Why I hate Ebay

[MrBishop]

Situation: I'm trying to buy a few items to update my Warhammer rule-books and painting guides. I found one item which can be found in Canada, in stores, for about $39.95.

Ebay price $8US
S&H $5US
total: $13US - exchange bringing it to $16CAN - great!

Got an email from the seller saying that it was too large to ship it in one package, and the cost of shipping was to the USA. New total for S&H - $23.10US

New total: 23.10+8.00=31.10US or $37.00CAN total savings $2.95plus taxes

Ebay places all items in US$'s automatically...fine.

My problem? How the hell can it cost 5 times as much to ship to Canada, when I'm just a paltry 35mins from the border???!??

Someone please explain this to me.

 

[unclehobart]

Probably customs and assumed tarriffs and whatnot imposed upon UPS plus a little padding for profit.

 

[MrBishop]

Probably customs and assumed tarriffs and whatnot imposed upon UPS plus a little padding for profit.

That's a buttload of padding, mein freund. A similar product coming from the UK is listed as $8US for S&H to Canada

 

[unclehobart]

Perhaps you can get them to ship it to the post office right across the border and then you can go pick it up and only be out 2 hours for the border cross and $10cdn in petrol.

 

[tonksy]

Perhaps you can get them to ship it to the post office right across the border and then you can go pick it up and only be out 2 hours for the border cross and $10cdn in petrol.

or ship it to an american friend who will mail it to you...fight the system, man

 

[unclehobart]

Too large for one package? I wonder why. The baseline for a single package probably starts at 10$ minimum. To have made it all in one box would have been only 14-15$ S&H.

 

[MrBishop]

I don't quite get it either....I've heard of people shipping much large and heavier things. This is basically just paper and cardboard.
I'm seriously thinking of getting myself a PO Box in Chateaugay,NY for my Ebay stuff. I go there every other weekend in the winter and practically every weekend during fishing season.

 

[unclehobart]

Then thy solution lies well in hand... just be prepared for the new fingerprint game south of the border.

 

[tommyj27]

sounds like an ebay seller trying to play ya for a fool.

 

[MrBishop]

Then thy solution lies well in hand... just be prepared for the new fingerprint game south of the border.

Not really...different problem. Ship-to addresses for PayPal It become a burocratic battle instead of a fiscal one).

I barely ever get stopped for crossing the border...usually, it's a 2 minute stop-and-go. The joys of having a sleeping child in the backseat.

As for the fingerprinting thing, I don't look middle-eastern enough

 

[MrBishop]

sounds like an ebay seller trying to play ya for a fool.

That's why I have gotten EBAY involved in the process. They have a nice anti-fraud process to follow through on 'oddities' like this one.

 

[unclehobart]

How many transactions/what is the guys seller rating?

 

[MrBishop]

How many transactions/what is the guys seller rating?

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almost 1/2 of the ratings are from sales...

This is why I'm not sicking the troops on him right away.

 

[freako104]

why didnt you just check out teh games workshop site or the Warhammer site?

 

[unclehobart]

Probably because those places would be selling the material as obscenely inflated prices.

 

[paul_valaru]

ahh, E-bay

My grandmother gave me a bunch of old stuff to sell, old 78 records, collectable ashtrays, is ebay the best way to do it?

 

[tonksy]

ahh, E-bay

My grandmother gave me a bunch of old stuff to sell, old 78 records, collectable ashtrays, is ebay the best way to do it?

records? what kind of records?

 

[paul_valaru]

records? what kind of records?

old 78s uhmm, realy old stuff, I can't remember names, but the guy that used to sing in blackface

old jazz, swing music, etc.

 

[tonksy]

old 78s uhmm, realy old stuff, I can't remember names, but the guy that used to sing in blackface

old jazz, swing music, etc.

really? and you plan on selling them?

 

[paul_valaru]

really? and you plan on selling them?

yep, they are collectable, and my grandmother could use the money, maybe she'll take a long vacation or something

NOTE: I am selling them for her, the money goes to her (I'm sure she'll make me keep a few bucks) I'm not scamming my granny