absolutely blatant attempt to profit off the shipping, I just avoid the item altogether. Sadly, unless everyone does that, the goofball will never get the message.
Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merle Sprinzen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 7:10 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Shipping charges -- a new pricing scheme > In the past few months I've noticed that sellers on eBay have been > charging inflated shipping charges -- often $10-$15 more than the actual > shipping charges, when the real shipping charges are only a few dollars. > At first I thought these were just handling charges to pay people for > their materials and trouble, but now I realize that this is a way for > sellers to get more for their item without having to pay the percentage > to eBay the seller would have to pay if this was part of the bid. Anyone > else experiencing this? It's getting me annoyed... > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
