So I need help from the whiney ebay complainers

[jlzinck]

....I paid for 3 actions at 1 time. #2.99 for 1st item and $1.00 for each additional. So $4.99 for shipping.

I got the items today, in a bubble mailer with $1.64.

I am totally happy with my purchase.

So what's wrong with me? Why don't I want to complain about sellers trying to retire off shipping my items.

Some pointers please.

[ilovethelakings]

You, sir, are the problem that plagues your fellow buyers! It is weak people like you who allow this to happen to poor innocent buyers over and over again! Don't allow that seller to Big Ben or Kobe your pocketbook! Rise up and complain! Whine and moan to the seller through messages until he returns to you what is rightfully yours! And be sure to use plenty of exclamation points when you do contact the seller to show that you are truly ticked off and mean business!!!!!!!!!!

[gman71]

Originally Posted by jlzinck

....I paid for 3 actions at 1 time. #2.99 for 1st item and $1.00 for each additional. So $4.99 for shipping.

I got the items today, in a bubble mailer with $1.64.

I am totally happy with my purchase.

So what's wrong with me? Why don't I want to complain about sellers trying to retire off shipping my items.

Some pointers please.

Man, that's just wrong. I'd be so pissed if I were you. You need to email that scumbag seller and tell him you want some shipping $$ back or you're going to nail his DSR's and then spread the word in meatball land that he's never gonna complete a deal again!

[Orangejello727]

$5 for shipping is within reach. When $36 for shipping and it shows up in a $1.64 stamp on a bubble mailer shows up, we'll talk.

[MADSPORTS]

$5 is not that bad, look at it like this. if you would have bought the 3 cards from different sellers you would have paid $2.99 x3 = $8.97 for shipping.

[DadofTwins]

Its called shipping and "handling", the mailer doesn't mail itself?

[WilsonValdez]

You should leave the seller a negative, with no communication at all, because that's the only right thing to do. Or post a call-out thread...or do both.

[Orangejello727]

Originally Posted by DadofTwins

Its called shipping and "handling", the mailer doesn't mail itself?

And you personally deliver the mail yourself? Or does the USPS? We pay the USPS to deliver mail, not you so that the USPS can do the job!!

I now charge to bid and buy your items. Because my time is worth something, therefore I should be paid for using my time to buy your garbage. Happy!

[tajikey]

But, but, but, that's $2 overspent you could have used as a best offer on a $200 item. Those dang lowballers, WHAT...A...PAIN!

[fullmetal]

The seller needs to take a marketing and econ class. He will open up his customer base if he had more appealing combination policy.

Just last week I bought 20 items from a seller who combined in the same fashion. He shipped them for under $2.50. I paid him over $20. His auction stated he combined shipping, but that isn't combining.

Buy 20 items from me and you pay one flat rate of $2.25

If as a seller you have a quality combined policy you will get a lot of additional business from me. Whenever I win a card from a seller who charges nothing additional I scroll through all his listings and bid on things I normally wouldn't. That is the BEST business practice on a seller's part.

[CubsFanInTX]

Originally Posted by MADSPORTS

$5 is not that bad, look at it like this. if you would have bought the 3 cards from different sellers you would have paid $2.99 x3 = $8.97 for shipping.

^ Not sure this guy gets the OP

Originally Posted by fullmetal

The seller needs to take a marketing and econ class. He will open up his customer base if he had more appealing combination policy.

Just last week I bought 20 items from a seller who combined in the same fashion. He shipped them for under $2.50. I paid him over $20. His auction stated he combined shipping, but that isn't combining.

Buy 20 items from me and you pay one flat rate of $2.25

If as a seller you have a quality combined policy you will get a lot of additional business from me. Whenever I win a card from a seller who charges nothing additional I scroll through all his listings and bid on things I normally wouldn't. That is the BEST business practice on a seller's part.

^ and this guy is smart. I just bought a Dillon Maples from a guy who had a flat rate of $3 per transaction up to 40 cards. I subsequently bought another 5 cards from him for roughly 2 dollars apiece. I know not a high roller but he got some additional auctions won that would have not done so before. I was the only one to bid on 3 of the 5 other cards.

[ssbledsoe]

Absurd! Bollocks! Insane! I wouldn't pay it! How are you satisfied?!

[ebacardi2]

Originally Posted by fullmetal

The seller needs to take a marketing and econ class. He will open up his customer base if he had more appealing combination policy.

Just last week I bought 20 items from a seller who combined in the same fashion. He shipped them for under $2.50. I paid him over $20. His auction stated he combined shipping, but that isn't combining.

Buy 20 items from me and you pay one flat rate of $2.25

If as a seller you have a quality combined policy you will get a lot of additional business from me. Whenever I win a card from a seller who charges nothing additional I scroll through all his listings and bid on things I normally wouldn't. That is the BEST business practice on a seller's part.

exactly if shipping is free for additional or even .50 cents why not get another card for a few bucks, works on me

I usually do $2.50-$3 depends and then .50 per additional but max it at $5. The seller may pay maybe .10 cents really per additional with shipping and toploader etc. but not a $1 but hey if the buyer agrees to pay it then you can not complain later! Seller just will lose business in the future.

[jlzinck]

Originally Posted by WilsonValdez

You should leave the seller a negative, with no communication at all, because that's the only right thing to do. Or post a call-out thread...or do both.

