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Ebay crooks
This guy wants to charge $13.99 to ship a small CD if you buy his mini CD for $1.00. I have shipped 2 CD's in a mailer and it costs about $2.35 to ship anywhere in the states. I hate when people gouge for shipping. If he would have stated the CD for $13.99 and the Shipping for $1.00, I might have done it.
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He must have got the idea from those commercials for the 'free' how-to-use-Windows CDROMs. But they charge 'only' $6 or so for shipping.
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12-08-2003, 06:09 AM
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No man... its $2.35 for shipping, but $11.64 for 'handling'.. HA
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If they charge $12.00 for "handling" I would have the CD cleaned prior to use. Sounds like a J_____f job to me and the stains might cause a "read error".
Oh, and I wonder what Porshce Of North America would have to say about distribution of it's copywrited material.  Guess which lawyer is coming to dinner!
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Scott, you are the best. Your like an ebay jackass magnet. However, the dudes name is "schwinndler". Thats truth in advertizing!
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Well, some of them are honest about it, even though Ebay would not approve. Here is an email converstation between myself and an Ebay seller.
Original email: Your shipping seems a little high for being local. Would you consider lowering the shipping costs? I live in Orange county. Let me know, Scott Their reply: From: Josh Yu [mailto:angela_1168@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 7:53 PM To: swkline@comcast.net Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #2771838320 It's shipping and handling charge, including of ebay listing fee($2.75),ebay commission($.35+5%bid price),Paypal fee($.35+2.2%),insurance($3). Angela My relpy: Well, thank you for the reply. I will just buy it from another source. Regards, Scott And that is how I handle that. I am debating turning them into Ebay.
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Jacked-up s/h costs are a common scam on ebay these days. I've often found that on commercially-available items, I can often beat the average ebay total price for an item from an online store. Caveat emptor!
Case in point: Total cost with shipping, $165.51. I just bought one of these new from buy.com for $164, and I just missed a sale at Circuit City for $119. Why take on the risk with a buyer on ebay when you can get it from a reputable store? Last edited by pbanders; 12-10-2003 at 06:45 AM.. |
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hey i got F()(#ed in the a$$ today from ebay
I bought a side mirror from a guy looked to be in good conditon the glass is cracked so i guess ill need a local glass man to cut a piece to fit it and i also bought to pretty god looking side reflectors too rubber was there and looked good on the plastic(bought to replace the fat cracked seals) but when i got them (with the mirror) the seals were as good as the ones on my car!! well in all i payed 48 i think i got a ok deal since the steel part of the mirror has no scratches dents or dings all i need now is the mirror from skline |
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My ebay purchases are dwindling...
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Mine are tapering off as well, It used to be a great place to go for hard to find stuff or even common stuff much cheaper, but now it is becoming so commercialized that it just isnt worth it. Besides, if you go to the store and buy something, you have it right now. I bought a DVD-RW on the 27th of November from a company in Pomona and still have not got it. I sent them an email asking for a refund since I already ordered another one from Texas and it came today. Go figure, it was less money since I did not have to pay tax.
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Yah! And the idiot can't spell... it should be Schwindler!!! And this is exactly what he is!
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maybe he was a biker who had a schwinn? LOL
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Was surfing ebay Porsche section and saw a "dealer"
who charged $125.00 Extra Ebay "Document" fee!Just a sales invoice(No credit Check!) Jesse James used a gun!!! Chuck Looking for a nice , no rust, 1973 - 1974 2.0 914 |
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I still lurk around ebay once and awhile, but I haven't bought anything in over a year. Most of the time it's a rip-off.
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