Barry King tools

[Jordan]

GREED. The shipping and postage portion of the ebay thing is a dirty little secret they don't mention to often, unscrupulous vendors can and do charge whatever they can get away with.

[rawhide1]

I have to agree with ya'll on the shipping costs. I bought some stuff off of ebay one time and called the guy on his shipping charge. He informed me he had to figure in his time for putting it inthe box ,the cost of the box, and taking it to wherever to be shipped. Lets just say I will not buy from him again. I don't mind paying all actual expensenses but give me a break charging to put it in a box and dropping it off!! Hell it's a 20 mile round trip for me to go to town and come back. But I'm generally make it to town once a day anyway so i'll mail it then. Anyway I think people try to get every cent they can which in turns runs people off. My .02cents

Mike

[Drac]

hate to hijack a thread but... ebay is actually starting to come down hard on the people who charge outrageous amounts for shipping finally. I've bought a good bit on ebay (and always checked the shipping price before bidding) and sold a lot too and always charged fairly, even losing out of my own pocket at times. for anyone who ships through usps and doesn't know, you can go to their website and get most of the boxes for free including delivery of them. that, of course, doesn't include packing material which can get expensive for things like peanuts or actual packing paper. a good way to get stuff like that for free though (including larger boxes) is visit your local comic book shops on shipment day which is wednesdays. most shops toss out the boxes, packing paper, peanuts and stiff dividers.