I disagree. If someone is selling something on Ebay, then he should post the
shipping price regardless of the actual cost. If he is a vendor, I hope he
has more than one client a day. Otherwise he should close up shop. In my
case...I sell on Ebay regularly and when a person wins an auction. I get
his/her address, pack the item, go to the post office and get the shipping
cost and email it to the person. Once the payment is recieved(or sometimes I
just send the part first), I then return to the post office and ship the
part. That's 2 trips. Why? Because the post office will give you different
prices everytime. Has it come to the point that people are using 9-11 as an
excuse to rip people off? I for one is very pleased when I sell something on
Ebay to a person that obviously owns an LCB. Bob French send me kidney pads
for my TR-6 at NO CHARGE!!! And to boot!!! I'm in Canada. International. Now
that is a gentlemen. The guy that send Dixie the part at $27.00 shipping is
a crock. Sorry. And if distance is a problem...then gather a few packages at
a time and go to the postal outlet. Famous proverb, "Killing 2 birds with
one stone." Imagine if the guy HAD 10 packages to ship. That is $270.00!!!
for $20.00 worth of parts.
I always believed that the US has the best customer service I have ever
seen. It is too bad that one rotten apple condemns the whole basket. I am
sure that this is an isolated case and there are more honest people then
crocked ones.
Cheers,
Patrick
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of CARIBOULH@aol.com
Sent: March 20, 2002 4:40 PM
To: triumphs-digest@autox.team.net
Subject: international shipping
Dixie from the UK had written about shipping charges:
<<On eBay I won an auction for a number of items for $2.00, yes two Dollars,
I
was shocked to learn that the vendor wanted $27.00 for shipping to UK. As I
had the very same items to hand(in a dilapidated condition) I was able to
weigh them and calculate the shipping by using the USPS web site at $6.00!
The items had to be packed in a 'Bubble envelope' to achieve this rate.
Suprise, suprise the vendor refused to ship in this form and demanded
$27.00.
So my point is, check out the postal service web sites, they are there to be
seen by anyone, before you decide if shipping is too expensive. It may
afterall be the vendor boosting his profits.>>
In this case the vendor may not be trying to boost his profits at all, but
simply recover costs involved! Right now, here in the US due to "heightened
security concerns" (as the Postal Service phrases it) an individual or
business CANNOT place mail that is internationally bound in a letter box for
pickup, nor can you just give it to a letter carrier. You MUST take it
personally to a Post Office (PO) and hand it over at the counter to a Postal
clerk!
I don't know about you, but for me this would mean a 20 plus minute trip to
drive to the PO, going in and taking a "number check" (you know... you pick
#87 out of the machine and right now they are only up to #49!) then waiting
25 minutes before you get to the counter and finally another 20 minute drive
back to work or home. Total of a frustrating hour "wasted" out of my life.
So
how much is an hour of your time worth?
Also consider that if this is a vendor, he cannot tend to any business while
he's on the road, so the possibility of lost business arises while he's
mailing the parcel must be taken into account. In addition, international
shipments require US Postal customs forms to be filled out and attached to
the package, another time consuming effort. Looking back, I can see how it
wouldn't be worth the effort required for a $2.00 sale.
So, to do this may not seem as simple as it appears, and as the famous
phrase
says... "time is money".
Best Wishes,
Ed at Caribou Imports/Caribou Canvas
www.caribou.cc
www.Renovo-USA.com
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