[rollei_list] Re: Off Topic Question
- From: John Lehman <al7jj@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 08:24:33 -0800
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In response to "JMN *" <retinaiiic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
who asked:
> > Has anyone noticed an increasing number of eBay seller who charge
> > excessive shipping rates?
"Roger Wiser" <rwiser@xxxxxxxxxxx> replied
> Many sellers charge higher shipping costs to get more of the
> amount (shipping) not subject to eBay percentage fee, ...
> eBay states that sellers that quote fixed shipping have better
> sales records, so some sellers may charge a high enough price to cover
> all areas.
These two motivations get mixed up among buyers. Since many Ebay buyers
use Buy-it-now or do immediate checkout, they prefer a fixed shipping
price (hence Ebay's study quoted above). So when I sell something, I
calculate the actual shipping cost from Alaska (where I live) to Miami,
and that's the listed shipping for any US buyer. People buying camera
stuff almost never complain, but when I sold off a batch of reloading
equipment, I was bombarded with email about my "ripoff" shipping; often
offering to buy the item for less than it would cost me to ship it.
OTOH, it is common for sellers of small items like cell-phone SIM cards
which cost half a dollar to ship to charge $15-$25 for shipping and sell
the item for a dollar; on high-volume sales of inexpensive items, that
cuts the Ebay fees.
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