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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Uncle Herbie, post: 159364, member: 5191&quot;]Walterallen, you&#039;ll probably make a little more on your sales but you&#039;ll pay more fees too. Why should ebay get a cut of what it costs you to ship if you offer free shipping? I think most people look at S&amp;H fees and figure them into the final price so even if someone inflates the S&amp;H that means they just pay that much less for the item. Sure, some people use S&amp;H fees to try to scam people and some of the bidders are careless enough to fall for it but if a person keeps his head out of his butt they should do okay. If not they&#039;ve probably got bigger problems than paying five bucks too much for S&amp;H.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that can be a pet peeve but realistically it just makes sense to figure the S&amp;H and err a bit on the side of caution. If I&#039;ve got bigger items I usually charge a flat fee of five dollars for priority shipping. The post office will provide you with the boxes and it only costs a bit over four dollars, unless the box is unusually heavy, and it will be delivered within two to three days. People seem tickled pink to get it that quick, at least that&#039;s what they say on my feedback, and I haven&#039;t had anyone complain yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another tip if you find a coin you&#039;re interested in but you feel S&amp;H is inflated too much is to check and see if the seller combines shipping. As in Walterallens case with the single cent with three dollars shipping the seller might have more sales you&#039;d be interested in so check the other items they have. I&#039;ve found many sellers will throw more items in with the original for an extra fifty cents or a dollar each. If you can pick up a couple other things that can knock the S&amp;H fees down to something reasonable. You may have to contact the seller and ask but the seemingly excessive S&amp;H fees might keep their auction prices down a bit and the combined shipping might give you enough of an edge to bid a little higher and win more of their auctions. Many times I&#039;ll check out a sellers other items anyway if I find an auction I&#039;m interested in and they combine the shipping. Even if their S&amp;H is reasonable to start with you can save a little more if they have anything else you&#039;re interested in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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