Shipping on E-bay??? - The Photo Forum

Mitica100 · 02-05-2006, 02:24 AM

I know that 'padding' the price of an item with a steep shipping charge is very common on E-bay but this takes the prize:

Minolta_CLE

BTW, that's a beautiful camera but at that shipping charge I expect the Postmaster General to deliver it to me in person!

Corry · 02-05-2006, 02:26 AM

IT HAS A BID EVEN!!!

Mitica100 · 02-05-2006, 02:31 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by core_17

IT HAS A BID EVEN!!!

Yeah, no kidding... However, if no one else bids and the sole bidder wins it, it's still a fair price for the camera+lenses. I bet he/she is banking on that.

Also, it might be just the most creative way to sell it. You try to sell it at an opening bid of $500+ and the E-bay fees are piling up. With the $0.01 opening bid there are very small fees. Anyway, it'll be interesting to watch this item and the bidding progress.

Mitica100 · 02-05-2006, 02:33 AM

Oops... It's a $0.99 opening bid, not $0.01. Mea Culpa! This late at night I only do 'reverse' math.

Becky · 02-05-2006, 05:49 AM

I've seen some people do this (and some get caught by it when they think they're getting a last minute bargain)!

I think sellers often build the price they are hoping for into the postage price so that the starting bid is low and hence, so are their ebay fees.

mysteryscribe · 02-05-2006, 08:02 AM

I've been the guy stung but never that bad. I once got an ebay listing canceled because I explained a $5 shipping charge on a cd by saying it included the cost of the adv and the paypal fee. The big price was for the item iself.

Ebay pulled the adv saying that including the fees in the shipping and handling violated their polocy.The didn't like that I was trying to avoid their fair listing fee and value added fee. I got hit on a five dollar s&h and guys get away with this crap all the time.

He most likely was trying to avoid the sales fee.... I don't blame him for that. but a lot of new people assume the shipping and handling is reasonable. It is totally a bogus sales technique.

Now let me go list my $5 shipping and handling fee on a cd ... actually I do have to do that today,

Unimaxium · 02-05-2006, 04:21 PM

"This listing (#7587905346) has been removed or is no longer available. Please make sure you entered the right item number."

Anyone care to share what the page said?

Corry · 02-05-2006, 04:28 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Unimaxium

"This listing (#7587905346) has been removed or is no longer available. Please make sure you entered the right item number."

Anyone care to share what the page said?

I was about to post this!

It was a camera with 3 lenses...bidding started at .99, but shipping was $799.99.

Unimaxium · 02-05-2006, 04:42 PM

HOLY CRAP! $800 shipping? Wow. That's insane

Fate · 02-05-2006, 04:53 PM

lol

that really does take the prize!

PlasticSpanner · 02-06-2006, 07:29 AM

This was the reply I got when I asked if the shipping price was correct.

"Hello...actually I reversed the list price and the shipping by accident. I can not revise it unless the bidder agrees to retract their bid. So winning bidder actually pays 799.99 for the camera plus what ever the list price goes up to and I will pay for the shipping. Thank you Angela"

So I assume the bidder withdraw their bid & the seller may have re-listed the item.

Calliope · 02-06-2006, 07:37 AM

You can always cancel someone's bid, so the seller is just full of it. It's been my experience that when I've had to cancel an item and relist it, it usually shows that the item has been relisted and it gives you the new item number. When there's no info like that, it means ebay has come in and deleted the auction all together and sent the seller a warning.

Mitica100 · 02-06-2006, 08:58 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by PlasticSpanner

This was the reply I got when I asked if the shipping price was correct.

"Hello...actually I reversed the list price and the shipping by accident. I can not revise it unless the bidder agrees to retract their bid. So winning bidder actually pays 799.99 for the camera plus what ever the list price goes up to and I will pay for the shipping. Thank you Angela"

So I assume the bidder withdraw their bid & the seller may have re-listed the item.

That would make sense but when posting an ad, you go through thses 4-5 steps where they ask you separately what's the starting price and what's the shipping charge. Hard to imagine that Angela did that by mistake. Just my HO here.

mysteryscribe · 02-06-2006, 09:20 AM

Sounds to me like the classic "Gotya" adv that runs through there....

02-05-2006, 02:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mitica100 Temporarily Banned for Life TPF Subscriber Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ahwatukee, AZ Posts: 8,143 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	Shipping on E-bay??? I know that 'padding' the price of an item with a steep shipping charge is very common on E-bay but this takes the prize: Minolta_CLE BTW, that's a beautiful camera but at that shipping charge I expect the Postmaster General to deliver it to me in person! __________________ Dimitri's_Collectibles

02-05-2006, 02:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
Corry Flirtacious and Bodacious TPF Subscriber Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: North Central Illinois Posts: 20,676 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	IT HAS A BID EVEN!!! __________________ To The Core ~~~~~ Baseball time is here again/ You can catch it all on WGN! So stamp your feet and clap your hands/ Chicago Cubs got the greatest fans! We’re singing now . . . Go, Cubs, go/ Go, Cubs, go! Hey, Chicago, what do you say/ The Cubs are gonna win today! ~~~~~

