[WWI] ot: Ebay shipping costs

[Magnus Berggren]

I will, if he won´t refund part of the shipping. These things really annoys 
me, because a lot of people doesn´t seem to understand that there´s a big 
difference on the cost of packaging in a decent way, and to just slip the 
thing in a jiffy, and drop it off at the local service center.

/Magnus

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Boorman" <fokkereiv at gmail.com>
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [WWI] ot: Ebay shipping costs


> Leave a negative response on the sellers log. Stating that the
> shippers charges top dollar and ships in cheap jiffy bags letting the
> models get damaged en route.
>
> Ray
>
> On 3/2/07, Magnus Berggren <carius at comhem.se> wrote:
>> I´m just irritated about the total lack of honesty. This is about 600% of
>> the real cost, and added to the irritation is the fact that jiffybags are
>> not easy on the kits, when sent international, even if it´s just from the 
>> UK
>> to Sweden.....
>>
>> /M
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Christopher Malany" <cmm-saj at snet.net>
>> To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
>> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 1:44 PM
>> Subject: Re: [WWI] ot: Ebay shipping costs
>>
>>
>> > Hello, Magnus:
>> >
>> > No, it's not just you.  eBay shipping costs range from
>> > very reasonable to outrageous, but more and more
>> > vendors seem to be inflating shipping costs.  If they
>> > don't disclose the shipping costs, I always ask now
>> > first.  I've noticed that a low "Buy It Now" price and
>> > high shipping seems to be a sales ploy by some Asian
>> > vendors.  Sometimes total cost means I can buy from a
>> > local hobby shop almost as cheaply, and I do.
>> >
>> > - Chris Malany
>> >
>> > --- Magnus Berggren <carius at comhem.se> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Is it just me who have started to become irritaded
>> >> about how people try to
>> >> make money on shipping and package-costs?
>> >> I just bought a kit, bipe, but off-topic. Paid £5,
>> >> which was a decent price.
>> >> Then I had to pay £12 for the shipping. I accepted,
>> >> because some people
>> >> really put their soul into packaging the stuff in a
>> >> good way, and shipping
>> >> tracable and insured.
>> >> What did I get? Kit packaged in jiffy-bag, postage
>> >> £1.45......
>> >>
>> >> Furious Fury-owner.......
>> >> /M
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>