AM I BEING UNREASONABLE?

[cpm9ball]

I came across an eBay listing for rolls of Lincoln cents on a BIN. I was in the process of ordering and paying for 30 rolls when I noted that he wanted $19.00 for shipping. His listing only indicated that shipping charges would be adjusted for multiple orders. I stopped short of completing the payment process and sent the seller a question:

 

Will you accept $7.70 for "Priority - Flat Rate Box"?

 

His reply was:

 

I only discount shipping for large orders. Since it is listed on eBay, I include their fees and the Pay Pal fees in my shipping charge.

 

Needless to say, I didn't place the order.

 

Suppose someone were selling their home that they had lived in for 30 years. It was in a development of "tract homes" where the average value was $100,000. But this owner was asking $150,000, FIRM! He reasoned that he had to recover the $30 he paid each week for lawn service. Would you consider this a reasonable justification?

 

Am I out of line to feel this way?

 

Chris

[IGWT]

Hi Chris --

 

I really can't say whether or not you're being unreasonable because I'm not clear on the terms spelled out in the auction. It sounds as though he didn't set the shipping charge clearly (if at all); and, frankly, I don't know if eBay requires a seller to specify shipping charges.

 

I will say this: I don't think that a seller should be able to include other fees and expenses in the shipping charge. IMHO, those costs -- if the seller wants to recoup them -- ought to be incorporated into the price he sets for the item being sold.

[kryptonitecomics]

It is against Ebay rules to pass along Ebay fees to the customer.....that is a clear violation of policy and I would report the seller and include a copy of your correspondence.

[supertooth]

Hey Chris buddy---- I agree with IGWT and Shane---I have been agreeing a lot lately---maybe you guys are getting smarter?? Anyway, how many thousands of wheats would you like to go through searching for "errors" in your spare time?? I must have 3--400 dollars worth that I still need to go through. Make a trip to the Shore and I"ll split the finds with you. Took me two weeks to just check them out for S mints and "before 1920" coins. I have been putting off doing it for months now. I bought this hoard awhile back and one day I guess I will do it this coming Winter when I am bored. More to your question---you certainly can get 30 rolls in a 7.70 Priority Flat Rate Box. But the total weight can never exceed 70 pounds at the post office. It does not take much for pennies to weigh an awful lot. Bob [supertooth]

[HaydenTubbs]

It is against Ebay rules to pass along Ebay fees to the customer.....that is a clear violation of policy and I would report the seller and include a copy of your correspondence.

 

You beat me to it,Shane. The guy would have been in the clear if he had not included that statement. Basicly you can charge as much as you want for shipping and even figure paypal and eBay fees into that(just as long as you don't say so!) and not get into any trouble with eBay, but you're going to have trouble selling your junk if your shipping is outrageous. I charge flat-rate of $3 for shipping on all my auctions and if it's a small lower-priced coin that I can just mail in an envelope usally I have enough left over to cover paypal fees or at least help out a little.However in my opinion having a little extra cash to help with the paypal fees is a welcome gift but I would never charge high shipping just so I could avoide the paypal fees. Now in this case if I was selling the rolls I would probably charge the buyer $10.99 to ship the rolls:$7.70 for actual shipping and $3.29 to cover all the time and bubble-wrap spent packing those suckers in the box.Of course that's not even including the back-breaking work of taking them to and from the car.

But overall $19 was ridiculus,and you were not un-reasonable at all

[midwest]

It is against Ebay rules to pass along Ebay fees to the customer.....that is a clear violation of policy and I would report the seller and include a copy of your correspondence.

 

You beat me to it,Shane. The guy would have been in the clear if he had not included that statement. Basicly you can charge as much as you want for shipping and even figure paypal and eBay fees into that(just as long as you don't say so!) and not get into any trouble with eBay, but you're going to have trouble selling your junk if your shipping is outrageous. I charge flat-rate of $3 for shipping on all my auctions and if it's a small lower-priced coin that I can just mail in an envelope usally I have enough left over to cover paypal fees or at least help out a little.However in my opinion having a little extra cash to help with the paypal fees is a welcome gift but I would never charge high shipping just so I could avoide the paypal fees. Now in this case if I was selling the rolls I would probably charge the buyer $10.99 to ship the rolls:$7.70 for actual shipping and $3.29 to cover all the time and bubble-wrap spent packing those suckers in the box.Of course that's not even including the back-breaking work of taking them to and from the car.

But overall $19 was ridiculus,and you were not un-reasonable at all

 

I agree with the above

 

could you possibly out this slimy scumbag of a bottom feeding con artist sludge on EBAY? What is his name

[cpm9ball]

Sorry everyone, I got so ticked off at the guy that I deleted all of his correspondence. I questioned him twice on his policy and he repeated it both times. I didn't know that his actions were a no-no on eBay because I don't sell anything. Hayden knows that!

 

However, I do remember his eBay name: mboggess

 

Chris

[cpm9ball]

Hey Chris buddy---- I agree with IGWT and Shane---I have been agreeing a lot lately---maybe you guys are getting smarter?? Anyway, how many thousands of wheats would you like to go through searching for "errors" in your spare time?? I must have 3--400 dollars worth that I still need to go through. Make a trip to the Shore and I"ll split the finds with you. Took me two weeks to just check them out for S mints and "before 1920" coins. I have been putting off doing it for months now. I bought this hoard awhile back and one day I guess I will do it this coming Winter when I am bored. More to your question---you certainly can get 30 rolls in a 7.70 Priority Flat Rate Box. But the total weight can never exceed 70 pounds at the post office. It does not take much for pennies to weigh an awful lot. Bob [supertooth]

 

Bob, I can't make it to the Eastern Shore, but I sure wish I could.............Chesapeake Bay blue crabs, crab cakes, soft shell crabs.........I sure miss it! I'll tell you what, Bob, why don't you ship all of the pennies to me and I'll split the cost of shipping. If I find anything at all worthwhile, then we can split it. When I ship the remainder back to you, we can split that cost, too! I just hope Billy Crawford doesn't hijack the shipment. He loves pennies!

 

Chris

[chinook]

I do not think you were unreasonable to ask for a shipping discount.

 

You were trying to save $11.30, that is 38c per roll. Factor that into the purchase price. If the seller had the rolls listed for 40c more but only $7.70 for shipping would have bought them?

[HaydenTubbs]

I just hope Billy Crawford doesn't hijack the shipment. He loves pennies!

 

Chris

 

 

The understatement of the year,I guess it's a good thing that they made billions of CENTS since I'm sure he's looked at just about all of them by now.

 

 

Billy -->

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Hayden