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Dixieland

12-18-2005 17:04:46

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The best deals are out of this world!

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Dellbertt

12-19-2005 15:06:52

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Re: Typical Ebay Auction in reply to Dixieland, 12-18-2005 17:04:46

I sent an anvil UPS from Mich to Texas and all I did was wrap it in a big piece of cardboard and the tap the heck out of it. Had to pay nonstandard size fee, think it came to $78.

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Blue3992

12-19-2005 08:56:29

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Re: Typical Ebay Auction in reply to Dixieland, 12-18-2005 17:04:46

I'm not an E-Bay expert, but I have dabbled a little.

If someone buys something small from me--no problem, I can come up with a small box and some crumpled up newspaper.

Recently though, I sold some old lawn tractors and snowmobiles. Some folks who bought them only wanted the engines, and asked me if I'd pull them and ship. OK, no problem. Then, when they get the $100 + packing and shipping bill, they are surprised.

Hello? You just had me ship a lawnmower engine with a cast-iron block two states away. That's expensive. And you are also wondering about the charge for packaging? Yeah, I am comfortable packaging a book, or something small. I don't have the packing material lying around to pack a 120 lb. engine.

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Jrry

12-19-2005 08:27:09

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Re: Typical Ebay Auction in reply to Dixieland, 12-18-2005 17:04:46

Hey Dixieland, you won't have to wait for the weather to clear to pick up this tractor.
later, Jerry

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R-cubed

12-18-2005 19:31:20

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Re: Typical Ebay Auction in reply to Dixieland, 12-18-2005 17:04:46

Ain"t it the truth! Nobody wants to ship anything that"s bigger than a breadbox and when they do they want to make a profit off the shipping. Of course big items (really big) are something else. I passed up a TD24 in California and another in Oregon that were being practically given away because it would cost thousands to ship to MO.

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12-19-2005 05:59:25

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Re: Typical Ebay Auction in reply to R-cubed, 12-18-2005 19:31:20

Yeah, don't you just love it when the shipping is 4-5 dollars and they want to charge 15-20 shipping and handling??

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Nat

12-19-2005 05:29:46

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Re: Typical Ebay Auction in reply to R-cubed, 12-18-2005 19:31:20

It irks the heck outta me when I hear people that don't know what they're talking about complain about the price of shipping. Have you tried to ship anything lately? Shipping ain't cheap. In fact, it's outrageous. Something the size of a breadbox can cost upwards of $25 to ship cross-country, even if it doesn't weigh more than a few pounds. Ever priced shipping materials? They're outrageous too. We don't all have a basement full of empty cardboard boxes and used packing peanuts... Some of us throw trash in the trash. For us regular folks, packing peanuts are something like $6 per cubic foot, and the shipping companies won't honor their insurance at all if your stuff isn't packed in peanuts. If your box gets damaged (it WILL get damaged) and they find crumpled up newspapers, you can forget about EVER getting them to pay on the claim... "Insufficient packaging."

And you wonder why people don't like to ship.

The only people making money off the shipping are UPS, FedEx, and the US Postal Service.

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R-cubed

12-19-2005 08:31:24

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Re: Typical Ebay Auction in reply to Nat, 12-19-2005 05:29:46

I do know what I'm talking about since I have been shipping things for years myself. I don't charge for the gas plus my time to drive to the post office. I charge what the post office charges me plus or minus a dollar. People that want $10 to ship a parts manual can keep it! I save peanuts from incoming shipments and use them over and wad newspapers when I run out. Your local Midas dealer has a dumpster full of boxes. Ve have vays of doing dese tings.

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12-19-2005 05:57:45

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Re: Typical Ebay Auction in reply to Nat, 12-19-2005 05:29:46

I get parts in daily that are not packed in peanuts. They are all packed in newspaper, brown paper, plastic air pillows, etc. I have had boxes come in damaged, UPS has paid for it, no quextions asked. One was a $700.00 Honda engine. If the customer is paying the shipping, what does it matter the cost of the shipping??? It is not that high, I get invoices for 4-7.00 shipping on a dailey basis. Yes residential shipping is higher, but if someone wants it, they will pay the shipping. I also have passed on buying stuff off Ebay because they will not ship. If you do not have the means to ship things then you should not be trying to sell in a worldwide selling eviroment, where your customer is not next door or down the street.

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