[meteorite-list] shipping

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Dec 31 15:20:49 2004
Message-ID: <014901c4ef75$3e860880$6101a8c0_at_launchmodem.com>

Hi Tom and list,

Just returned from a nice vacation to Tennessee
and North Carolina. Picked up a rare meteorite
in the Great Smoke Mountians called "snowangel."
check it out:

http://www.branchmeteorites.com/misc/snowangel.jpg

and the strewnfield:

http://www.branchmeteorites.com/misc/strewn.jpg

>do they just not care what the shipping charges are?

Yes, that is it. It's called "psychology." People disregard
shipping and "handling" charges for the most part.

I don't.

BTW, whoever invented the term "handling" as a charge
was a marketing genius. Imagine paying for someone to
actually handle your merchandise.

Similarly, whoever thought of adding .95 or .99 to the
end of a holler amount was also a marketing genius!

I see lots of micromounts on ebay which I would
like to add to my collection but I don't bother because of
the excessive shipping fees.

Overcharging for shipping is older than ebay. Doing so
insures that the ebay and paypal fees are paid and in many
cases, such as the example here, adds profit.

I almost always pass over any auction which doesn't list
shipping fees or give some indication of shipping fees. If I am really
interested in item, I will ask the seller to give me an
idea as to shipping. Many times, the selller does not respond
so I just pass the auction by.

Hoping everyone has a great 2005!

-Walter Branch



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom AKA James Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com>
To: "Dave Harris" <entropydave_at_ntlworld.com>; "metlist"
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] shipping


> I don't get ebay, one well known over seas seller has a $25 shipping fee,
> that's fine, but if another seller sells an identical meteorite at the
same
> starting price, but with $2 shipping, form what I have seen, the
meteorites
> will sell for the same amount lets say $15 in the end, even though they
have
> to pay $23 more in shipping, do they just not care what the shipping
charges
> are?
>
> Thanks, Tom
> peregrineflier <><
> IMCA 6168
> http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Harris" <entropydave_at_ntlworld.com>
> To: "metlist" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 9:29 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] shipping
>
>
> > Hi!
> > Well, the eBay shipping saga is finished and I am not completing the
sale.
> > He refused point blank to reconsider the shipping charges of $25 for a
> > thumbnail specimen, but I did notice that on his new auctions he made 2
> > critical changes - one was to have a proper starting price (so he no
> longer
> > has to sell as $65 for $1) and also much more plausible shipping
charges.
> > So, negative feedback all round!!!
> >
> > Not a happy ending but he obviously did not want to nurture business
like
> > all of you (and me) want to.
> >
> > Sometimes I am deeply saddened by the stupidity of Mankind....
> >
> >
> >
> > best for the New Year!
> >
> >
> > dave
> > Sec.BIMS
> > IMCA #0092
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