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davids5104
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This is a page within my ebay store that talks about costs and other information when you own a store. I am not a dealer, I am actually a pharmacist as some of you know but I thought those without a store may find this interesting. I makes me sad to see 16% the overall fee.....
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Yikes!
That's been around for a long time it was just in a pie chart before.
Although your point remains coherent, those are the net selling costs. My selling costs are around 10% all in, which is not too bad.
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I stopped printing shipping labels through eBay for inexpensive items around 2 1/2 years ago. WAG, 1,500+ shipments later and two were never received (which can also happen if you use tracking, BTW). This cost me $25 in refunds but I saved $3,000 on shipping. Kind of a no-brainer for me. Ok- so I'm not a top rated seller anymore due to lack of tracking, but the discount on eBay fees wouldn't come close to what I saved on shipping. YMMV, as always.
Not touching this one with the Mods ban happy!
I've found this to be true also.
I tried that for a short time, but I didn't like giving stuff away for free. Just about every item I shipped that way the buyer filed an item not received claim.
As long as it's under 1/4" thick, it doesn't have to be a package- it can go as a letter. No sneaking required.
edited to add, from the DMM:
1.0 Physical Standards for Letters
1.1 Dimensional Standards for Letters
Letter-size mail is:
a. Not less than 5 inches long, 3-1/2 inches high, and 0.007-inch thick. For pieces more than 4-1/4 inches high or 6 inches long, or both, the minimum thickness is 0.009.
b. Not more than 11-1/2 inches long, or more than 6-1/8 inches high, or more than 1/4-inch thick.
c. Not more than 3.5 ounces (First-Class Mail letter-size pieces over 3.5 ounces pay flat-size prices).
d. Rectangular, with four square corners and parallel opposite sides. Letter-size, card-type mailpieces made of cardstock may have finished corners that do not exceed a radius of 0.125 inch (1/8 inch). See Exhibit 201.1.1.1.
Sure it is. Again from the DMM:
1.0 Physical Standards for Letters
1.2 Nonmachinable Criteria
A letter-size piece is nonmachinable if it has one or more of the following characteristics (see 601.1.1.2 to determine the length, height, top, and bottom of a mailpiece):
d. Contains items such as pens, pencils, keys, or coins that cause the thickness of the mailpiece to be uneven; or loose keys or coins or similar objects not affixed to the contents within the mailpiece. Loose items may cause a letter to be nonmailable when mailed in paper envelopes; (see 601.3.3).
Yep, it says coins are allowed if the envelope is under 1/4" thick. I've dropped them off at the counter on occasion, and sometimes, the clerk will pull out his cardboard gauge with a 1/4" slot to check if the envelope fits through. Never had one rejected.
edited to add... I have no doubt that acceptably packaged coins get rejected at the letter rate. All USPS workers don't know all the rules, so it's bound to happen.
edited once again... At a post office I used to frequent, one of the clerks would refuse to allow me to purchase insurance for anything in a #10 envelope using the logic that, if it's in an envelope, it's a letter and you can't insure letters. I talked to the postmaster, bringing a printout of the DMM to make my case and she said "Well, that's just Bob. Why don't you go to a different clerk?" How can you argue with that?
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Those are net sales fees, but as you all know it is hard to make money on what for the most part is readily available coins with a few treasures scattered in without taking a hit on the common coins here and now.
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