[meteorite-list] Ebay is ripping everybody off at least once! (OT)

From: Johnny Rieben <johnny_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Jul 29 22:03:10 2006
Message-ID: <000d01c6b37c$c7d54fc0$edf9e404_at_thx1138>

Okay Darren last word on this topic.

I ship everything USPS Priority Mail and so do alot of others.
I can print the labels for free and get the boxes for free from USPS.

For someone like me that is ideal and not a bad idea since
the item is more protected by the box and it arrives in 2-3 days.
I dont have to worry about damage or losses and neither do other
people who use priority mail.

It is worth the cost to protect the item and arrive sooner!
Please dont suggest I am 'cheating' just because you are bored.

Final Regards,

Johnny




----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse_at_charter.net>
To: "Johnny Rieben" <johnny_at_artifacts4all.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Ebay is ripping everybody off at least
once! (OT)


On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 19:22:35 -0600, you wrote:

>So I fail to see how any of this violates any eBay policy.

That banknote was one of the few items that I clicked on as a "sample" of
what
you had for sale and saw the $4.05 price. I see that you charge $4.05 for
other
items, too, and $4.05 isn't unreasonable for micromounts and "bulky" things
like
that.

I've bought hundreds of banknotes via ebay and most of them come in regular
envelopes with a regular stamp, either sandwitched between two pieces of
cardboard or in a plastic banknote sleeve. I've never had one in any way
damaged from that shipping method. If you are shipping a banknote in a
priority
mail box, though, that's frankly kind of dumb. Especially one with a tiny
tiny
book value like the one that you are selling. But my experience with people
that charge too much for shipping isn't that they ship the banknotes in
priority
mail boxes-- they ship them in an envelope with a stamp just like anyone
else
(even when they claim that the will be shipping it priority) but charge
several
dollars extra profit that goes into their pockets THAT is what is against
ebay's policy.

The man reason I pointed out that auction, though, is that you shouldn't
automaticly assume a low- or no- sale price is a conspiracy on the part of
ebay-- it might be that you have items that people aren't willing to pay the
price+shipping for.
Received on Sat 29 Jul 2006 10:06:31 PM PDT