Ebay seller - no local pickup, his reason...

[AntMan530]

Originally posted by: MegaloManiaK

Originally posted by: mugsywwiii
What company would let you pick something up? Would you expect Amazon.com to have employees available so you can pick packages up at their warehouse? It's a fact of life on eBay, people use shipping to make up for low prices. If you didn't think it was worth $16, you shouldn't have bought it.

I agree with this guy. While it is annoying how many "businesses" are on ebay i can say that i wouldn't want to take time out of my day to meet someone for pickup. He's making money on shipping, its shady but its his choice. If you dont want to pay it then don't bid.

i think this has been mentioned, but his inflated shipping and insurance is probably to counter the high ebay/payment service fees and to attract customers by his lower price. thats a possiblity. but if you dont like it, dont buy it. or you can just get his mailing address and show up to his house? 🙂 that would suck if i was the seller. i wouldnt recommend it. 🙂

 

[bozack]

i generally go up enough to cover packing and time fees...not much.

 

[Slickone]

Originally posted by: AntMan530
i think this has been mentioned,

Yes, many times. 🙂

 

[Dunbar]

The real question - is it worth spending an hour of your time to go pick up in person? It's a few bucks, I'd rather it be delivered to my doorstep. I hate high shipping, but you should compare it to the shipped price on websites.

 

[DougK62]

The sellers reasoning is perfectly plausible. It costs more for your company insurance if you allow non-employees on your grounds. By keeping non-employees off their property they get cheaper insurance. This is why Newegg doesn't allow pick-ups.

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

People that grossly over charge for shipping fees are like used care salesmen. They'll sell you a car for $100. But in very fine print they say, please add $5000 for the engine.

What they do is legal...but they are still scum of the earth.

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

If you sellers are so adamant about your crazy shipping fees, why don't you list the shipping fees in the TITLE of your worthless auction!

That way, honest people don't have to waste their time clicking on your auction just search for the 8 point print about your shipping fees.

 

[C'DaleRider]

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
If you sellers are so adamant about your crazy shipping fees, why don't you list the shipping fees in the TITLE of your worthless auction!

That way, honest people don't have to waste their time clicking on your auction just search for the 8 point print about your shipping fees.

I sell a bit on ebay.....not a living, just excess from local estate and garbage auctions I go to. I sent a package two days ago to Sacramento CA.....4 pounds. From what I've been reading, I guess I should have charged $3.85 Priority w/del. conf. Guess what........from my zip, 30467, to zip 94211 Priority, was quoted at $10.35, without del. conf. I charged $5.50 and got griefed at for high shipping. Good Lord, some people. Go to the USPS website and confirm that for yourself.....if you've got guts to see the truth about some shipping costs. (12"x12"x12" box, 4 pounds.)

Also, foam peanuts and bubble wrap don't just fall from the sky or grow on trees. A roll of bubble wrap, the large-bubble kind, is over $20 for a good length roll.....peanuts, while cheaper, ain't free. Neither is GOOD packing tape. And I pack WELL, ask anyone on my Heat list how I pack, you'll hear.

I NEVER hide my shipping with 8 point type..........I do occassionally use Buy-It-Now and if the buyer uses it, I pay shipping; if not using Buy-It-Now, my shipping charges are in BOLD ITALICS UNDERLINED in the item description.

To be honest, ebay fees, especially for expensive items, is a drag. I sold a P4 cpu a month ago for $10 with $100 shipping and it sold within 1 hour of being listed. Of course, I did list in my description that if it arrived non-functional, I would refund the entire purchase amount. Saved me a bundle on ebay fees, and ebay doesn't seem to have an obvious problem with that or they'd cancel those auctions down immediately. Now, this was a rarity and not my usual shipping/buying way of doing it, but I tested out the water doing it this way and the buyer was more than happy to buy. It wasn't hidden, undcrupulous or anything because IT WAS LISTED IN PLAIN SIGHT!!!!

The key to shipping cost charges on ebay is: if you don't like it, move on. So you lost 20 seconds and two clicks of the mouse. Are you that lazy?

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

C'DaleRider, I am not taking issue with your situation. I am talking about the 50 cent by it now DVD auction auction with the $20 shipping fee and similar nonsense.

 

[Tom]

"I sold a P4 cpu a month ago for $10 with $100 shipping and it sold within 1 hour of being listed. "

I can understand your motivation but that is just wrong. It's getting all the advertising/marketing value of E-Bay with out paying your fair share.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: rudeguy

Originally posted by: kami333

Originally posted by: rudeguy
I hate people who jack up the shipping like that. I guestimate how much shipping will be. I usually pay the extra couple bucks to have the guys at the UPS Store package the thing up real good. Some auctions I have made a couple bucks off shipping, but usually I end up a dollar or two in the hole.

And that's supposed to be a good business practice😕

how are you supposed to know exactly what shipping is going to be???

about 2 months ago I shipped a camcorder and firewire card. Paid them to box it up and send it to AZ via UPS ground. My total was just over ten bucks. I just shipped out a cell phone, which is much smaller and I was shipping it to FL (I think) and my total was just under $20.

