[Milsurplus] E-bay / a work of genius

[Peter Gottlieb]

I've lost money on shipping too many times when I used the online 
calculator.  And that doesn't figure in my costs for packing materials, etc. 
So now I take an address in the furthest zone, add a realistic weight of box 
and packing materials, then go on the UPS site and enter it all, specifying 
it is a residential address.  I then add a realistic amount for materials (I 
get them from Staples) plus tax and put that in as a fixed shipping charge. 
It is fully disclosed up front.  I still get questions about why so high, 
but since I have zero interest in subsidizing the shipping charges for 
someone, then paying all the eBay and PayPal fees, it is what it is.  Funny, 
I have never had someone close by question the charges, just people in the 
furthest UPS zones.  On top of all this, I still end up losing a few bucks 
on each deal in the shipping.  Go figure.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim DiMauro" <radio6146 at yahoo.com>
To: "Unserviceable but Repairable" <cosmoline at ba-watch.org>; 
<arc5 at ix.netcom.com>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] E-bay / a work of genius


> Marty-o:
>
> Yep, sounds like you got ripped. That's why I do the
> packing costs up front.  No surprises.  That's the
> least I can do for someone who is willing to give me
> their money.  So, don't bring your noise bridge to
> UPS.  Come on, be sensible.  That's a no-brainer.  You
> get a free, flat-rate shipping box from the Post
> Office and you can tell your buyer that it'll cost
> $7.90 for S/H anywhere CONUS, maybe add two bux for
> insurance. I'm talking the big stuff.  And I don't
> have a handling hot button.  I have a cheapskate hot
> button.
>
> BTW, sarcasm is one of my specialties/character
> flaws/hobbies (pick one).  Don't take me too seriously
> and get your shorts in a knot :-)
>
> Anyway, I gotta know: do I qualify as a "dinger"?
> Don't hold back, my skin is as thick as my skull.
>
> Jim-um-bo
> w2bvm
>
> --- Unserviceable but Repairable
> <cosmoline at ba-watch.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear radiumpracticioner
>>
>> See you've got a handling hot-button, babe.
>>
>> Me paying $18 for $11 B&S tank shipped 70 mi.s with
>> a $3.90 USPS sticker
>> just got me going
>>
>> As did $25 for a LS-3 shipped from Boston.  Sale sed
>> fair shipping figured
>> following sale.  Then CREEP claimed huge moolah for
>> styrofoam & UPS
>> fuel surcharge.  I shipped CREEP an empty box w.
>> peanuts & a return
>> label for $9.  Just to rub it in his face.
>>
>> And I ain't gonna bring a MFJ Noise Bridge to UPS
>> for a pre-sale
>> transport preview, Jim-Bo.
>>
>> So before you again suggest you "go figger" on this
>> subject, check the
>> price regime.  Or perhaps, never spend less than
>> half a grand on ebay
>> sales.
>>
>>   e-bay marti-o
>>
>
>
>
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