[Boatanchors] ebay Noose Tightens.

[Carl]

Hams are notoriously cheap when buying but are often the first to act 
the opposite when selling.

If a bozo or two dont like my shipping prices, tough luck. Ive never 
lacked for bidders and the whiners would most likely not even come close 
to the selling price anyway. They are completely a non issue.

In over 11 years Ebay and PayPal havent complained either. They dont 
have the manpower and time to waste on a few $$ anyway. Ebay is already 
gearing up for another big layoff and consolidation. Morale there sucks.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandy" <ebjr37 at charter.net>
To: <WA5CAB at cs.com>; <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; <roscoe at aiko.com>; 
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] ebay Noose Tightens.


Not to mention the high cost of gas!  I live in a rural area, some 
distance from the UPS Store or their shipping counter.

Also not to mention the USP Shipping calculator being "off", sometimes 
quite a bit!

Add this and Paypal up and you wind up "absorbing" another $15 or more 
is overhead.  Shipping companies waste no time raising "surcharges" when 
gas goes up but don't lower prices again when it goes back down!!!

73,

Sandy W5TVW

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: WA5CAB at cs.com
  To: km1h at jeremy.mv.com ; roscoe at aiko.com ; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
  Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 9:07 PM
  Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] ebay Noose Tightens.


  Well, that only works until you run into a buyer who is also a seller 
and who knows all the tricks.  Shortly after that, you get listed on 
Bad-Ham as a cheat.  Shipping costs are one thing.  Few buyers to whom 
you explained the situation would expect you to drive 40 miles 
round-trip just to save them $2 on shipping.  But US society in general 
has come to assume that sellers will bear the cost of credit card 
transactions either directly or by raising the selling price.  One of 
two ways guaranteed to get you kicked off of PayPal or to have your 
Merchant Account canceled is to get caught charging more to a customer 
who uses a credit card than to one who doesn't.

  In a message dated 11/16/2008 8:31:46 PM Central Standard Time, 
km1h at jeremy.mv.com writes:

    Making some money on shipping is a good way to cover the Ebay and 
Pay
    Pal fees. All I do is jack up the package weight so the calculator 
comes
    back with numbers I like.

    Its not like Im actually making a profit on the shipping but its 
still a
    good place to bury expenses.



  Robert Downs - Houston
  wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
  MVPA 9480


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