If you sold 1000 cards per year (DC ?)
Zixx
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If you plan or estimate you will 1000 cards this year and all are cheap, under $5. Would you get Delivery Confirmation on each and every single one? And this is assuming you use Paypal for shipping labels, so it's obviously cheap. But, 1000 x .19 ($190) vs the risk that someone would actually screw you out of a $2 card?
Would you:
A) get DC every single time, no matter what
run the risk and take the $190 at the end of the year
C) only get DC if/when combining multiple sales to the same bidder
Would you:
A) get DC every single time, no matter what
run the risk and take the $190 at the end of the yearC) only get DC if/when combining multiple sales to the same bidder
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<< <i>If you plan or estimate you will 1000 cards this year and all are cheap, under $5. Would you get Delivery Confirmation on each and every single one? And this is assuming you use Paypal for shipping labels, so it's obviously cheap. But, 1000 x .19 ($190) vs the risk that someone would actually screw you out of a $2 card?
Would you:
A) get DC every single time, no matter what
C) only get DC if/when combining multiple sales to the same bidder >>
D) Charge or factor delivery confirmation into my listing/shipping price.
So assume that there's enough shipping charges for it to be included or not. It's not as if you charge $2 with DC and then would change it to $1.81 without it.
While I understand that 39 packages would need to be 'lost' for this to be a bad deal (no DC, pocket $190), the 3.8% out of the bottom line is enough for me to not have the headache of knowing that someone is ripping me off. Saves me the trouble.
Shane
<< <i>If you use Paypal shipping, I don't think you have an option to opt out of DC. I think it is required. >>
^^^^^^^ This
Unless your overcharge on shipping is extreme, I'd keep the 190 and only include DC when a buyer requests it.
I have no problem with profiting a small amount on shipping, especially on low-dollar sales. Others around here are deeply offended by it.
If you start seeing an abundance of problems, buyers trying to take advantage, etc, you might start using DC just to protect your FB, which is worth a lot more than $190.
Be prepared to eat the cost though if a buyer claims it didn't arrive. However, I'd expect that would be very few. Look at it like you have a $190 insurance fund. I doubt 38 people will claim non delivery ($5 x 38 = $190).
what's rather absurd though, is the people who OFFER DC as part of your S/H and then just ship it with standard postage......any of those people will see my business only once in a lifetime and that's that.
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I send 4 a week, but all are bigger $$ that $5
I have never used DC, But I also havent had a lost package since 9-11. I take my chances on low value cards making it there OK and havent been burned yet.
I send big $$ stuff Certified, lower value stuff (under $1K) insured, very low $$ (under $30 or so) 1st Class mail packed well.
IMO Make the Buyer decide what they want and have them pay for it. If they choose super cheap they are taking the risk.
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Ralph
<< <i>I am amazed at how many sellers send more expensive cards with no tracking. Probably over half I receive have no tracking and sometimes nothing but a card in a bubble mailer. No invoice, nothing saying who it is from other than return address. I've had to go on ebay to see who I bought from. >>
Very true!Some sellers seem to think it's the buyers responsability to insure packages (it's not), also DC protects the seller, not the buyer. Putting cards in a bubble mailer w/o a packing slip or invoice isn't smart.
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