posted on September 25, 2005 05:34:01 PM new
bought an item from the UK.Won the item for about 24GBP guess what the shipping is now almost 59GBP a total of 83 GBP or about $162. While the auction was going on it listed shipping etc for foreign countries the US was among, now that the auction has closed I can find none of this in the description.
What can I do I don't mine paying for the item but $120 for shipping is outrageous.What are your suggestions vendio users?
posted on September 25, 2005 06:01:34 PM new
How heavy is the item? Shipping from the UK is absurdly expensive.
I was trying to import some item from a maker in the UK - turns out than even with the discount of buying direct from the manufacturer, it was cheaper to buy from a distributor here in the US after I figured in shipping.
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posted on September 25, 2005 06:11:48 PM new
I agree, shipping to & from UK is really high. I sent 2 boxes of china to Staffordshire, the cost of the china was $40.00, the shipping was $91.0
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posted on September 25, 2005 06:22:42 PM new
The UK just raised their postal charges - they are quite high. Try estimating it yourself using their postal calculator:
http://sg.royalmail.com/servlet/acedispatcher?funcId=100&AceApplication=consignia&pageId=frameset
If it's way out of line, ask the seller what shipping method they're using and suggest the cheaper method you found.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caroline
posted on September 25, 2005 06:54:33 PM new
How can the terms of the auction disappear as soon as the auction ends? Do the people who list on Ebay-UK have the ability to revise the text after the auction ends? If so, I would think it would be a scammers paradise and avoid it like the plague.
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Caroline