Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 00:34:05 07/26/05
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On July 26, 2005 at 02:44:33, Clive Munro wrote: >While at first glance this is well priced at a starting bid of £1.49. I think >the P&P at £100 is a bit excessive for an item weighing less than 2kg being >posted within the UK! >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6970137813&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:UK:1 > >Especially when you can buy it new in the form of the Master for £99. See > >http://www.elhchess.demon.co.uk/specials.htm > >Puzzled regards > >Clive That is nothing. About a year ago I saw a really nice set of Altec Lansing speakers on Ebay for quite cheap with no reserve. The seller's location was actually here in Edmonton so I dropped him an email stating I would like to buy them and hopefully he would close the auction early. He was willing to do it as long as I was willing to pay a $50 pick up fee. While pick up fees are nothing new, I thought he simply made a typo and meant $5 so I agreed (shipping was $50 US on the auction, which is reasonable for the box size and weight). When I went to pick them up it was in fact a $50 pick up fee. When I asked why so much he said "Well I did have to get off the sofa and answer the door right?" I simply laughed and said he could shove the speakers up his arse, and use the $50 pick up fee to clean himself with afterwards.. :) Ebay is getting insane for shipping fees/pick up fees. Just look for headphones. You can get them for $0.99 but the shipping is up to $40 US :) And they are crappy ones at that.. Peter
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