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torez:
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--- Quote from: Chris G on March 10, 2007, 11:12:28 am ---
--- Quote from: torez on March 10, 2007, 02:43:54 am ---Some of the items I wouldn't even look at, if it wasn't for the idea that the seller would combine shipping
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I think you may be missing the point still. You can't just form your own "idea" that the seller will combine shipping - you have to ask them. And it's irrelevant how much it actually costs them to ship the item. A lot of sellers simply inflate the shipping cost so they can charge less for the item, thereby costing them less in eBay seller's fees. And I don't think that's necessarily "evil" either, since the shipping cost is right there on the auction for you to see. Sure, I've been irritated before by someone charging me $5 for shipping and then I see the box has $1.75 stamp on it, but the bottom line is whether the overall cost was a good deal or not compared to other options. :blah:
:cheers:
Chris
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Exactly. The seller has the right to charge what they want to for shipping. if they didn't have that right, then every auction would say "buyer pays actual shipping fees." if you don't want the product and/or don't agree with the shipping terms, then don't bid. It is that simple.
Nobody is twisting your arm and making you bid. Bidding on stuff you don't need? Based on the assumption that the seller will combine shipping, when the seller makes no indication that that would be the case? And paying more for broken laptop part than a working laptop is worth? Now, that I think about this, maybe you should just stay away from Ebay altogether. :dunno
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Tsk ... Horseboy, please read my whole message before you assume things. Your last sentence wasn't in the best taste at all. If you read my message, it says that I only bid/won some of the items. The total price was for all the items he sold (including my and other's winning bids). I fix laptops as a weekend hobby/job. I know what particular parts can be worth, so what I got, I didn't overpay.
As for your replies, it looks to me that you are mostly a seller. Now, think about it, how many items would you sell, if there were no buyers? Simple arithmetics at work. I'm making a transaction by bidding. Overinflated shipping charges are not seller's priviledge. Shipping is just means to complete and close the transaction. As I'm still paying for the shipping (so transaction can come to an end), I have a right to judge when I'm being taken advantage of.
horseboy:
For the record, I have been an Ebayer since 1997, and I have never sold a single item. I just understand the rules. Read the description, and never assume something just because that is the way you think it should be. I meant no offense, and I apologize if I offended. :cheers:
CheffoJeffo:
Tsk ... Horseboy, please read my whole message before you assume things. Your last sentence wasn't in the best taste at all. If you read my message, it says that I only bid/won some of the items. The total price was for all the items he sold (including my and other's winning bids). I fix laptops as a weekend hobby/job. I know what particular parts can be worth, so what I got, I didn't overpay.
As for your replies, it looks to me that you are mostly a seller. Now, think about it, how many items would you sell, if there were no buyers? Simple arithmetics at work. I'm making a transaction by bidding. Overinflated shipping charges are not seller's priviledge. Shipping is just means to complete and close the transaction. As I'm still paying for the shipping (so transaction can come to an end), I have a right to judge when I'm being taken advantage of.
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Tsk ? Tsk ? ::)
So, now are you complaining that some things are worth more parted out than whole ? Boy, are you in the wrong hobby if you have a problem with that.
Cheers
torez:
Horseboy, no problem. No offence taken. You have to understand that I do ask for combined shipping, but this does not happen all the time. Depends how much time I spend checking out Ebay. I'm using sniping software to manage and bid on auctions, as I don't have time to sit and wait for auctions to close. Just set my maximum price and forget it. With this method I may bid on many auctions, but win maybe 20% (depends on how bad I want it). Once these auctions are in the queue, many of them are from same sellers. Now asking all these sellers, if they combine shipping and then matching each reply to each auction is very time consuming. If I have time I check other auctions they offer. Once again, these auctions end up in my sniping software and I only check when auction closes.
I mentioned before that some of these who say that they combine shipping, they end up taking off like a $1.50 from each shipping charge. They didn't say it in the email, just yes, I combine shipping charges. I try to come to some agreement to get some more reasonable shipping charges, but this doesn't work many times. Do you think it's right to do that, as it can be clearly seen that the seller wants to profit on these charges. When I receive the package and then see that the actual combined shipping was $10 (they don't even insure it or provide tracking information), not $45, that's a slap in the face. Even, if we try asking each seller, and then end up with overinflated charges, do you think it's right? Don't you think there should be some guideliness that would refer to these "shady" areas of Ebay transactions?
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on March 11, 2007, 12:29:28 am ---
Tsk ? Tsk ? ::)
So, now are you complaining that some things are worth more parted out than whole ? Boy, are you in the wrong hobby if you have a problem with that.
Cheers
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Jeffo, I have no problem with the guy parting a laptop, as I prefer sometimes to get some parts, so I don't have lots of junk/leftover parts all over my room. All I was talking about is about the guy's shipping charge for these laptop items that were more than someone else would ship the whole laptop for. All I got was lcd screen, 2 sticks of memory (separate auction for each stick), memory cover, hdd cover, slim dvd-rom and keyboard (box was very light). He asked for shipping these used parts more than it would cost to ship whole new desktop pc.
billf:
--- Quote from: torez on March 11, 2007, 01:22:17 am ---All I was talking about is about the guy's shipping charge for these laptop items that were more than someone else would ship the whole laptop for. All I got was lcd screen, 2 sticks of memory (separate auction for each stick), memory cover, hdd cover, slim dvd-rom and keyboard (box was very light). He asked for shipping these used parts more than it would cost to ship whole new desktop pc.
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Did you ask how much it would be to combine these items for shipping before bidding? There are ebay sellers that are ripping people off in the shipping department. This is why, if the listing doesn't mention shipping or combining items, I ask before even thinking of bidding.
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