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<p>[QUOTE="KSorbo, post: 1928071, member: 56370"]Speaking from the point of view of a buyer, if I paid $5 or more for shipping I would feel ripped off if the item arrived in a regular stamped envelope. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, when I put myself in the seller's shoes I can see how somebody may look at this question a bit differently. Personally I hate having to go the the post office during my lunch hour, and even going to the front desk at work to address and mail an envelope is a hassle. So if I have to spend my lunch break writing on envelopes instead of surfing the net, isn't that time worth something?</p><p><br /></p><p>I've never sold anything on Ebay but if I did get into that business I would rather sell a few high value items than lots of low value ones. I value my leisure time too much to spend hours upon hours photographing and listing cheap coins and putting together individual shipments for each one of them. I can't believe how many listings there are on Ebay for coins worth $1 or even less. Don't the sellers have anything better to do? Maybe I'm lazy but I'd sure rather sell one $100 item than ten $10 items...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KSorbo, post: 1928071, member: 56370"]Speaking from the point of view of a buyer, if I paid $5 or more for shipping I would feel ripped off if the item arrived in a regular stamped envelope. However, when I put myself in the seller's shoes I can see how somebody may look at this question a bit differently. Personally I hate having to go the the post office during my lunch hour, and even going to the front desk at work to address and mail an envelope is a hassle. So if I have to spend my lunch break writing on envelopes instead of surfing the net, isn't that time worth something? I've never sold anything on Ebay but if I did get into that business I would rather sell a few high value items than lots of low value ones. I value my leisure time too much to spend hours upon hours photographing and listing cheap coins and putting together individual shipments for each one of them. I can't believe how many listings there are on Ebay for coins worth $1 or even less. Don't the sellers have anything better to do? Maybe I'm lazy but I'd sure rather sell one $100 item than ten $10 items...[/QUOTE]
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