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pawnshop_trash
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stahlhart
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 Posted - 03/16/2006 : 18:46:18
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I'm guessing not -- he's probably inflating his selling price in the shipping charges. Quite a few eBay sellers do this.
You always have to check this before you bid -- sometimes sellers will hide the "& handling" behind one of those "calculate your shipping charges" clickies. Always check.
C.K. (am I making it sound like I didn't check once?)
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stahlhart
Platinum Member
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Posted - 03/16/2006 : 18:52:17
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Or, to be fair, what some sellers do is take items in to have them packed for shipping professionally, instead of packing it themselves.
C.K.
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/16/2006 : 19:30:00
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It also says that shipping is $7.50 in continental US. A little confusing.
Are the slider knobs the same type that is used on the GE-7? If they're not I guess it will be impossible to find a spare for the one missing. |
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Vim Fuego
Gold Member
Denmark
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Posted - 03/16/2006 : 20:16:51
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Just asked a seller if he would ship from US to Denmark..
He sure would - but said to expect shipping from 100 to 300$.
For an item that would cost 10 - 20$  go figure
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phostenix
Gold Member
USA
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Posted - 03/16/2006 : 21:51:50
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Interesting new tactic.
"Sure, I'll ship worldwide!"
"How much?"
"$300"
"No Thanks!"
"Well, don't say that I didn't offer."
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stahlhart
Platinum Member
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Posted - 03/16/2006 : 22:22:10
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quote:
Originally posted by Vim Fuego
Just asked a seller if he would ship from US to Denmark..
He sure would - but said to expect shipping from 100 to 300$.
For an item that would cost 10 - 20$ go figure
Cheers
I just sent lordofmushrooms a BF-2, U.S. to France, for less than $20 (USPS Registered Mail). The guy is a crook.
(edit: shipping charge was changed from $35 flat rate earlier to $7.50 now; someone must have pointed that out -- now if only someone could produce the justification for those shipping charges to Denmark...)
C.K.
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starr36
Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 03/17/2006 : 04:39:55
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As a seller on eBay, considering final value fees, I'd rather sell a $50.00 Pedal for
$10.00 plus $50 Shipping total $60.00
rather than $50 for the pedal plus $10.00 shipping, or $60.00. either way, if shipping is really $10.00, I get more in my pocket!
Ebay final value fee on the $10.00 item is 5.25% or $0.53.
Ebay final value fee on the $50.00 pedal is $2.06, therfore I am roughly $1.50 ahead!
So, when shopping on eBay, it really is irrelvant what the actual shipping charge is, it just matters if the seller is trying to reduce fees by having a lower Final Value fee.
In MOST CASES, bidders will adjust the highest amount they are willing to pay, if a seller has an exorbitant shipping fee anyways.
So folks don't get too excited if someone has a high shipping charge; the market will automatically compensate via a lower item price.
hahahahhaha
Most eBayers are not "trying to make money" on shipping fees, they may just be looking to recover a buck or two for packing materials. Else, you just get your stuff tossed in with some peanuts and gets alldinged while shipped. yeah had that happen too. the losers.
Have a good one folks!
It just looks crappy when someone is "charging a lot" for shipping! |
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stahlhart
Platinum Member
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Posted - 03/18/2006 : 00:09:25
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When I was much younger, I had a job at a local television repair shop. The boss would inflate the cost of the parts, charge for chemicals like cleaners/degreasers used, charge for ordering the Sams Photofact schematic for every television fixed (even though he already owned them all, stored in filing cabinets)... such that, in the end, a $175.00 repair bill was, on paper, mabye $50.00 in labor and $125.00 in parts.
If he had told the truth on the invoice that it was a tube replaced for $15.00 and the labor was $160.00, customers would be coming to the shop with loaded guns. But he felt that he had to bring in that much gross on each repair job that landed on the bench to run the shop profitably, so that was how he approached it. Folks want to feel that they're getting something tangible for what they're paying; labor costs are like being taxed. It was a psychological game that he played with them.
Not sure what that has to do with this discussion, though. It just came to mind. Carry on...
C.K.
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/18/2006 : 00:26:12
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Sounds like we worked in the same tv repair shop 
My Boss turned up the prices in the exact same way but what I remember best was when he lit up his cigarettes. He always use a screwdriver to draw out a spark from the high voltage tube in an old TV and stuck his face in there to light the fag. He was rolling his own and when the tobacco was fresh he always got a big jolt. Great entertainment 
What was this discussion about again? |
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phostenix
Gold Member
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Posted - 03/18/2006 : 00:28:50
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| I think it just melded with the other nut case thread about the SP-1. |
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here's a decent GE-6, but....
