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  10$ S&H ???
 
Hi, I have a problem I was hoping to get some advice about: I recently bought <set:8455 Backhoe Loader> through eBay. (I live in Israel so I couldn't use lego direct) On the auction the seller requested that international bidders contact him before (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.shipping)
 
  Re: 10$ S&H ???
 
(...) My view goes something like this... International shipping involves more paperwork than inside the US shipping. You have to get it right or else the package might not arrive in a timely fashion (or might even get bounced back to the sender). (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.shipping)
 
  Re: 10$ S&H ???
 
"David Arnon" <david_arnonPlease@N...l.Spamcom> wrote in message news:HoKqp0.1H4t@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) money (...) the (...) my bad (...) Were the charges listed as Shipping and Handling or just Shipping? If it was stated as S&H, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.shipping)
 
  Re: 10$ S&H ???
 
(...) His letter said simply that shipping quote to Israel for Airmail Parcel Post is $42.40. I thought that this is the cost, and obviously if that's the case I wouldn't be able to get a much better deal as I think 93$ is a fair price for the set. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.shipping)
 
  Re: 10$ S&H ???
 
Well my take on this was you thought the 'quote' was ok, before you knew the breakdown so forgot you found out and let it slide. You agreed that the shipping was ok and paid it so turning that into a negative feedback would be considered pretty (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.shipping)
 
  Re: 10$ S&H ???
 
(...) I have to agree with Michael on this one. There are some e-bay retailers who don't have the time to pack their own boxes. They rely on 3rd party services to pack up their shipments to their customers. I guess I get the same feeling on Ebay (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.shipping)

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