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Re: ebay rant
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lugnet.market.auction
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Fri, 27 Jul 2001 19:30:02 GMT
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I hate inflated shipping and handling charges too. I won a Lego sith
infiltrator in an auction for really cheap, and I was pleased, until I found
out I had to pay $10 US to have it shipped to me, which including
'handling'. I was really surprised when I received the item, as it came in
a massive box. For a sith infiltrator. The box was about 2 feet long, a
foot and half deep and a foot and a half wide. I couldn't believe the guy
sent this to me, and when I got home I thought the box was empty because it
was filled to the top with those foam popcorn packing things. I had to dig
for the Lego box. There isn't a thin line between overkill and safe packing
of material.
Adam
In lugnet.market.auction, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.market.auction, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
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> > What's your pet ebay hate?
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> After running though all your numbered points, I forgot to answer this! :-)
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> Inflated "shipping and handling" fees. Charging 10 bucks to ship something
> Priority mail that I've shipped for $3.95. I understand that people make
> guesstimates on shipping, but what I'm talking about are calculated ways of
> weasling more profit.
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> And let me echo others' annoyance with reserve prices. You can make a bid,
> not have it meet the reserve, but since it isn't your max bid, you don't
> have any idea if it may later meet the reserve. I feel like I'm being
> jerked around. I will only bid on these as a last minute vulture.
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> Bruce
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| (...) After running though all your numbered points, I forgot to answer this! :-) Inflated "shipping and handling" fees. Charging 10 bucks to ship something Priority mail that I've shipped for $3.95. I understand that people make guesstimates on (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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