02-05-2006, 02:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mitica100 Temporarily Banned for Life TPF Subscriber Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ahwatukee, AZ Posts: 8,143 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	Quote: Originally Posted by core_17 IT HAS A BID EVEN!!! Yeah, no kidding... However, if no one else bids and the sole bidder wins it, it's still a fair price for the camera+lenses. I bet he/she is banking on that. Also, it might be just the most creative way to sell it. You try to sell it at an opening bid of $500+ and the E-bay fees are piling up. With the $0.01 opening bid there are very small fees. Anyway, it'll be interesting to watch this item and the bidding progress. __________________ Dimitri's_Collectibles

02-05-2006, 02:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mitica100 Temporarily Banned for Life TPF Subscriber Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ahwatukee, AZ Posts: 8,143 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	Oops... It's a $0.99 opening bid, not $0.01. Mea Culpa! This late at night I only do 'reverse' math. __________________ Dimitri's_Collectibles

02-05-2006, 04:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
Corry Flirtacious and Bodacious TPF Subscriber Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: North Central Illinois Posts: 20,676 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	Quote: Originally Posted by Unimaxium "This listing (#7587905346) has been removed or is no longer available. Please make sure you entered the right item number." Anyone care to share what the page said? I was about to post this! It was a camera with 3 lenses...bidding started at .99, but shipping was $799.99. __________________ To The Core ~~~~~ Baseball time is here again/ You can catch it all on WGN! So stamp your feet and clap your hands/ Chicago Cubs got the greatest fans! We’re singing now . . . Go, Cubs, go/ Go, Cubs, go! Hey, Chicago, what do you say/ The Cubs are gonna win today! ~~~~~

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02-05-2006, 05:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
Becky TPF Junkie! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,483	I've seen some people do this (and some get caught by it when they think they're getting a last minute bargain)! I think sellers often build the price they are hoping for into the postage price so that the starting bid is low and hence, so are their ebay fees.

02-05-2006, 08:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
mysteryscribe TPF Junkie! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in the middle of north carolina Posts: 6,076 My Photos Are OK to Edit	I've been the guy stung but never that bad. I once got an ebay listing canceled because I explained a $5 shipping charge on a cd by saying it included the cost of the adv and the paypal fee. The big price was for the item iself. Ebay pulled the adv saying that including the fees in the shipping and handling violated their polocy.The didn't like that I was trying to avoid their fair listing fee and value added fee. I got hit on a five dollar s&h and guys get away with this crap all the time. He most likely was trying to avoid the sales fee.... I don't blame him for that. but a lot of new people assume the shipping and handling is reasonable. It is totally a bogus sales technique. Now let me go list my $5 shipping and handling fee on a cd ... actually I do have to do that today,

02-05-2006, 04:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
Unimaxium TPF Junkie! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northeastern University, originally from Philly Posts: 2,682 My Photos Are OK to Edit	"This listing (#7587905346) has been removed or is no longer available. Please make sure you entered the right item number." Anyone care to share what the page said?

02-05-2006, 04:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
Unimaxium TPF Junkie! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northeastern University, originally from Philly Posts: 2,682 My Photos Are OK to Edit	HOLY CRAP! $800 shipping? Wow. That's insane

02-05-2006, 04:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
Fate TPF Junkie! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: England - Worcestershire Posts: 1,603 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	lol that really does take the prize! __________________ Just blame me........ its all Fate. Shadow Photography Things just got darker

02-06-2006, 07:29 AM	#11 (permalink)
PlasticSpanner TPF Junkie! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cheshire, England Posts: 4,089 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	This was the reply I got when I asked if the shipping price was correct. "Hello...actually I reversed the list price and the shipping by accident. I can not revise it unless the bidder agrees to retract their bid. So winning bidder actually pays 799.99 for the camera plus what ever the list price goes up to and I will pay for the shipping. Thank you Angela" So I assume the bidder withdraw their bid & the seller may have re-listed the item. __________________ I'm a Negative Person. My PhotoBucket MSN

02-06-2006, 07:37 AM	#12 (permalink)
Calliope TPF Junkie! Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2,372	You can always cancel someone's bid, so the seller is just full of it. It's been my experience that when I've had to cancel an item and relist it, it usually shows that the item has been relisted and it gives you the new item number. When there's no info like that, it means ebay has come in and deleted the auction all together and sent the seller a warning.

02-06-2006, 08:58 AM	#13 (permalink)
Mitica100 Temporarily Banned for Life TPF Subscriber Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ahwatukee, AZ Posts: 8,143 My Photos Are NOT OK to Edit	Quote: Originally Posted by PlasticSpanner This was the reply I got when I asked if the shipping price was correct. "Hello...actually I reversed the list price and the shipping by accident. I can not revise it unless the bidder agrees to retract their bid. So winning bidder actually pays 799.99 for the camera plus what ever the list price goes up to and I will pay for the shipping. Thank you Angela" So I assume the bidder withdraw their bid & the seller may have re-listed the item. That would make sense but when posting an ad, you go through thses 4-5 steps where they ask you separately what's the starting price and what's the shipping charge. Hard to imagine that Angela did that by mistake. Just my HO here. __________________ Dimitri's_Collectibles

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02-06-2006, 09:20 AM	#14 (permalink)
mysteryscribe TPF Junkie! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in the middle of north carolina Posts: 6,076 My Photos Are OK to Edit	Sounds to me like the classic "Gotya" adv that runs through there....

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