Jesus Christmas oh mighty. some of you guys want the whole bag of groceries. If I received the coin and it had no damage, what is the big issue? $3.00 a gallon for gas and someone's time. Geeze!! I live 8 miles from my post office and drive a 1969 GTO and get 7 miles to the gallon. You feel me. (Oh by the way my P.O. box is at the post office also so I can't put the envelope and $.58 stamp in my mailbox because I don't got one.
It happens all the time on the bay. I've come to figure out the possible shipping as part of the price of the coin, and thus bid accordingly. I wouldn't leave negative feedback, but would leave a feedback that specifically deals with the coin and then deals with the shipping excess cost.
Hope this helps!
Steve
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In memory of the USAF Security Forces lost: A1C Elizabeth N. Jacobson, 9/28/05; SSgt Brian McElroy, 1/22/06; TSgt Jason Norton, 1/22/06; A1C Lee Chavis, 10/14/06; SSgt John Self, 5/14/07; A1C Jason Nathan, 6/23/07; SSgt Travis Griffin, 4/3/08; 1Lt Joseph Helton, 9/8/09; SrA Nicholas J. Alden, 3/3/2011. God Bless them and all those who have lost loved ones in this war. I will never forget their loss.
<< <i>Jesus Christmas oh mighty. some of you guys want the whole bag of groceries. If I received the coin and it had no damage, what is the big issue? $3.00 a gallon for gas and someone's time. Geeze!! I live 8 miles from my post office and drive a 1969 GTO and get 7 miles to the gallon. You feel me. (Oh by the way my P.O. box is at the post office also so I can't put the envelope and $.58 stamp in my mailbox because I don't got one. >>
I have no problem with this sale, posted that earlier. The seller listed his shipping charge so a neg would be riddiculus.
<< <i> For raw uninsured coins I stop looking at coins when the shipping goes above $4.50. It costs me less than $.50 to buy a bubble mailer and cardboard Safe-T-mailer. The postage charge is $1.40. That's $1.90 for total shipping costs. $3.10 for handling fees is excessive. >>
I think you're being pretty unreasonable. Say a seller doesn't sell a lot, so they buy a retail bubble mailer: $1.05. Postage on 2.5 oz runs $1.47. Maybe the seller includes delivery confirmation purchased at the post office $0.75. At this point, you're up to $3.27, not including a Safe-T-mailer (maybe they just recycle a little cardboard stock instead) and not including any insurance. We're already at "excessive" by your standards. If the seller insists on insurance ($1.65 for $50 coverage), then we're up to $4.92 and you've already written off the hypothetical seller who is offering shipping at cost and has already lost money on shipping simply due to his gasoline expenditure for the trip to the post office.
I don't think I'd want to sell to you. >>
Ok I already said uninsured so you can drop the $1.65. I also did not specify delivery insurance, so you can drop the $.75 charge. So you can drop the $2.40 in insurance and delivery fee. Please read the post to which you reply next time. A bubble mailer goes for $.40 at Walmart, $.45 to $.50 at a grocery store. 4"X6" bubble mailer. >>
I would like to retract the comment "Please read the post to which you reply next time."
<< <i> For raw uninsured coins I stop looking at coins when the shipping goes above $4.50. It costs me less than $.50 to buy a bubble mailer and cardboard Safe-T-mailer. The postage charge is $1.40. That's $1.90 for total shipping costs. $3.10 for handling fees is excessive. >>
I think you're being pretty unreasonable. Say a seller doesn't sell a lot, so they buy a retail bubble mailer: $1.05. Postage on 2.5 oz runs $1.47. Maybe the seller includes delivery confirmation purchased at the post office $0.75. At this point, you're up to $3.27, not including a Safe-T-mailer (maybe they just recycle a little cardboard stock instead) and not including any insurance. We're already at "excessive" by your standards. If the seller insists on insurance ($1.65 for $50 coverage), then we're up to $4.92 and you've already written off the hypothetical seller who is offering shipping at cost and has already lost money on shipping simply due to his gasoline expenditure for the trip to the post office.
I don't think I'd want to sell to you. >>
Ok I already said uninsured so you can drop the $1.65. I also did not specify delivery insurance, so you can drop the $.75 charge. So you can drop the $2.40 in insurance and delivery fee. Please read the post to which you reply next time. A bubble mailer goes for $.40 at Walmart, $.45 to $.50 at a grocery store. 4"X6" bubble mailer. >>
I would like to retract the comment "Please read the post to which you reply next time."
Sorry, somewhat juvenile. >>
Thanks. I missed your 'uninsured' clause, but the delivery confirmation charge isn't really insurance, though. Short of a $10 coin, I wouldn't consider shipping a coin without it. I'll defer to your pricing on the bubble mailers. I usually buy mine in bulk, but I remember paying a buck for one recently when I ran out - might have been a slightly larger one than usual. I still think you're being a little tightfisted with your shipping allotment, though. You'll miss good coins that way. If $5 shipping bothers you, then just bid less. Ultimately it's up to you.
