Be Honest................

If you paid $5.25 for Shipping on a coin that was worth less than $10 AND you received said coin in a make-shift 2x2 in a standard business envelope with a single postage stamp...................

Would you be miffed and perhaps leave the seller a 2 or 3 on the DSR Stars?



OK, lets reword this a bit:
If you paid $5.25 for Shipping on a coin AND you received said coin in a make-shift 2x2 in a standard business envelope with a single postage stamp...................
Would you be miffed and perhaps leave the seller a 2 or 3 on the DSR Stars?

 

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Yes, probably. I have received 2-3 stars for charging people what was my actual costs before...simply because the coin was a low-value item. I am a strong believer that people should charge for shipping what their actual costs are in materials and postage.

 

I believe shipping charges should be the cost to ship the item.
That being said, I would not buy an low value item with expensive shipping.

 

I would not bid on a $10 coin with a $5.25 shipping cost.

In my opinion if the bidder knows the shipping cost up front, and they still place the bid.......well it sounds like bidders remorse to me.

Did the bidder ask the seller to adjust the fees prior to bidding?

 

Total cost for the coin (item cost plus shipping cost), coin arrives as described and undamaged, and on time. Only things that matters. 4 out of 5 stars for those things. You get a 5 star if it arrives early.

 

OK, lets reword this a bit:

If you paid $5.25 for Shipping on a coin AND you received said coin in a make-shift 2x2 in a standard business envelope with a single postage stamp...................

Would you be miffed and perhaps leave the seller a 2 or 3 on the DSR Stars?

 

I'd be irritated. I understand that shipping costs aren't just the postage...it's the postage and the packaging, ect. but $5 for a stamp and an envelope is sad. I don't mind paying reasonable shipping.

Honestly, I'd probably leave 1 star under the "shipping reasonable" section.

 

I always know what I'm paying up front and don't worry about how it's packaged as long as it arrives safe and sound. On the other hand I've paid less than the actual postal charges at times and even received a refund a few times when I was overcharged. It seems to even out for me.

Bruce

 

I wouldn't be happy about it. When I see shipping charges that are that high for a single low value coin I assume(probably rightfully so) that the seller is trying to make a profit off shipping charges too. Again, I wouldn't ever pay as much in shipping as the coin is worth. That isn't a smart purchase IMO.

 

There is a particular buyer on ebay i have bought from a few times and charges around $2 for ahipping, and then ships in a plain white envelope. I leave 3 stars on their shipping costs. Also, I always factor in my shipping cost into the price of the coin, so I never overpay for the coin. I just want the seller to honor their shipping fee.

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I take it even further. I never pay more in total costs (value plus shipping) than I think the coin is worth.

 

Agreed.

 

Cost of shipping does not bother me. If I want to pay $100 for a coin, and shipping is $10, I bid $90. I don't know why all sellers haven't gone to free shipping. They end up receiving the same amount for the most part, and won't tick off buyers like this

 

Likewise, I include ALL shipping costs in the price. But this happened yesterday -- I bought an item on eBay for $12.50 shipping included. The item arrived at a cost (to the Seller) of $8.75 total. And due to the weight, etc., that was legitimate, although I could have shipped the same goods in a small flat-rate box (with $50 insurance) for $5.80 or about 1/3 less. I have no sympathy for Sellers who don't do their homework. Plus I have a huge stock of discount postage, for which I have paid 50% to 65% of face value, which helps on MY shipments.

"...I would not bid on a $10 coin with a $5.25 shipping cost..." THIS, of course, is the key. In the U.S., you can mail one or two coins, or maybe 3 small coins, in a heavy duty 5 x 8 cardboard mailer, if you do it right, for 91 cents; 49c first ounce, 21c second ounce, 21c non-machinable fee. But you need to know all the tricks to accomplish a postage cost of 91 cents. Mailers in quantity, about 20 cents each.

Going back to the question at hand, I'm not so sure eBay will let you complain about postage if it is clearly stated in the listing, in advance.

 

eBay doesn't care how you rate the sellers in the DSR's which is why they have them. It's simply a more detailed level of reporting one's satisfaction with any seller other than positive/neutral/negative.

As for eBay shipping itself? I'd like for eBay to cross reference actual postage paid through PayPal (since they could easily send that info back like they do with the tracking information) and then use that for reference to what the seller actually charged the buyer.

More times than not, I've sold for a $3.00 shipping charge which cost me more than that after postage and signature confirmation. Yet...............eBay still dongs sellers by charging a Final Value Fee on shipping!

So, I charge the buyer $3.00 in postage,
Spend .76 cents in packaging material
$1.93 for 3 oz of postage
$2.35 for signature confirmation
(For a total of $5.04)

and

STILL have to pay an additional .18 cents as a "penalty" for charging on my shipping??

Argh!

Now I just got myself off track..............

 

Personally, I do not get offended by any shipping charge as long as its disclosed beforehand. I say that because my bid price always reflects it. If it were a $10 coin to me, but shipping is $5.25, then $4.75 is my max. Easy peesy.

 

I'm a buyer who doesn't pay more in total costs than I think the item is worth and couldn't care less what the seller has to deal with

 

like i said before..thats ebay for you