[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: eBay seller gustavus1

[tonym]

See, THIS kind of drivel is what drives me insane about eBay buyers....
If you do NOT sell continuously on eBay, then you have NO CLUE whatsoever.

WHY would you even ASK a question like that! If you don't like the shipping amount, move along to the next item.

And...let's be real....and THIS comes from EXPERIENCE.
It does NOT cost $1.97, I don't care WHAT it is.
What about the packing materials?Peanuts cost $65 for a bag, 8.5x11 mailers cost like $12/per 10, and boxes - those aren't free either
Packing tape isn't free, last time I checked..
What about the time packing?
Buying labels to print out the payPal shipping label? Those are like $40 for 200 labels.
Of course, printing those labels requires using ink or toner, and that is not free as well.

What about the time to drive to actually ship it?
Ever waited in line at a PO in a metro area? When I ship, I know I'm I for at least 1.5-2 hours

So, bottom line, you want an item for $1, and $1.97 shipping?
That won;t happen - costs less to throw the stuff away. In the meantime, all the good stuff will be chased away to landfills,
because someone was too cheap to throw a $7 bone to a guy, so it's not a total waste of time to sell it.

Remember those 3 CoCo1's I sold, that went for $0.99? After eBay, paypal, and shipping fees, I lost about $10 on that deal.

And then you have to deal with 100 STUPID questions - I just got a good one 3 days ago:
"Do i combine shipping."

Well, yes, sure I do! Eexcept, I only have *ONE* item listed, so what the heck are you going to combine it with???

Moral of the story: Unless you sell alot on eBay, you really have no place commenting - period.

BTW, I asked him a couple questions, including if he combines shipping, and got very courteous responses, even wishing me a nice day.

Maybe it was HOW the question was asked, rather that the fact the question was asked.


Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Morrison neilsmorr at gmail.com
Sent 11/10/2007 9:52:48 PM
To: Coco on Yahoo colorcomputer at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Coco] [Color Computer] Re: eBay seller gustavus1


I asked why he was charging $9 to mail an item which cost $1.97 to mail. His 
response was to ban me. His feedback is very bad:

See 
http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=gustavus1&Dirn=Received+by&ref=home

He also leaves vile feedback for those he has screwed. Watch yourself.

Neil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Grimmel" navydave1 at hotmail.com


 I just had a very unpleasant exchange with this guy in Manitoba, Canada. 
 Be careful about any dealings you may have with him - looks like a bad 
 one to me. I have reported him to eBay and I hope he is banned.

Neil

 Why? What happened? I have a couple of bids on his stuff.

 Dave


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