<< <i>I've decided to not leave feedback. I'll just ignore the problem, and live with it. >>
On this forum, Chad, you're lucky 20 people didn't add you to their blocked bidders list for that post. For my two cents, I think it's annoying but not worth a neg. I'd just give the guy a low star rating for shipping.
Yeah, I got #10 envelope with a slab inside wrapped in a paper towel once. I paid 5.00 for shipping and insurance as well. BUT, all the board members (ebay sellers) told me to shut up and I was lucky to receive it and that's all that matters. BTW, it just happened to be from a board member and the transaction was on ebay. So since it was from a board member, and a "respected" board member at that, I figured I was wrong and should be grateful for the transaction.
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<< <i>For raw uninsured coins I stop looking at coins when the shipping goes above $4.50. It costs me less than $.50 to buy a bubble mailer and cardboard Safe-T-mailer. The postage charge is $1.40. That's $1.90 for total shipping costs. $3.10 for handling fees is excessive. >>
So if I'm willing to pay $50 for a coin, I should pass on a $30 coin with $8 (inflated) shipping but jump at the chance to pay $45 + $2?
Don't get me wrong; I hate it when sellers pad profit and avoid eBay fees with inflated shipping and I get tired of the "gas to the post office and time spent in line" excuses. But at the end of the day, all I can really look at is how much it cost me to pay for the coin. If I paid $8 for shipping and it came in a 60-cent plain envelope, I'd feel a bit cheated in a sense...but if I like the coin for how much I paid for it -- including shipping -- and the description didn't say I was paying for a costlier shipping class, so be it.
Plus, as a buyer, as long as inflated shipping keeps some potential bidders away, it makes easier to get them on the cheap.
<< <i>For raw uninsured coins I stop looking at coins when the shipping goes above $4.50. It costs me less than $.50 to buy a bubble mailer and cardboard Safe-T-mailer. The postage charge is $1.40. That's $1.90 for total shipping costs. $3.10 for handling fees is excessive. >>
So if I'm willing to pay $50 for a coin, I should pass on a $30 coin with $8 (inflated) shipping but jump at the chance to pay $45 + $2?
Don't get me wrong; I hate it when sellers pad profit and avoid eBay fees with inflated shipping and I get tired of the "gas to the post office and time spent in line" excuses. But at the end of the day, all I can really look at is how much it cost me to pay for the coin. If I paid $8 for shipping and it came in a 60-cent plain envelope, I'd feel a bit cheated in a sense...but if I like the coin for how much I paid for it -- including shipping -- and the description didn't say I was paying for a costlier shipping class, so be it.
Plus, as a buyer, as long as inflated shipping keeps some potential bidders away, it makes easier to get them on the cheap. >>
I should say If I see a good deal and shipping is high I do not automatically pass on it. My first instinct is to pass on coins with high shipping when there are similar cons with reasonable charges. It isn't one of principle but of annoyance.
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Hope this helps!
Steve
In memory of the USAF Security Forces lost: A1C Elizabeth N. Jacobson, 9/28/05; SSgt Brian McElroy, 1/22/06; TSgt Jason Norton, 1/22/06; A1C Lee Chavis, 10/14/06; SSgt John Self, 5/14/07; A1C Jason Nathan, 6/23/07; SSgt Travis Griffin, 4/3/08; 1Lt Joseph Helton, 9/8/09; SrA Nicholas J. Alden, 3/3/2011. God Bless them and all those who have lost loved ones in this war. I will never forget their loss.
<< <i>Jesus Christmas oh mighty. some of you guys want the whole bag of groceries. If I received the coin and it had no damage, what is the big issue? $3.00 a gallon for gas and someone's time. Geeze!! I live 8 miles from my post office and drive a 1969 GTO and get 7 miles to the gallon. You feel me. (Oh by the way my P.O. box is at the post office also so I can't put the envelope and $.58 stamp in my mailbox because I don't got one. >>
I have no problem with this sale, posted that earlier. The seller listed his shipping charge so a neg would be riddiculus.
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For raw uninsured coins I stop looking at coins when the shipping goes above $4.50. It costs me less than $.50 to buy a bubble mailer and cardboard Safe-T-mailer. The postage charge is $1.40. That's $1.90 for total shipping costs. $3.10 for handling fees is excessive. >>
I think you're being pretty unreasonable. Say a seller doesn't sell a lot, so they buy a retail bubble mailer: $1.05. Postage on 2.5 oz runs $1.47. Maybe the seller includes delivery confirmation purchased at the post office $0.75. At this point, you're up to $3.27, not including a Safe-T-mailer (maybe they just recycle a little cardboard stock instead) and not including any insurance. We're already at "excessive" by your standards. If the seller insists on insurance ($1.65 for $50 coverage), then we're up to $4.92 and you've already written off the hypothetical seller who is offering shipping at cost and has already lost money on shipping simply due to his gasoline expenditure for the trip to the post office.
