why is shipping blank media with medial mail illegal?

[RobCur]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41790&item=5102186178&rd=1
paranoid? or just some misunderstanding?
althought 4.95 is more then double what it cost to ship media 1.84 for 2lbs, yes this dude is profiting quite a bit on just shipping alone. I would just charge 3.00 which should more then enough to cover handling and packaging fee heh, greed is not good for business

 

[KarenMarie]

I have a similar spindle... shipping weight would be approx 2.5 pounds plus wrapping/shipping materials, plus delivery confirmation, plus his time and transport to actually ship the item.

just so happens that the usps site is not working for me, so I cannot find what they would charge for 2.5 pounds media mail with DC.



edit: site is working for me now.

2.5 pounds media mail from the east coast to the west coast, with DC = $2.81
that leaves him with $2.14 for a box, bubble wrap,... his time to wrap, his gas and his time to go to the post office.

Dunno, doesnt seem overly excessive to me, but I sell on Ebay so I guess I have a different persepective.

 

[Zenmervolt]

It's not illegal. The seller is mis-informed.

ZV

 

[TwinkleToes77]

I don't think thats excessive shipping..

why would it be illegal? I dont understand your question.. Did the seller say it was illegal? or is it because the UPC code is missing? I assume it's missing because he got some sort of rebate.

this is what is says on the usps site for media mail

"Used for books, film, manuscripts, printed music, printed test materials, sound recordings, play scripts, printed educational charts, loose-leaf pages and binders consisting of medical information, videotapes, and computer recorded media such as CD-ROMs and diskettes. Media Mail cannot contain advertising."

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

paranoid? or just some misunderstanding?

What are you talking about?

 

[cronos]

Originally posted by: Yo_Ma-Ma

paranoid? or just some misunderstanding?

What are you talking about?

i don't see it either. where do you see in that page that it's illegal?

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: saxguy

Originally posted by: Yo_Ma-Ma

paranoid? or just some misunderstanding?

What are you talking about?

i don't see it either. where do you see in that page that it's illegal?

If you followed any of his thread, you'll realize he's not the brightest bulb around.

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: saxguy

Originally posted by: Yo_Ma-Ma

paranoid? or just some misunderstanding?

What are you talking about?

i don't see it either. where do you see in that page that it's illegal?

one dude thought so, i guess he was an idiot. heh just checking

 

[Turkish]

It's legal. Any media without advertising is legal.

Anyways, $4.95 is perfectly acceptable for shipping but who buys CDRs from eBay?

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Xiety
It's legal. Any media without advertising is legal.

Anyways, $4.95 is perfectly acceptable for shipping but who buys CDRs from eBay?

I did when 8x was the fastest writer you could buy. I bought 100 imations for $14 including shipping, even with hot deals they were still in the 30-40 range.

 

[bleeb]

CDRs are so cheap these days.

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
It's not illegal. The seller is mis-informed.

ZV

Its not me or the seller who is misinformed, there are some maybe 1 out of 10 ATOT members here who are misinformed; they kept argueing with me that it's illegal. Well now we know, lmao.