I'm not going to fault anyone for a reasonable 'handling charge'...and it doesn't
have to be going to a third party. If I sell a $5 item that will cost $1.50 to ship
via USPS, seems folks will piss and moan if the total they pat\y
ventures any
higher than $6.50...yet what about ME? You think the $5 item materialized
out of thin air? It took time for me to locate, to buy and to, in some cases
stock for a lengthy time. Then there's the supplies for packing, the trip to the
post office and, of course, my time.
Some buyers expect a seller to act as a charity for their penny-pinching ways.
Let's se....$3 diecast car, sought and bought five years ago, stored safely in
unopened package and no longer available in stores....and now, YOU want one.
It bids to $5, cost $1.50 to send USPS...then there's the box, peanuts (try
buying a bag these days! THAT is a ridiculous cost!), tape...then the trip to the
PO...fuel, wear & tear on the car/truck..and again...the seller's time. But you're
gonna whine when he tells you $10 total? Yup...many will, and I say screw them.
You wanna play, you pay...again, in reasonable amounts.
Some folks buy a fender online for $50 then flip out that $40 more gets it shipped
via Greyhound...then there's the price of boxes to consider, along with the
aforementioned. But when the number tops $100 total, watch them flip out.
Another factor that should be considered- where you gonna get another one? I
recently paid $210 for a pair of fenders from Nevada. Not outrageous, right? Well,
the fenders were only $40 for the pair! But the seller had no access to Greyhound
and no interest in doing the packing. Now...is it a rip off, or do I just roll the numbers
together and say $200 for a pair of rot-free Nevada fenders....is a deal? I say deal.
The $400+ shipping example for a T-shirt is likely excessive.
OK....more than likely. ;)
John W Rosa
www.JavelinAMX.com
Handling. That sounds like something out of Neverland Ranch. I understand this concept if you are lazy or incapacitated and CAN'T box your own shit. So you take it to UPS Store and THEY box it up for you, therefore incurring more fees to pass on to buyer. That is different. Or sometimes you have people who ain't familiar with shipping things and don't want to bother with it, and they will add those costs for 'handling' as a middleman place like mentioned above will do it. Again, the buyer pays the extra, not a bad deal if bulky items like seats, hood, fenders or sheetmetal, bad if something like tshirt, hot wheels, and anything else that you can shove in a FREE USPS Priority Mail box.
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