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(...) I've got a Pelouze, a pretty accurate scale, and I have access to the rate calculator (although it's a pain to use... my scale and my shipping supplies are two stories away from where my computer normally is, and I have no plans to put a (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Food scales don't work well, the platforms are usually too small. I use a Pelouze PE10 postal scale, $84 at OfficeMax.com, they usually have on-line coupons (check FlamingoWorld, I think I ended up paying $50 delivered). Its a 10-lb capacity (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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"Lawrence Wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:GH6y40.4n6@lugnet.com... (...) news:GH6sJo.H2B@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Even if you know the weight it can still be a crap shoot on international packages. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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"John Radtke" <jaradtke@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:GH6sJo.H2B@lugnet.com... (...) What? No one cooks in the USA? I already know the answer to that one - No. Guess you could take your lego to the resturant and ask them to weight it for (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Aye, there's the rub. To enter the weight you have to know the weight. Most people don't have more than a bathroom scale at home. I don't even like that much inaccuracy to determine Priority weights to the nearest pound, and it's virtually (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GH639p.2HE@lugnet.com... (...) Why does it take two trips? Dont the US post office have an on-line postal calculator? Enter the weight, desintation, method of shipment and voila the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Try that again (URL) King Ebay ID:- jasonoz3 Jason King <jklugnet665@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:GH6n7q.8pJ@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) clude=0&since=-1&sort=2&rows=25 (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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go to (URL) check out all my New Auctions. Just listed 5 day duration. Thanks -- Jason King LugNet #665 (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) That's a good one. Pretense indeed. It's funny but eBay can at different times screw over both buyers AND small sellers. The only guys that are safe are the big time sellers. In fact, the whole eBay feedback system is flawed... if you are a (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Being a eBay seller, I can understand why someone would only ship to a certain location. Mail from overseas to the US takes a long time, and in some cases can even take more than a month (long time to wait for a payment for an auction). Also, if (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Okay, go ahead. :) (...) Without incurring a penalty if no one bids? Sorry, but depending on what the STARTING price is, they already 'incurred a penalty' by having to pay a LISTING fee. It's 0.30 cents (US) just for LISTING an auction (with a (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Ditto. I hope those responsible are watching. Michael Pratt (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) As a regular e-bay seller this is a tough one. Invariably you get a mixed box of lego and some plans. You build a set according to the plans. How do you actually know what bricks came with the set when it was new ? I always used to say sets (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Ditto !!!!! Michael Pratt (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Yes, but with the EC, they can't refuse to ship to another EC country. BTW, a big thank you to Jan Albert!!! Paul Sinasohn (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Additionally, if the price is high enough, it can scare off the competition. (...) Yea, it's annoying, not much to do about it. (...) Agreed. I often check out the poorly described lots. I've won some nice stuff that way. (...) As long as the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Note that a HUGE amount of German sellers only ship within Germany. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, iPlanet Web Server Technical Support | Netscape Communications Corp | A division of AOL Time Warner | iPlanet Support - (URL) Please do not associate my (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Actually, I prefer higher starting bids to Reserve Prices - at least you KNOW the minimum they will take. (...) Because it will sell sooner or later. I've been auctioning off some Libretto accessories. My last lot went unsold in a 3Day (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Hi. I'm auctioning some very nice sets on Ebay, all new. These include 12V lighting sets (7861 and 7867), a 9V 3225 Classic Train (and track and transformer separately), shooting cannons, 3 5184 Castle Accessory Packs, and an 1808 airline promo. (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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True, if I am interested in something enough, I will ask the seller, and they will usually agree if I pay the exact shipping to Canada. And why wouldn't I or anyone else? Isn't that how most auctions are ran, buyer pays shipping? Adam (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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