"Buyer pays actual shipping/handling - email for quote"

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Slickone
A local ebay seller gave as his reason for not allowing local pickup:
"My insurance and my buisiness license do not allow for customer pick up."

Can this be true? I've never heard that.
BTW, the item he is selling is priced at $.99, way below what is should be, but shipping is $15. This is why I assume he doesn't allow local pickup.

Well if he has a business declared that doesn't see customers for insurance reasons (there are a lot of those) and you come and stub your toe and try to sue him, he'd be screwed.

Many times though there are many reasons not to want a local pickup, many people pay via paypal and then want to pick up locally. Even with a signature the seller gets screwed if they make a claim.

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[AntMan530]

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
People that grossly over charge for shipping fees are like used care salesmen. They'll sell you a car for $100. But in very fine print they say, please add $5000 for the engine.

What they do is legal...but they are still scum of the earth.

haha sweet anaology

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: rgwalt
It can't cost him $15 to ship the item to you unless it is big and/or heavy. Ask him if you could meet him somewhere to pick it up. If he says no, then he is making money off shipping, which is just stupid and shady.

Here is the deal....I don't do this, but ebay and paypal fees are cutting in to many people's competitive pricing. Usually regardless of winning bid + s/h combo the items sell around the same pricing.

The difference is ebay only charges for the winning bid portion.

If shipping is declared and you bid, that is your fault. By bidding you agree to the terms of the auction.

Also shipping fees are way different than postage. If I only charged postage I would lose on almost every deal from $5-$200 (large equipment packaging).

Two cars heads I shipped and had double boxed came to $43 in packaging materials. Postage was on top of that. The buyer still got a good deal.

Now if S/H is not specified and say you buy a Compact Flash card for $5 then the seller tells you $30 to ship...that is bullsh!t.

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[waggy]

Originally posted by: AntMan530

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
People that grossly over charge for shipping fees are like used care salesmen. They'll sell you a car for $100. But in very fine print they say, please add $5000 for the engine.

What they do is legal...but they are still scum of the earth.

haha sweet anaology

sweet but but wrong.

A dealer can not do something like this. the car has to be in reasonable condition. They are supposed to offer full discloser. They can not hide the cost of the engine in fine print. When you purchase a vehicle you expect the engine to be part of it same as tires, brakes etc. They can not charge more for those.

Now at a NEW car lot they can/do charge for engines beyond the basic setup. If you want that nice powerful v-8 supercharged hemi (whatever) you pay MORE for it. same if you want the big off road tires etc.

 

[Imdmn04]

DO NOT automatically ASSUME to be able to do local pick-ups without asking the seller first before the auction ends.

I have alotta dumbasses asking me this AFTER they have bid and won, which I say hell no, because on the auction page my shipping and handling is clearly stated, nowhere does it say I provide an option to do local pick-ups. Which means I expect you to pay the S&H when the auction ends unless stated otherwise.

If you wanna do local pick-ups, email me first before you bid on the item, and I will gladly tell you to not to bid on my item to save some trouble for both of us for the following reasons:

1. I make some money back in shipping and handling, but I only charge a reasonable amount above the real shipping cost, somewhere between 15 to 20 percent.

2. I don't want to meet a stranger in some mall 15 miles away from my house or have them show up at my doorstep, I rather mail it at the local UPS office down the street.

 

[fumbduck]

Originally posted by: jinduy

Originally posted by: rgwalt
It can't cost him $15 to ship the item to you unless it is big and/or heavy. Ask him if you could meet him somewhere to pick it up. If he says no, then he is making money off shipping, which is just stupid and shady.

What did you buy?

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lmao.

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[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

damn used car salesmen...lol

 

[Nitemare]

THis is why I rarely use ebay and when I do the first thing I do is look at the shipping cost. I looked for a VCR and the shipping cost ranged from 15-25...lol. So I bought one off from zOmbiebOy in FS/FT.

I wish they would add in the shipping cost on the main search page like pricewatch does

 

[Spencer278]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: AntMan530

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
People that grossly over charge for shipping fees are like used care salesmen. They'll sell you a car for $100. But in very fine print they say, please add $5000 for the engine.

What they do is legal...but they are still scum of the earth.

haha sweet anaology

sweet but but wrong.

A dealer can not do something like this. the car has to be in reasonable condition. They are supposed to offer full discloser. They can not hide the cost of the engine in fine print. When you purchase a vehicle you expect the engine to be part of it same as tires, brakes etc. They can not charge more for those.

Now at a NEW car lot they can/do charge for engines beyond the basic setup. If you want that nice powerful v-8 supercharged hemi (whatever) you pay MORE for it. same if you want the big off road tires etc.

Of courses you can sell a car with out an engine. And of courses you can buy an engine outside of a car. Used car dealerships don't need to discloses anything other milage, and title status.

I think this would make a good poll about which is worse used car salesman or ebay sellers.

 

[Slickone]

Originally posted by: Imdmn04
DO NOT automatically ASSUME to be able to do local pick-ups without asking the seller first before the auction ends.

I don't believe anyone here said that they did.