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[apac]

On another forum a member listed a set of speakers for $225 + s/h. I lowballed him to $200 + s/h because on a prior thread thats what most forum members had suggested. He replied that he priced them based on a link to an ebay sale of the same item that went for $250 + $25 s/h ($275 total). After I talked to him about it we agreed to $215 + $25 s/h total of $240 (he saves ebay time + listing fees).

So after I paypal him the money, I get an email that when he went to UPS the s/h ended up being $45. $31 for the actual shipping price to my location, and then $14 for materials. Apparently the UPS store wouldn't insure the speakers to be sent in their original box and so he paid for them to double box and add peanuts.

In his email he basically asked for the difference. Now, I'm sort of on the fence whether this is fair or not. On one hand I did get it cheaper than most ebay auctions, but on the other when you price something based on an ebay link is it not fair to keep all the conditions (shipping price) the same as a deciding factor? If he had taken my lowball of $200 it would be roughly the same cost to me if you take the increased shipping cost into account.

 

[Siva]

send it to him in a money order, but pee on the envelope first.

 

[amish]

personally, granted i don't have great netiquette, i would remind him that we both agreed to the price of $240 and stick to it.

 

[Drakkon]

it was his own stupidity to use the UPS store after agreeing on a shipping rate of $25....he should just absorb his stupidity and you shouldn't be paying anything extra

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Siva
send it to him in a money order, but pee on the envelope first.

:thumbsup:

 

[Hammer]

he should eat it for being stupid enough to get taken like that by UPS

 

[mcvickj]

Agreed. His stupidity for not checking into shipping charges.

 

[ai42]

FYI whoever at the UPS store who said they would not insure it in OEM box is full of it. UPS insures items sent in OEM boxes + foam/padding all the time from Amazon, Staples etc.

I say stick with the original $25 ship cost its not your fault he did not call/research the actual cost.

FYI Fedex/Kinkos OfficeMax Office Depot and Staples are much more resonable on shipping as last I checked they do not charge convienece fees.

Yea $31 shipping is pretty high. I know speakers are heavy but for $200ish speakers (I'm assuming 30-40lb as thats what Logitech Z-5600s, or Z-540s weigh approx) thats pretty steep. I ship 32-35 pound computer boxes all the time from Texas all around the country and even without my shipping discount its $12-25 to ship those.

 

[apac]

Originally posted by: ai42
FYI whoever at the UPS store who said they would not insure it in OEM box is full of it. UPS insures items sent in OEM boxes + foam/padding all the time from Amazon, Staples etc.

I say stick with the original $25 ship cost its not your fault he did not call/research the actual cost.

FYI Fedex/Kinkos OfficeMax Office Depot and Staples are much more resonable on shipping as last I checked they do not charge convienece fees.

Yea $31 shipping is pretty high. I know speakers are heavy but for $200ish speakers (I'm assuming 30-40lb as thats what Logitech Z-5600s, or Z-540s weigh approx) thats pretty steep. I ship 32-35 pound computer boxes all the time from Texas all around the country and even without my shipping discount its $12-25 to ship those.

These are probably smaller than anything like this. The center channel alone cost $30 to ship (klipsch reference series).


Thanks for the advice folks. I think I will refund him 1/2 of the extra shipping cost but have him eat the other $10 for stupidity. It was my opinion too that he got 100% taken by UPS.