[Coco] Ebay shipping padding $

[Rod Barnhart]

There's a difference between covering your costs using the shipping to
profit ;) I always pad shipping a little to cover materials and such, too,
but I've seen some crazy shipping.

On May 4, 2017 1:49 AM, "Al Hartman" <alhartman6 at verizon.net> wrote:

> I don't think this is true. EBay does now charge seller fees on shipping
> charges as people were doing $1.00 auctions with a huge shipping charge to
> avoid paying seller fees.
>
> I always pad my shipping to cover EBay's fees. I have to.
>
> -[ Al ]-
> On 5/4/2017 1:21:29 AM, Scott Wendt <malfunct at msn.com> wrote:
> This is often a way used to reduce the cut that ebay gets of the sale fees
> as ebay doesn't charge fees on the handling charge.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Coco on behalf of Rietveld Rietveld
> Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 7:45:22 PM
> To: Arthur Flexser
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Ebay shipping padding $
>
> I am not opposed to someone trying to get top dollar for what they are
> selling but put in a higher minimum starting bid. Don't ‎try to hide profit
> in an inflated shipping quote
>
> ,
> Original Message
> From: Arthur Flexser
> Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 10:42 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Ebay shipping padding $
>
>
> Possibly eBay's concern was that you didn't quote the educational postal
> rate that things like books and CDs qualify for. Saves quite a bit.
>
> Art
>
> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 9:35 PM, Bill Gunshannon <>
> > wrote:
>
> >
> > I don't understand how he can do it. The last time I tried to seel some
> > automotive books I quoted the price for USPS Priority Mail padded
> > envelopes and it refused to let me post them claiming I was asking too
> > much postage. That's one of the reasons I gave up trying to sell on
> > eBay.
> >
> > bill
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Coco [coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] on behalf of tim lindner [
> > tlindner at macmess.org]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 9:01 PM
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Ebay shipping padding $
> >
> > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Rietveld Rietveld
> > wrote:
> > > I remember a brief discussion about Ebay shipping cost verses actual
> > costs
> > >
> > > Check out this coco program pak. Starting bid. 99cents plus $75 to
> ship?
> > > For $75 I expect it to be driven to my house and inserted into my multi
> > pak :)
> > >
> > >
> > Cartrige-26-3151-/252909085569?nav=SEARCH>
> >
> > That's only $55 US.
> >
> > Seems downright reasonable now. :)
> >
> >
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