deur1
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posted on December 15, 2007 01:27:36 PM new
First I do not particularly agree with this . For instance I may sell an item for $9.99 but if it weighs 5 lbs. I cannot ship USPS Priority for $5. The S/H would probably be as much if not more than selling price.
I DO agree though that many sellers "cheat" and gouch on cost of Shipping/Handling.
http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstocks/archive/2007/12/13/ebay-finally-investigating-seller-ripoffs.aspx
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[ edited by deur1 on Dec 15, 2007 01:31 PM ]
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tomwiii
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posted on December 15, 2007 02:33:37 PM new
Oi!
Talk to Ralphie! He's a REAL shipping "gouch" if I ever saw one!
"What me worry?" "childrens do learn"
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niel35
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posted on December 15, 2007 02:55:53 PM new
Gouch? what is a gouch?? Ralphie, you have been called many things but never a gouch.I would take offense, If I were you.
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deur1
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posted on December 15, 2007 03:28:50 PM new
I did not call Mister Ralphie a gouch.
Price-gouching is running up the price of something.
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niel35
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posted on December 15, 2007 04:00:44 PM new
Oh, price gouging. Now I see what you mean. LOL
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mingotree
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posted on December 15, 2007 04:52:26 PM new
I read the comments in the link....maybe fees would be lowered when sellers learn how to SPELL!!!
AND...there is NO correlation, NO relationship between the price of the item and the postage cost ...NONE.
If you buy a bowling ball for .99 do you REALLY expect the shipping to be LOWER ??????!!!!!!
Don't want to be ripped off on postage ...don't bid.
NOW, I'm sure there are people who complain about the postage but don't have a problem walking into Nordstrom's and buying a $150.00 shirt which cost $3.00 to make.
Or buy some piece of crap at Walmart and think they're NOT paying for shipping?????
What IS it with postage that frightens so many people????
Don't like it...don't bid, don't buy.
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merrie
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posted on December 15, 2007 05:02:37 PM new
Goodness, the spelling really is horrible. Almost looks like the same person is writing different comments. I can't believe there are that many people leaving comments to the same story with the inability to spell.
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deur1
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posted on December 15, 2007 05:15:54 PM new
Those fees could be changing soon. Bear Stearns analyst Bob Peck said recently he's expecting a "drastic shift" in listings fees next year. The company could cut certain fees by 50%, he said, but it would increase final value fees by 30% to make up for the loss. EBay isn't commenting on this speculation.
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I would like a listing fee decrease. I would rather pay a fee on something I sell than something I do not.
There are those that list for practically nothing. They sell for practically nothing.Of course they make their profit on S/H. Very little fees are paid.They will not be affected either way- they will still pay very little to list and sell.
eBay needs to TRY to stop this. It is not fair to us.
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mingotree
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posted on December 15, 2007 08:06:36 PM new
???????????
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Sell, sale, have saled ???!
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roadsmith
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posted on December 15, 2007 08:29:43 PM new
The spelling! Holy cow. And the punctuation, or lack of it.
And. . . WHY WHY WHY do some people think they need an apostrophe before every final S?
Fee's
Sale's
Eat's
Nothing wrong with a simple plural!
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ST0NEC0LD613
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posted on December 16, 2007 09:27:24 PM new
This article clearly ruffled the feathers of many.
Just checking out the responses, there are many pages with postings within minutes of each other. I must have clicked 20 pages and only got about to a couple of hours worth of postings. Click responses on these pages that much and you can read most of the threads posted for a week.
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roadsmith
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posted on December 16, 2007 10:10:01 PM new
I just read about 12 of those pages, and contributed a comment.
My only problem is when a person says "I paid more for shipping than the item cost." Good grief. If we get a heavy bargain item, like a heavy pottery bowl, for $10 and shipping from west coast to east coast is $20, what's not fair about that? Who says shipping has to be less than the cost of the item?
I can see the complaint's validity only if high shipping is charged for an item that weighs very little. In that case it does appear that there's something unfair going on.
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on December 17, 2007 04:26:11 AM new
Roadsmith,
There's actually a term for such an errant apostrophe; it's called a "grocer's apostrophe" because of its ubiquity in grocers' signs: apple's tomato's onion's, etc.
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pixiamom
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posted on December 17, 2007 05:48:38 AM new
It's kind of like pornography, hard to come up with a precise definition of gouging on shipping and eBay fee circumvention but I know it when I see it. I am still ticked off at the consignment shop that didn't know how to price postcards so started them at 99 cents with a $7 shipping charge. They cheated both eBay and the consignor. Why should I care? Because I have to carry the burden of higher fees to make up for the slackards.
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merrie
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posted on December 17, 2007 05:58:50 AM new
Shipping and the fairness of it is hard to gage. Shipping from coast to coast is costly. 2 pounds from the east to the west coast costs over $9.00 so if the item does not fit into a flat rate box, the customer is upset. In many of my cases it is cheaper to ship to Canada.There are no dementional (intentional) requirements on the calculation page. Does it make sense to go from the east coast of the US to Vancouver and it is cheaper than going to CA??
My thought are, if you list the shipping in your description, then the buyer knows up front and either bids or passes.
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TheFamilyBiz
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posted on December 17, 2007 06:02:00 AM new
Remember, though, there's a big difference between starting an "auction" at 99-cents with a "reasonable" shipping charge ($7.00 is a bit much for something that could only weigh a couple of ounces even properly packaged.)
We will regularly start "auctions" for under $10.00 and the appropriate shipping costs can be more than twice that. And, if it finishes with one bid, the shipping and cost of the item can be upside down.
Wayne
Never explain -- Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
~ Elbert Hubbard
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mingotree
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posted on December 17, 2007 07:54:14 AM new
Roadsmith, let's call it the "bowling ball" syndrome.....
"""If you buy a bowling ball for .99 do you REALLY expect the shipping to be LOWER ??????!!!!!!""""
Most of those commenting are not too bright and I don't just mean their spelling.
"""For one thing they don't require the seller to leave feedback first, and although Paypal is supposed to be a holding company to make sure the payment and shipping are both made, the seller can hold on to an item until not only is the payment made from from the buyer, but the money is into the seller's account. The money shouldn't transfer until the buyer says, yes I have the trcking number, or yes I have the item."""
Yup, I want the money FIRST, I want to be paid FIRST, and then I will ship the item....funny me!
I don't leave feedback first because the transaction isn't over until the customer is satisfied....which is shown by giving me positive feedback...why is that so hard to understand?
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roadsmith
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posted on December 17, 2007 08:02:39 AM new
Cash: I REALLY like the "grocer's apostrophe" term! Friends from Hawaii are visiting overnight, and they're as fanatic as I am about such things. I'll tell them when they come in for breakfast.
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on December 17, 2007 09:02:50 AM new
Roadsmith,
That's just one of the delights to be found in "Eats Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" by Lynne Truss. The cover shows a Panda Bear painting a comma between Eats and Shoots, and another Panda walking off the cover with a pistol.
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