10-30-2022, 04:22 PM
Zoidberg wrote:
[quote=Grateful11]
[quote=Acer]
The stuff I sell is mostly under 16 oz or fits in a flat-rate small priority box. That's not too bad. But yeah, wow, get up into a pound or three that won't fit in a flat rate box and it skyrockets.
I had one auction for a camera I knew was going to sell in the $50-$60 range. I had the box and the manuals. I went to ship it, and discovered I had grossly underestimated the shipping cost when i listed it, like it was going to cost me ~$25 to ship, and the buyer had not paid nearly that much. I canceled the sale. I relisted with a bare camera and got almost the same bid. Shipped it for <$8, buyer paid. Can't cancel as a seller often because ebay will ding you, but in this case I had to do it.
90% of what my wife ships is under 16oz. and anything 16.0oz. and under goes First Class. The delivery time is nearly the same as Priority nowadays. She gets a good discount on shipping by printing them out through eBay.
True, but won't work for me, as what I'm talking about are boxes that are pretty big (one measurement typically around 20") and heavier (4 to 6 pounds). I'm kind of locked out of any reasonable shipping option these days.
Yes, that is really hard to ship economically. But to be clear, this is not really an eBay thing. It just feels worse at eBay because of the pound of flesh eBay suck out of every deal for their own fees before you get to the shipping.