Sometimes the buyers do not mention that they are charging the $10.00
fee. I know that so people assume that if you do not mention shipping
terms, actual shipping costs will be added. Some of the sellers that
auction those .99 trash items that are sold make all of their money in the
shipping charges...
Patton
At 03:55 PM 4/24/2002, LBC286@aol.com wrote:
>If buyers were smarter, nobody would order things with jacked-up shipping
>charges that are obviously meant to be profit centers. Those sellers would
>have to change their methods to stay in business. The problem is that many
>people are stupid and don't read the fine print. Then they blame the seller
>when it is really their own fault. You should NEVER order ANYTHING on the
>Internet without knowing what you are paying in total.
>
>There are some great buys on uBid, which is really not an auction, but their
>shipping prices are out of line. Let the buyer beware!
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