Re: [neonixie-l] Re: eBay GSP disposes of CRT for no reason

[Instrument Resources of America]

Speaking of Chinese, I ordered an attachment for my Dremel tool from 
China about three weeks ago. It arrived yesterday in the U.S. Mail, as 
items from China always do. TOTAL cost for the ITEM and the S & H $.99 
(ninety nine cents). Can anyone here tell how that is done??  Especially 
since it involves the U.S. Postal Service???   Thanks   Ira.



On 5/15/2017 6:43 PM, 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l wrote:
I thought eBay's Global Shipping Program (GSP) was a bad idea, from 
the get-go ! Just another reason not to use it.


When they introduced it, they automatically enabled it, in your 
settings. You had to go into your account settings, and turn it off. 
In general, its a rip-off ! Just another eBay "profit center". Its bad 
enough that shipping things to outside the US, starts at ~$13.50, for 
a minimal weight parcel (and upto 8 oz), but if I remember, the fees 
the GSP charges, are way above that !


Before 2012, you could ship things international, for ~$5. Before 
2005, the postal service still had "surface mail", which meant they 
waited until a shipping container was filled up, before sending your 
parcel off, on a slow boat to oblivion. Cost was cheap, though it may 
take up to 3 months to get to your destination. Chinese still do the 
same thing, though it probably takes well less than a week to fill up 
one of their containers.


Its best to pack the parcel yourself. Have you ever seen how most 
parcels arrive from Amazon, Granger, or McMaster ? The item(s) are 
usually tossed into the box, then those inflatable bags are tossed in 
on top of it. Padding is most often just the thickness of the 
cardboard box. That's fine for screws, and books, and even my kits. 
But not something you want to see when shipping a CRT !


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[neonixie-l] Re: eBay GSP disposes of CRT for no reason

['threeneurons' via neonixie-l]

I thought eBay's Global Shipping Program (GSP) was a bad idea, from the 
get-go ! Just another reason not to use it.

When they introduced it, they automatically enabled it, in your settings. 
You had to go into your account settings, and turn it off. In general, its 
a rip-off ! Just another eBay "profit center". Its bad enough that shipping 
things to outside the US, starts at ~$13.50, for a minimal weight parcel 
(and upto 8 oz), but if I remember, the fees the GSP charges, are way above 
that !

Before 2012, you could ship things international, for ~$5. Before 2005, the 
postal service still had "surface mail", which meant they waited until a 
shipping container was filled up, before sending your parcel off, on a slow 
boat to oblivion. Cost was cheap, though it may take up to 3 months to get 
to your destination. Chinese still do the same thing, though it probably 
takes well less than a week to fill up one of their containers. 

Its best to pack the parcel yourself. Have you ever seen how most parcels 
arrive from Amazon, Granger, or McMaster ? The item(s) are usually tossed 
into the box, then those inflatable bags are tossed in on top of it. 
Padding is most often just the thickness of the cardboard box. That's fine 
for screws, and books, and even my kits. But not something you want to see 
when shipping a CRT !

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