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Re: anything wrong with this auction?
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lugnet.market.theory
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Tue, 21 Mar 2000 17:08:33 GMT
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Mr L F Braun schreef:
> Those fees seem outrageous too--if you want to pay in an IMO in DM, I guess you
> could--but I can't possibly see the shipping costing that much by air. Shipping
> three much larger sets from the UK by air doesn't even cost US$25! I wonder how
> the seller came to those figures...
Depends on how you ship...
I live in the Netherlands, and recently sold some stuff to people in the
United States, Norway and Japan. From the dutch postal service flyer:
To US:
- under 1 kg : $15 for priority ($17 insured) and $12 standard. Economy is
$8 I think
- 1 to 5 kg : $24 for priority ($26 insured) and $18 standard. Economy
about $13
If value is above $500 for every $500 add $2 extra for insurance. That's
roughly it, Japan is about 20% more expensive, Europe is about 20% cheaper.
I might be off something like $1 because of exchange rates though
And payment... I usually use Larry's Factoring, wire the money or send cash
(sign on delivery, so I always have proof of payment, and shipment is
insured. I learned that one the hard way :-( ) Wiring the money costs me
about $3 + exhange rate losses.
Cashing US cheques is about $5 to $7 for me, and I've never even tried
money orders, I guess those are about the same. When I sell something on
eBay I usually "push" users to send cash or use factoring. This way I can
keep costs down. Now if only X or Paypal would become available in the
Netherlands as well :-(
--
Jan-Albert "Anvil" van Ree | http://www.nl.3dgamers.com
3D Sims Archive maintainer | http://www.3dgamers.com
Thrustmaster Resource Center | http://www.3dgamers.com/tmresourcecenter/
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| (...) Those fees seem outrageous too--if you want to pay in an IMO in DM, I guess you could--but I can't possibly see the shipping costing that much by air. Shipping three much larger sets from the UK by air doesn't even cost US$25! I wonder how (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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