I was thinking of taking the road kill possum at the end of my street and sending to him.

Good idea?

[ilovethelakings]

Originally Posted by ebacardi2

exactly if shipping is free for additional or even .50 cents why not get another card for a few bucks, works on me

I usually do $2.50-$3 depends and then .50 per additional but max it at $5. The seller may pay maybe .10 cents really per additional with shipping and toploader etc. but not a $1 but hey if the buyer agrees to pay it then you can not complain later! Seller just will lose business in the future.

That's what I like to do, too. If somebody has cheap shipping, I love to do as much business with that person at once as possible. The downside with a seller like that is sometimes it is easy to go overboard and buy way more than you intended to in the first place because of the great deals you could end up from that same seller.

[imbaked247]

Originally Posted by jlzinck

....I paid for 3 actions at 1 time. #2.99 for 1st item and $1.00 for each additional. So $4.99 for shipping.

I got the items today, in a bubble mailer with $1.64.

I am totally happy with my purchase.

So what's wrong with me? Why don't I want to complain about sellers trying to retire off shipping my items.

Some pointers please.

3 actions for 4.99 the hooker I know charge way more so you win

[jlzinck]

Originally Posted by imbaked247

3 actions for 4.99 the hooker I know charge way more so you win

Ya but I work near New Bedford so for $4.99 you get nookie and a McD's double cheesburger.

[37Jetson]

I love it

What many people do not consider is that he may have paid the same total cost as he would have from the combined shipping seller.

I always look at the Ebay delivered cost when formulating my bidding. If I want to buy more I, are you ready for this, determine if I am willing to pay his delivered cost for the second card. With the third card......

Originally Posted by jlzinck

....I paid for 3 actions at 1 time. #2.99 for 1st item and $1.00 for each additional. So $4.99 for shipping.

I got the items today, in a bubble mailer with $1.64.

I am totally happy with my purchase.

So what's wrong with me? Why don't I want to complain about sellers trying to retire off shipping my items.

Some pointers please.

[jeg2315]

Originally Posted by fullmetal

The seller needs to take a marketing and econ class. He will open up his customer base if he had more appealing combination policy.

Just last week I bought 20 items from a seller who combined in the same fashion. He shipped them for under $2.50. I paid him over $20. His auction stated he combined shipping, but that isn't combining.

Buy 20 items from me and you pay one flat rate of $2.25

If as a seller you have a quality combined policy you will get a lot of additional business from me. Whenever I win a card from a seller who charges nothing additional I scroll through all his listings and bid on things I normally wouldn't. That is the BEST business practice on a seller's part.

Even better, with the way things are on eBay, offering Free Shipping on everything is a simpler way to avoid issues over cost and DSRs. The cost, I would estimate over the whole, cancels out with higher bids on listings with free shipping. It's about the perception with free shipping for buyers.

[lambeauleap87]

Ding his seller ratings, leave positive feedback, and call it a day.

That's why I do free shipping on everything; no issues.

[Clarka3]

i would ding his DSRs for the shipping cost. i ordered two different items from the same seller that claims he doesn't combine shipping. anxiously awaiting the packages. if he doesn't combine shipping but sends in one package for items won within 24 hours, i'll destroy his DSRs.

[fullmetal]

Originally Posted by jeg2315

Even better, with the way things are on eBay, offering Free Shipping on everything is a simpler way to avoid issues over cost and DSRs. The cost, I would estimate over the whole, cancels out with higher bids on listings with free shipping. It's about the perception with free shipping for buyers.

The marketing ploy only works when you charge shipping on the first item and then no additional for subsequent items. If shipping is free to begin with there is no added incentive to shop for more items with the seller. You could simply come back in a month and buy another free shipping item.

As a seller you want to entice buyers to buy more from you. A store wants all your money now, not spread out over years and years.

[37Jetson]

You are so much better than this.

Ebay warped many great minds with a sense of entitlement so they could get higher FVF's.

Originally Posted by Clarka3

i would ding his DSRs for the shipping cost. i ordered two different items from the same seller that claims he doesn't combine shipping. anxiously awaiting the packages. if he doesn't combine shipping but sends in one package for items won within 24 hours, i'll destroy his DSRs.

[jeg2315]

Originally Posted by fullmetal

The marketing ploy only works when you charge shipping on the first item and then no additional for subsequent items. If shipping is free to begin with there is no added incentive to shop for more items with the seller. You could simply come back in a month and buy another free shipping item.

As a seller you want to entice buyers to buy more from you. A store wants all your money now, not spread out over years and years.

The idea is that buyers would perceive free shipping on eBay as a "deal" and subsequently bid higher on such items - it's held true in my experience. In that sense, the seller would still get more money out of items over the long-term given how large eBay's audience is. The tactic is spread over all buyers as such rather than relying on impulse.

[Gibberish]

Originally Posted by DadofTwins

Its called shipping and "handling", the mailer doesn't mail itself?

Handling lol
Where is my fee for walking out to the mail box

Moronic logic as if most sellers have a warehouse full of cards that involved multiple people to ship out....

Neutral feedback
"Great cards, profit on shipping,lame"
DSR ding on shipping costs

$5 is not that bad, look at it like this. if you would have bought the 3 cards from different sellers you would have paid $2.99 x3 = $8.97 for shipping.

You must be a fan of the COMC logic train