Author: Dick Schneiders
Date: 05:26:23 07/26/05
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It has been quite awhile since I have sold anything on eBay, but back then their fees were only based on the actual selling price, and not the shipping fees. The fees really aren't all that expensive, especially on low priced items, but some people will try to take advantage of every scam they can get away with. I had forgotten, but several months ago I won a nice, old floor standing world globe on eBay. The seller had started the price out at 1 penny, American. I didn't pay any attention to the shipping charges, and placed a bid of 1 penny. I don't usually bid early, but this was an item I wouldn't normally search for, and simply used this nominal bid to get the item on my watch list. I forgot about the item, and several days later was notified that I had won the item for my bid of 1 penny! Then it dawned on me why - the shipping charges were 3 or 4 times the actual cost to ship the item, about $35. It was a nice item, with a wooden stand, so I went ahead and paid it, but vowed to watch carefully in the future for the shipping charges. Dick Schneiders On July 26, 2005 at 07:33:24, Clive Munro wrote: >O >> >>More and more eBay sellers are putting very low prices on their stuff and huge >>and inflated shipping charges that make up the difference in the low price. I >>think the reason is twofold. They want to avoid some of the eBay fees, but also >>I think that they are trying to catch unaware bidders that think they are >>getting a bargain. I have even seen some with a *Buy It Now* option of like 99 >>cents (US) on a item that should sell for $40 or so, and then the shipping would >>be $40. >> >>Seems underhand to me. >> >>Dick Schneiders > >I thought you paid the E-Bay charge on the total price inc shipping but I could >be wrong. >You are right of course, people don't always look at shipping costs. A sneaky >way to deal. And if they are prepared to hoodwink you on cost who knows what >else might be wrong with the sale. > >Clive
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