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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:
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Over the last few onths, I’ve put in a few offers on LEGO lots on eBay. Won a
few, which made me happy, but the last couple really irked me.
First there was the 70 dollar ‘brokerage charge’ from UPS in a lot that came
fom the US. Most times, people send stuff via normal post, but this one was
UPS--200 dollars for the auciton--20ish dollars for shipping, and i was good.
Then the brokerage/tax fee--70 bones... not happy!
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$70 brokerage for 200 dollars worth of Lego?
This UPS table must be either lying or is about something else, or is not
giving the whole story... (starts Calculator)
... My crude calculation says that of your $70 “brokerage” only $37.6 is actual
brokerage, the rest is tax on the Lego, $5.85 disbursement fee, and perhaps GST
on the brokerage.
My idea would be to keep purchases shipped via UPS small, under $20 preferably,
and in no case exceed $40. That’s when brokerage really starts to hurt according
to that table.
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The one bright light in all this is that I’ve received my final winning bid--a
6991 monorail... I am now ‘space’ monorail complete :) and I paid a pretty
nice price---100 bones for a full monorail set--not too shabby from the other
prices i’ve seen...
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Congrats on scoring that set. You have 6399?
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but i’m giving up on eBay for a bit.... I have enuf RCX’s to last me a while
and motors galore for the ‘bots and the train layout.... so I’m done.
Just a heads up--if a seller only ships UPS, don’t bid!!!!
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Plus one on don’t buy from anyone who only ship UPS. But we can chalk that up to
USPS not being as reliable as it should be. I have a computer power supply on
order that was “shipped” almost 3 weeks ago by USPS, and it still has not
arrived!
I need to take a ebay timeout as well - as a seller.
Keith
(X-post to market.shipping)
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