[meteorite-list] Micro/Macromount Availability- Where did they Go?

From: joseph_town_at_att.net <joseph_town_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Aug 18 10:43:22 2006
Message-ID: <081720060509.2192.44E3FA1D0006CEED0000089021603762230299019BA1089F0A9C0106_at_att.net>

Hi all,

Priority shipping and combining purchases is a simple tool to "motivate" customers to buy more in order to offset shipping costs. The frugal buyer feels more comfortable with the shipping cost even though they may be buying material they really didn't care much about. I'm sure all micro buyers have considered this after rethinking the purchase of 4 or 5 pieces they didn't need.

I like priority shipping and even if you're only buying a five dollar specimen, it's cheaper in the long run to just pay and get the one than to buy extra material you don't want.

Bill


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
> So then why not ship first class? You are telling us that people who buy a
> meteorite from you on ebay for $0.99 cents and then pays $4.05 shipping is
> not being ripped off? Even if you are not keeping the money, it is just
> stupid to pay so much when it can be shipped for barely $.50 cents pluss $25
> cents or so for the padded envelope.
> Mike Farmer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Adam Hupe
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:57 AM
> To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Micro/Macromount Availability- Where did they
> Go?
>
> Mike,
>
> This statement is far from true:
>
>
> > Anyone who charges $4.00 shipping for a micro in the
> > USA is ripping off their customers. They are just
> > trying to make money on the shipping. I charge $1.00
> > on 99% of the micors I sell on ebay. The exception is
> > when the micro is valuable, like Lunar and Martian
> > material that I need to track to ensure it isnt lost.
> > Michael Farmer
>
> I only ship Priority Mail and charge exactly $4.05, the actual cost of the
> stamp. Most people PayPal payments including shipping. After PayPal takes
> their cut, I actually lose money on shipments. I combine on the average 5
> items bringing down the customers' costs to just 81 cents an item. I combine
> over two auction sessions allowing them to bring shipping costs down even
> further. The buyer gets their items in 2 days without the breakage you get
> by shipping in padded envelopes. I have found, that overall Priority Mail
> is the only way to go and nobody is get ripped-off!
>
> Adam
>
>
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Received on Thu 17 Aug 2006 01:09:50 AM PDT