[ARC5] R23A - Go Figure (Postage cost)

[J. Forster]

If you are a regular shipper and reasonably set up to do it, you can buy
Flat Rate stamps, pick up the boxes for free, add an eBay printed label,
and just charge the $4.95.

At $16, they are making $11 for under 5 minutes work. That's lawyer or two
plumbers hourly rate for a chimpanzee job.

Even w/o being setup, it takes me under 10 minutes/package.

Best,

-John

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> Hello John,
> I think your example shows a problem with the business of an on-line - the
> cost of attending a post office once a day to sell one or two items.  It
> takes about 20-30 minutes wrap something, travel to a PO and drop it in
> the chute.  People in this situation must resist the temptation to add the
> cost of THEIR labour to the cost of postage.  Some can't resist.
>
> 73s and good DX,
>
> Les
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
>> To: kgordon2006 at frontier.com, "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio
>> equipment." <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] R23A - Go Figure
>> Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 10:33:30 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>
>> I was looking at a 4 oz cable on eBay, to be shippeed from SF/CA to
>> Boston.  Shipping was $16.08.
>>
>> No thanks,
>>
>> -John
>>
>> ================
>>
>>
>> > On 5 Nov 2010 at 11:09, gordon white wrote:
>> >
>> >> How does he get $42 for shipping?
>> >>   - Gordon White
>> >
>> > Ebay now has a policy that the seller MUST use eBay's shipping
>> calculator.
>> > I
>> > don't know what the figure is based on, but I suspect it is based on
>> the
>> > asking price. ACTUAL shipping costs should be much less, normally.
>> >
>> > However, not all sellers acknowledge any of the above facts. Some do,
>> some
>> > don't. Those that do, charge the buyer actual costs. The others take
>> what
>> > they can get.
>> >
>> > Ken W7EKB
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