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That is me to Ski. I can’t get to the post office very often and the online calculator is really off sometimes, so I guess based on past shipping amounts. Sometimes I lose money, sometimes I get extra…I never know. Like recently I sold a lot of 13 pairs of jeans. I said in the auction it would be 15 bucks to ship. I think it came to like 13 but I paid for tracking…and a box and gas and whatnot. So no…i don’t plan on worring about it. I never say in my auctions that I charge exact. I just guesstimate!
whippetluv wrote:That is me to Ski. I can’t get to the post office very often and the online calculator is really off sometimes, so I guess based on past shipping amounts. Sometimes I lose money, sometimes I get extra…I never know. Like recently I sold a lot of 13 pairs of jeans. I said in the auction it would be 15 bucks to ship. I think it came to like 13 but I paid for tracking…and a box and gas and whatnot. So no…i don’t plan on worring about it. I never say in my auctions that I charge exact. I just guesstimate!
One time I quoted $12 shipping to the UK for a Ki rin, and it was $25!!! I totally lost money on that one. Its a craps shoot some times. I want to get on Ebays live help when I am listing, but I hate waiting the 11 minutes for an agent. 😆 🙄
I charge for the packing materials which includes bubblewrap and biodegradable peanuts and the box/mailer itself, it’s usually about $5.
Every time I get shipped stuff I save all the bubble wrap and stuff to reuse. I’ve got 5 boxes of peanuts in my workshop….not to mention bubble paper, newspaper and boxes. It saves me a chunk of $$.
I know some people have definite feelings about this. Personally, I don’t mind being charged $5-10 more if it’s stated upfront, or if I ask for extra packaging, then I offer to add some $$, if the original shipping prices were very reasonable.
On the flip side, I’m an overly picky shipper. If I have the packaging material, then I won’t charge. The only reason I would condsider it, if the item took a long time to package properly (but then I would have figured that and added it to the asking price to start with). The only other reason I would consider it if I had to purchase new packing material for the item.
As a buyer I was burned big time by http://www.noblecollection.com/.They charged something like $15-20 for shipping for a broach I ordered and half of that was a handling charge. It wasn’t like it was carefully packaged or anything. What a rip off. Needless to say I always think twice before ordering anything from them. And the quality of the broach was terrible, but it sure wasn’t reflected in the price of $70. Needless to say it was returned. 👿
Gee darn, I ramble! Sorry…. 😳
places like that, and other catelogs, tend to bas shipping and handling on the cost, not the size or quantity.
gryphondreamer wrote:places like that, and other catelogs, tend to bas shipping and handling on the cost, not the size or quantity.
Yes, very true.
SilverArrow wrote:As a buyer I was burned big time by http://www.noblecollection.com/.They charged something like $15-20 for shipping for a broach I ordered and half of that was a handling charge. It wasn’t like it was carefully packaged or anything. What a rip off. Needless to say I always think twice before ordering anything from them. And the quality of the broach was terrible, but it sure wasn’t reflected in the price of $70. Needless to say it was returned. 👿
This is good to know. At one point I was thinking about ordering some LOTR stuff from them, but now I’m glad that I didn’t.
I did get an Evenstar pendant from this place. I think their version is better than Noble Collection’s, and their service was good too.
mimitrek wrote:SilverArrow wrote:As a buyer I was burned big time by http://www.noblecollection.com/.They charged something like $15-20 for shipping for a broach I ordered and half of that was a handling charge. It wasn’t like it was carefully packaged or anything. What a rip off. Needless to say I always think twice before ordering anything from them. And the quality of the broach was terrible, but it sure wasn’t reflected in the price of $70. Needless to say it was returned. 👿
This is good to know. At one point I was thinking about ordering some LOTR stuff from them, but now I’m glad that I didn’t.
I did get an Evenstar pendant from this place. I think their version is better than Noble Collection’s, and their service was good too.
I really like those Mimi.
And Noble looks like they have nice items, but then again looks can be deceiving.dragonessjade wrote:I really like those Mimi.
Thanks! That website has some nice stuff. I’m going to check later and see if they’ve gotten any new stuff that I want (I haven’t checked it for over a year).
dragonessjade wrote:And Noble looks like they have nice items, but then again looks can be deceiving.
Apparently! 🙂
Interesting how opinions can vary. I have several LOTR pieces from the Noble Collection and I like all of them. 😕
dragonessjade wrote:mimitrek wrote:SilverArrow wrote:As a buyer I was burned big time by http://www.noblecollection.com/.They charged something like $15-20 for shipping for a broach I ordered and half of that was a handling charge. It wasn’t like it was carefully packaged or anything. What a rip off. Needless to say I always think twice before ordering anything from them. And the quality of the broach was terrible, but it sure wasn’t reflected in the price of $70. Needless to say it was returned. 👿
This is good to know. At one point I was thinking about ordering some LOTR stuff from them, but now I’m glad that I didn’t.
I did get an Evenstar pendant from this place. I think their version is better than Noble Collection’s, and their service was good too.
I really like those Mimi.
And Noble looks like they have nice items, but then again looks can be deceiving.im on a harry potter crafts mailling list and people have complained about teh shoddiness of the merchandise they have recieved there. and a few people ahve complained that it is not authentic enough too. 🙄
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