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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm a avid voyeur on ebay looking for Indian cent lots of 100 or more, and I'll occasionally come across something like this, that just makes me ask the question why? http://www.ebay.com/itm/1943-Steel-...AOSwLF1X~SKeA $2.00 auction for two pennies & $10.64 shipping? You have to really be careful when shopping on ebay, read shipping & return policies carefully. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
This sounds like one of my rants . Thank God these coins come from a smoke free environment . would not want to ruin their pristine condition .  like I was told many times ; a seller can list anything they want within e-bay's rules and there is nothing we can do about it . Yes even shipping charges . |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
How true, how true.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
535 Posts |
It is only $41.75 US to ship to Canada. What a great deal.
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Valued Member
United States
422 Posts |
I believe sellers do that to keep the selling percentage hidden from e-bay. I'm not sure that e-bay gets a percentage of shipping. I could be wrong just my thoughts on the low price of the items and crazy shipping cost.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
ebay does get a Final Value Fee on shipping.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1309 Posts |
I have all my listing showing shipping. Tbot, I always see your Rangers cap, assuming you're a Rangers fan? Are you from the metroplex? I grew up in Arlington, in the shadows of the ballpark, even worked there growing up.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
There are a lot of sellers who love to use $0.99 auctions with $5 or more shipping per coin and then hassle you about combined shipping. 10+ years ago I won a decent VG 1876 quarter for something like $1.25 on a last-minute bid. Didn't realize until it ended that seller had listed $9 or something ridiculous for shipping a single 25 cent piece.
If you can find sellers who really honor the low cost bids, with combined shipping, you can get some great deals on lower grade hole filler type coins.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Valued Member
United States
408 Posts |
$10.64 just for standard shipping? Wow. This guy knows how to make a profit.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
I have looked at this link a couple times ...I am just speechless ...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
968 Posts |
ebay definitely charges its fee on shipping. It didn't used to but they changed some time back specifically because people were selling items really cheap then charging a ton of shipping. ebay can be notoriously slow to fix issues such as the lack of real consequences for most sellers of counterfeits. But do something that short changes ebay on its fees and they take notice. The only reasons someone would do this now is either to trick people who don't pay attention to shipping price, or they are so clueless they think the old way still applies. You can assume anyone with a lot of sales under their belt (like say this guy with 4200 feedbacks) know darn well ebay takes its cut out of shipping too.
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Posted 10/27/2016 5:18 pm
