01-13-2021, 02:53 PM
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Apollo Nut
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Originally Posted by tbzep
Don't get excited and bid without noting the $40.22 shipping charge. I can handle $40, but $40.22 is insane!   |
It seems Ebay's shipping calculator is just plain nuts sometimes. I won something a week or so ago that was quoting something like $34 to ship from FL to GA. It was an early 80s Centuri starter set shrink wrapped, one I did not have, but it was not a huge box by any stretch. Even the seller mentioned that he might have to 'adjust' (i.e., 'correct') the final shipping charges, since ebay was not doing such a good job at it. After I won it I sent him (them) a note about the shipping charges and after their final check with the PO, they were able to take $10 off that.
In the past year or so Ebay's 'listed' shipping charges (which, sadly, many sellers tend to go by) has gone up quite a bit just in my seat-of-the-pants reckoning. I don't sell on eBay, so I don't know all the ends and outs from that side of things, but the shipping charges are crazy sometimes. Other sellers though are still very reasonable in the shipping charges.
Earl
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