Subject:
|
Re: ebay rant
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.market.auction
|
Date:
|
Sat, 28 Jul 2001 08:39:01 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
306 times
|
| |
|
|
"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GH639p.2HE@lugnet.com...
>
> I do not like doing overseas deals because it requires a minimum of two
> trips to the post office to do exact shipping. Who has time? Domestic I can
> use my scale, a rate chart and quote shipping, but it's too variable
> internationally (yes I have an international rate chart but still). I still
> do ship internationally but I don't like it. Worse, receiving payment
> internationally is a pain, even with PayPal. So you have to get it right and
> you can't as easily just say "send me way over and I will refund you the
> overage" because the refund took not one but two haircuts (one coming to me,
> and one again on return to the buyer)
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 price.
regards
lawrence
|
|
Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: ebay rant
|
| (...) 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)
| | | Re: ebay rant
|
| (...) 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)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: ebay rant
|
| (...) 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)
|
38 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
