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Transatlantic shipping may be part of the issue. I had one bidder whinge about fixed shipping charges being too high, and some other misc whinges from other bidders lead me to believe that there is a non zero fraction of bidders that don't read the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) You're certainly right about people not reading the listings carefully :-) All my deadbeats have been N American and I do quite a lot of international orders - I encourage them. Just worked it out... 21% non-USA so far this year. It may well (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38B57391.B41BEE42@v...er.net>... (...) I punked out of two auctions (not YOURS Larry) because the sellers were trying to rip me off on the shipping, as if they don't make enough on the sale. (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I always either list exactly what the shipping costs will be (if it is a smallish-medium set under 2 pounds 3.20 for PM) or I say cost plus some amount - normally 50 cents. I'd hope the auctions you reneged on didn't specify shipping terms in (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I'm not sure what the problems is. I'd say about 1 in 20 - 30 never pay. I'm not sure why this is. Normally is is for low value items - the cost of the MO and shipping may out way the actual value of the item. On a related note, this was in (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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