Re: [CR]Seller on Ebay. Outragious shipping charges.

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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 07:33:29 -0500
From: <LouDeeter@aol.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org (classicrendezvous)
Subject: Re: [CR]Seller on Ebay. Outragious shipping charges.


Peter Naiman says: "Unfortunately I didn't read the sellers shipping policy and when I emailed the seller for charges, he wanted $6.00 to ship including insurance."

Peter, since shipping charges are part of the "total price" that the buyer pays, as long as they are mentioned in the ad, then you should have no complaints. You admit to not reading the ad, but then you complain. I don't get it. Some sellers may be using the stated shipping charge as part of their proceeds from the sale, to avoid ebay charges or whatever. Most ads tell people to "ask questions before you bid". I don't know whether this one you cite did that, but certainly it is good practice. By the way, the seller could be shipping everything FedEx too. I do that and the minimum price for a small item is over $4. Why? Because it is convenient for me to not have to go to the post office when I can use my company's FedEx shipping account. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL