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That's complete b/s, but it's typical of ebay sellers.

Sorry cap, but the shipping price was clearly listed before you bought !!
That's not a "ebay scam" in my book.
I side with you on most, but can't with this one ...

Yeah, that seems a bit excessive. I understand your frustration!

But the good news is that I'll have that expedited out to you as soon as I can!

I always check shipping before I buy or bid on anything ebay Try getting a sports card and they charge 4-5 bucks to ship are you kiddin me it costs like 1.67 max just trying to get an extra 3 bucks out of ya

muphasta wrote:

Yeah, that seems a bit excessive. I understand your frustration!

But the good news is that I'll have that expedited out to you as soon as I can!

halsencrew wrote:

I always check shipping before I buy or bid on anything ebay Try getting a sports card and they charge 4-5 bucks to ship are you kiddin me it costs like 1.67 max just trying to get an extra 3 bucks out of ya

Shipping on a card may be $1.67, but the bubble mailer (what I ship in) is not free, nor is the top loader, nor is insurance.

I charged $3.50 to ship in the states, and $3.00 to ship to Canada for a card under $50 (no insurance unless over $20).

But some guys will charge ya $5.00 for a plain white envelope.

muphasta wrote:

halsencrew wrote:

I always check shipping before I buy or bid on anything ebay Try getting a sports card and they charge 4-5 bucks to ship are you kiddin me it costs like 1.67 max just trying to get an extra 3 bucks out of ya

Shipping on a card may be $1.67, but the bubble mailer (what I ship in) is not free, nor is the top loader, nor is insurance.

I charged $3.50 to ship in the states, and $3.00 to ship to Canada for a card under $50 (no insurance unless over $20).

But some guys will charge ya $5.00 for a plain white envelope.

thats what Im sayin a plain whit envelope in a regular hard plastic sleeve costs 1.67 or so and envelope is a nickle LOL

LOL @ you US guys.
try the shipping costs when you live over seas THEN you'll see massive rip offs.

here's an example:
a year or so ago the missing component for my sting was the frame tube stickers. an original pair popped up for $100us, fair enough they are extremely rare, so i bashed the BIN. lo and behold shipping from the US was charged to me @$25us. i really, really needed them so i bit the bullet and paid for them. about 2 weeks later the stickers turn up in a box with about $13us on the shipping sticker. i wrote to the seller informing them of the massive difference and i was refunded about 5 bucks. apparently the cost of going to the post office is pretty expensive over there.

now here's a story from my side of the pond:
a fella here recently asked me for some PL-20 stickers for his '82 carrera. not a problem, the guy was genuine so i GAVE him a complete set of the repo's i had done. i took them down to the local post office, put them in a padded bag and sent them to him. all up cost was $4aus. my time, price of fuel and wear tear on my car was obsorbed by me cause i'm here as a hobby to help others if i can.

cool story huh?
moral of the story here is, i buy locally now to avoid the US seller ripoff.

prolineII wrote:

LOL @ you US guys.
try the shipping costs when you live over seas THEN you'll see massive rip offs.

here's an example:
a year or so ago the missing component for my sting was the frame tube stickers. an original pair popped up for $100us, fair enough they are extremely rare, so i bashed the BIN. lo and behold shipping from the US was charged to me @$25us. i really, really needed them so i bit the bullet and paid for them. about 2 weeks later the stickers turn up in a box with about $13us on the shipping sticker. i wrote to the seller informing them of the massive difference and i was refunded about 5 bucks. apparently the cost of going to the post office is pretty expensive over there.

now here's a story from my side of the pond:
a fella here recently asked me for some PL-20 stickers for his '82 carrera. not a problem, the guy was genuine so i GAVE him a complete set of the repo's i had done. i took them down to the local post office, put them in a padded bag and sent them to him. all up cost was $4aus. my time, price of fuel and wear tear on my car was obsorbed by me cause i'm here as a hobby to help others if i can.

cool story huh?
moral of the story here is, i buy locally now to avoid the US seller ripoff.

a guy in AUS bought a race helmet from me and I told him it was going to be about $70 for shipping, which was what the price of the helmet was. I told him I had a second one and shipping for the box of 2 was only $30 more and I'd be happy to send him both helmets for the price of $100 shipped plus $70 x 2. He bit knowing that he could recoup all of his shipping charges by selling the 2nd helmet.

The majority of us are very reasonable when it comes to shipping over seas.

muphasta wrote:

a guy in AUS bought a race helmet from me and I told him it was going to be about $70 for shipping, which was what the price of the helmet was. I told him I had a second one and shipping for the box of 2 was only $30 more and I'd be happy to send him both helmets for the price of $100 shipped plus $70 x 2. He bit knowing that he could recoup all of his shipping charges by selling the 2nd helmet.

The majority of us are very reasonable when it comes to shipping over seas.

i'm not saying all of you guys are ripoffs, but i will say it's the minority who are reasonable with shipping costs.
i had a premier super bmx helmet shipped to me about a year ago for $35us.
times have changed obviously, cause i used to be able to get a frame and fork shipped to me here in Australia for around $50us.

Yup, if you click through to the details, I should have seen it. But still shady - no matter how you slice it. And in the end it's not that the price is all that off from any other retailer online or on the Bay, but it's a hell of a shady way to get you to buy from him. 11 pages into feedback no negs, I should have kept reading..but again, not obvious. Sigh.

I emailed asking WTF on the shipping...

Hey pm sent

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