[phillies816]

(05-17-2011 09:30 PM)johnxgodfree Wrote:  i work their postage cost into whether I'm bidding or not....if its a good deal with postage considered I'll still go for it..... if it would be a good deal with a reasonable shipping? then i pass

i have flag up given up questioning high shipping price with sellers the responses back and them screaming at me was too much too bare. between ebay, amazon, and our webstore I use to ship out somewhere between 100-300 packages a week when we were busy and almost all of them fell into the trading/selling/shipping card weights for packages (records, cds, t-shirts, cassettes) so pretty much everything 2oz-10oz unless they were combined orders. I hate gutting people for our shipping costs and even on ebay continue to knock money off if it is cheaper to ship. always have, always will. just wish other sellers would do the same.

I don't put anything about combining shipping on my auctions, but I always do combine even if the buyer doesn't ask. Have had multiple people pay me so quickly I couldn't get invoices with the combined shipping rate sent out in time so I just refund the difference via Paypal. I hate getting robbed by sellers on shipping so I wouldn't do it to others. I am by no means a big seller on EBAY but have noticed the same names bidding and winning my items so I guess not hammering people on shipping is really helping with repeat customers. Powersellers or not, if you keep pissing on your buyers eventually they will not be your buyers.

[bonds20001]

(05-18-2011 10:05 PM)phillies816 Wrote:  I don't put anything about combining shipping on my auctions, but I always do combine even if the buyer doesn't ask. Have had multiple people pay me so quickly I couldn't get invoices with the combined shipping rate sent out in time so I just refund the difference via Paypal. I hate getting robbed by sellers on shipping so I wouldn't do it to others. I am by no means a big seller on EBAY but have noticed the same names bidding and winning my items so I guess not hammering people on shipping is really helping with repeat customers. Powersellers or not, if you keep pissing on your buyers eventually they will not be your buyers.

Wow!! I do the same thing, except I slip a couple of $$ cash in there because PayPal will take a but of the $$ I send them.
I write a note saying I combine and here is the difference.
Makes their day too!!! They never expect something like that..

[pyweed]

(05-18-2011 03:54 AM)johnxgodfree Wrote:  DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS IN GAS FOR ME TO DRIVE ACROSS TOWN TO THE POST OFFICE? AND ALSO I HAVE TO GO TO THE POST OFFICE BY THE PIGGLY WIGGLY BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE AIN'T OPEN TILL 5PM. AND I CAN'T WEIGHT ALL MY PACKAGES AND TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT WILL BE IT AIN'T WORTH MY TIME. AND I GOTS TO BUY TAPE, AND I NEED TO DO THIS AND I NEED TO DO THAT, SO INSTEAD I CHARGE A FLAT RATE OF $12 TO SHIP OUT A BALL CARD! BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT COSTS ME FOR ALL MY TIME I HAVE TO SPEND! OTHER PEOPLE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH MY SHIPPING COST ITS CLEAR! IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT DON'T BID ON MY DANG AUCTIONS! GOD BLESS

Hilarious. I wonder why it is that we're god-blessed so frequently by the whackjobs and sadists? It sure seems like I'd have fewer problems if I auto-blocked both buyers and sellers who god-bless me. (I don't.)

[loveitorleaveit]

Can I ask you guys a question. Why are you so obsessed with the postage shipping cost of a seller. I mean, you have the right to buy from whomever you choose. You could simply go to another seller that charges less. I know you think "wow, I have found someone selling a card I want that books for $10 but I can win the auction for only a $1 and get the deal of the century but dont want to pay $4 for shipping cause that would mean I got a $10 for $5 and feel I got ripped off"......lol

Gas, packing supplies, time, and ebay/paypal cost have gone up. $4 doesnt seem too much compared to alot of those infomercial stuff that charge $20 for shipping a $20 item.

just stay away from buying $1 cards.

[commonguysports]

(05-17-2011 06:38 PM)arod0770710 Wrote:  lol! It happens...that bites...here is what happened to me...won these auctions: won 6 auctions for a total of 5.94...plus total shipping of 19.24...apparently the seller does not offer combined shipping...grrrrr...that is what I get for overlooking that...3 items had 3.00 S/H, 1 item 2.99 S/H, 1 item 3.75 S/H and the last item 3.50 S/H...yet when I received the cards...all neatly shipped in top loaders without except for 1 item on a penny sleeve, and 2 without penny sleeves...now that bites...damaged one of the cards trying to unwrapped all the tape it was wrapped in...GRRRRRR!!! Guess I wont be bidding on his items anymore...

If they ship them all in one package and wouldn't combine shipping for me I make them refund me !!!! Why should you pay for five packages to be shipped and recive just one?!!!!
If I don't get a deal, they don't ether!!!!

NO EXCEPTIONS !!!

I personaly don't have a problem paying $1 -$2 more than actual postage cost as they still have gas,time, ink, paper, Bubble envalope and holders involved but much more unless it is a larger and timely order to fill is just insulting.

Jeremy

[cheetos]

Thanks to fleabay for taking a % of the S&H costs, I offer free shipping on all my cards now.

[kooljay1997]

yeah i bothers me too, but if i send to canada anymore , i will be charging the bear minimum that it cost me to ship w/ tracking info, so we are talking about $15, but since i just got burned by some clown on ebay for $80, i learned to never, ever send a card first class mail, and only use express, or priority. Ebay needs to have a page were we can see who has filed for refunds in the past, as a matter of fact, every site should have somewhere we can see on who has been filing reports of not receiving cards. Everybody protects the buyer, lets make some info available to the sellers too!

[tha penguin]

It's a little ridiculous... I guess people use it as a cushion for their "low" BIN prices or just like to rip people off... if they are charging me $10 for one card, I better be getting that card the next day!

[shezdoni]

If they charge for postage for more than what the actual postage cost is, ebay will remove them


http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/policies/l...pping.html

[REBEL74]

(05-17-2011 04:20 PM)jkiddlridnour Wrote:  Does it bother anyone else when someone charges like $10 for shipping on just one or two cards? Just needed to vent a little bit

if shipping is over 3.00 on i dnt bid.screw that.i usually dnt buy lots of cards but have and its a little more,but i ship almost everyday and 1 card wth delivery conformation is 2.51 no exceptions to anywhere usa!!!!!!