I don't think I'd want to sell to you. >>
Ok I already said uninsured so you can drop the $1.65. I also did not specify delivery insurance, so you can drop the $.75 charge. So you can drop the $2.40 in insurance and delivery fee. Please read the post to which you reply next time. A bubble mailer goes for $.40 at Walmart, $.45 to $.50 at a grocery store. 4"X6" bubble mailer.
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I would like to retract the comment "Please read the post to which you reply next time."
Sorry, somewhat juvenile.
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<< <i>I've decided to not leave feedback. I'll just ignore the problem, and live with it. >>
Good idea; you got what you bid on and paid for, with S/H charges as advertised.
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<< <i>Seatedcoins Wrote:
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For raw uninsured coins I stop looking at coins when the shipping goes above $4.50. It costs me less than $.50 to buy a bubble mailer and cardboard Safe-T-mailer. The postage charge is $1.40. That's $1.90 for total shipping costs. $3.10 for handling fees is excessive. >>
I think you're being pretty unreasonable. Say a seller doesn't sell a lot, so they buy a retail bubble mailer: $1.05. Postage on 2.5 oz runs $1.47. Maybe the seller includes delivery confirmation purchased at the post office $0.75. At this point, you're up to $3.27, not including a Safe-T-mailer (maybe they just recycle a little cardboard stock instead) and not including any insurance. We're already at "excessive" by your standards. If the seller insists on insurance ($1.65 for $50 coverage), then we're up to $4.92 and you've already written off the hypothetical seller who is offering shipping at cost and has already lost money on shipping simply due to his gasoline expenditure for the trip to the post office.
I don't think I'd want to sell to you. >>
Ok I already said uninsured so you can drop the $1.65. I also did not specify delivery insurance, so you can drop the $.75 charge. So you can drop the $2.40 in insurance and delivery fee. Please read the post to which you reply next time. A bubble mailer goes for $.40 at Walmart, $.45 to $.50 at a grocery store. 4"X6" bubble mailer.
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I would like to retract the comment "Please read the post to which you reply next time."
Sorry, somewhat juvenile. >>
Thanks. I missed your 'uninsured' clause, but the delivery confirmation charge isn't really insurance, though. Short of a $10 coin, I wouldn't consider shipping a coin without it. I'll defer to your pricing on the bubble mailers. I usually buy mine in bulk, but I remember paying a buck for one recently when I ran out - might have been a slightly larger one than usual. I still think you're being a little tightfisted with your shipping allotment, though. You'll miss good coins that way. If $5 shipping bothers you, then just bid less. Ultimately it's up to you.
<< <i>I've decided to not leave feedback. I'll just ignore the problem, and live with it. >>
On this forum, Chad, you're lucky 20 people didn't add you to their blocked bidders list for that post. For my two cents, I think it's annoying but not worth a neg. I'd just give the guy a low star rating for shipping.
<< <i>For raw uninsured coins I stop looking at coins when the shipping goes above $4.50. It costs me less than $.50 to buy a bubble mailer and cardboard Safe-T-mailer. The postage charge is $1.40. That's $1.90 for total shipping costs. $3.10 for handling fees is excessive. >>
So if I'm willing to pay $50 for a coin, I should pass on a $30 coin with $8 (inflated) shipping but jump at the chance to pay $45 + $2?
Don't get me wrong; I hate it when sellers pad profit and avoid eBay fees with inflated shipping and I get tired of the "gas to the post office and time spent in line" excuses. But at the end of the day, all I can really look at is how much it cost me to pay for the coin. If I paid $8 for shipping and it came in a 60-cent plain envelope, I'd feel a bit cheated in a sense...but if I like the coin for how much I paid for it -- including shipping -- and the description didn't say I was paying for a costlier shipping class, so be it.
Plus, as a buyer, as long as inflated shipping keeps some potential bidders away, it makes easier to get them on the cheap.
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<< <i>For raw uninsured coins I stop looking at coins when the shipping goes above $4.50. It costs me less than $.50 to buy a bubble mailer and cardboard Safe-T-mailer. The postage charge is $1.40. That's $1.90 for total shipping costs. $3.10 for handling fees is excessive. >>
So if I'm willing to pay $50 for a coin, I should pass on a $30 coin with $8 (inflated) shipping but jump at the chance to pay $45 + $2?
Don't get me wrong; I hate it when sellers pad profit and avoid eBay fees with inflated shipping and I get tired of the "gas to the post office and time spent in line" excuses. But at the end of the day, all I can really look at is how much it cost me to pay for the coin. If I paid $8 for shipping and it came in a 60-cent plain envelope, I'd feel a bit cheated in a sense...but if I like the coin for how much I paid for it -- including shipping -- and the description didn't say I was paying for a costlier shipping class, so be it.
Plus, as a buyer, as long as inflated shipping keeps some potential bidders away, it makes easier to get them on the cheap. >>
I should say If I see a good deal and shipping is high I do not automatically pass on it. My first instinct is to pass on coins with high shipping when there are similar cons with reasonable charges. It isn't one of principle but of annoyance.