Excess shipping charges (on EBay) are another way to screw the buyer. 
Sure, I've brought $0.01 items plus $19.99 shipping, but I figured I'd be
happy with what I was going to get, and if I wasn't, oh well.

Now, if I wasn't happy and complained, EBay would make sure I got my
purchase price back.

See how it works?  Seller gets plenty of business (wow, look, 1 cent!),
pays no EBay fees as shipping doesn't count (still gets hit by PayPal
though), and complaints are handled promptly, preserving their good image.

Hooray, I got my $0.01 (less settlement fees) back.  Thanks EBay!

Tony



-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Shawn Wilton
Sent: Tuesday, 3 January 2006 12:40 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [BUY]: USB device ID

Ebay charges a fortune.  And if you use Paypal, then they get a cut on both
sides as they own Paypal.  They're hardly being cheated.  In fact they just
recently raised their rates, again.

So long as people are up front about the shipping costs, then who cares if
they tack the entire cost of the item on to it.  I personally *always*
factor in the cost of shipping when purchasing something off Ebay.

OK, sorry to have gone off topic.


On 1/2/06, William Chops Westfield <westfw@mac.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 2, 2006, at 6:02 AM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
>
> > IMHO *any* S/H fee is fair, as long as it is made clear up front.
>
> I can agree to that.  I don't even mind the eBay people with their
> $1 items and $20 shipping charges, as long as they're clear on that
> (though I wonder why eBay doesn't crack down, since it's clearly
> an attempt to cheat them out of their cut...)
>
> BillW
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