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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Topher, post: 267908, member: 8489&quot;]If you are selling through an auction, then don&#039;t whine if you don&#039;t get what you want for the price.&nbsp; Set your reserve higher to cover your operating costs.&nbsp; Don&#039;t hide them in shipping and handling fees.&nbsp; I don&#039;t buy from Heritage, because I don&#039;t collect what they sell.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Agreed.&nbsp; I take the total price into account when I bid.&nbsp; If your shipping is inflated, then I bid less on the item and if I don&#039;t win it, then good for you.&nbsp; Get what you can for the item, but don&#039;t play numbers games to hide behind shipping and handling.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t get me wrong.&nbsp; I don&#039;t find $2.50 or $2.50 or even $5.00 to be excessive.&nbsp; But don&#039;t charge $2.50 for an envelope and a stamp.&nbsp; Likewise, don&#039;t charge $12 to ship 5 coins domestically.&nbsp; Heck, I can ship an entire box of books to Western Canada for that price.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Couldn&#039;t have said it better myself.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t read me wrong.&nbsp; I&#039;&#039;m not entirely arguing with you.&nbsp; I don&#039;t mind reasonable shipping rates, and I don&#039;t mind paying for the service I get (overnight, priority shipping, etc.), but don&#039;t charge me for one service, and then send it a cheaper alternative, just to pad your profit margin, and don&#039;t tell me that your selling price doesn&#039;t cover the cost of ink and labels.&nbsp; If you&#039;re running a business, that&#039;s part of your standard operating costs, and should be covered by your profit margin, not added onto each and every sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Admittedly, this isn&#039;t quite as bad as the Canadian cell phone business where a $35 plan costs over $50.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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