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kevin wrote:
>
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:37:25 GMT, Smart Feet <smartfeet@yourshoes.com>
> wrote:
>
> >kevin wrote:
> >> On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:45:02 GMT, Ted <nospamforted@nospam.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Gee, no one wants to let you rip off eBay by charging $7 for shipping...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> wtf are you talking about? I am not ripping off anybody Im only
> >> asking 15 dollars for a 30 dollar game? You are an idiot.
> >
> >Even if you were sending it Priority mail with an expensive mailer from
> >the Post Office and tracking it would be under $6. Since your auction
> >indicates you are sending it First Class, $7 is obviously a bit much...
> >
> >I'd probably get it for my son, but I'm not willing to pay $7 for the
> >way you're sending it...
>
> first of all, if you were to purchase the game you would be getting a
> 30 dollar game for 15 dollars including shipping. It doesnt really
> matter how I divide it up, but let me tell you what my reasoning is:
>
> My first instinct is to start at 10 bucks with 5 dollars
> shipping/handling, which sounds right? right? But in the past I have
> found adding a couple bucks to the shipping and subtracting a couple
> bucks from the starting price attracts more people to the auction.
> Either way, it works out the same in the end.
>
> $2 +/- in either category is hardly anyting to get upset about!
eBay gets upset about it because you are avoiding their fees. That's why
it's prohibited:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-circumventing.html
(click the "some examples" section)
And $5 shipping for first class shipping of a DS game is not reasonable, either.
So, you're harming eBay's users by avoiding the fees to eBay warranted
by your sale, leading to eBay increasing fees for everyone else faster
in their ever escalating search for money.
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