VermilionFire wrote:For the second set of auctions in a row, I've had a buyer purchase insurance ($1.35) for an item won for 99 cents. Am I missing something here?
Beyondthebreach wrote:Guys, don't read too much into this . . . the truth is that there are a lot of, umm . . . let's say "clueless" buyers out there. The more inexpensive items you sell, the more you see this kind of thing. I've had dozens and dozens of buyers purchase insurance on items valued $4.00 and less. I've also had many, many buyers purchase mulitiple items and then pay for shipping right away . . . which means ebay simply adds the costs together as I haven't combined the charges.So, if someone buys 8 modules at an average of $5.00 each, they then choose Priority mail at $5.25 each for a total of $40 in mods and $42 shipping! Sometimes they even add on insurance - in this case 8 x 1.35 for a total of $10.80 in insurance! All this means I have to send them a big refund and waste some of my time . . . I guess I could just keep it , but I never do . . . sometimes I deduct $0.50 more for the extra effort, but that's about it.
flying_purple_monkfish wrote:I'm currently dealing with a buyer who didn't seem to think it might be a good idea to ask how much it would cost me to send two very heavy hardbacks to the US from the UK... so of course, when they won and I saw their address I went "wtf!?"together the books cost £14... shipping is gonna be about 50! surely it would have been cheaper for them to just buy the damned books from the us? it's not like they're rare.. it's a fricken 3.5 dmg and a monster manual!some people are idiots
flying_purple_monkfish wrote:According to royal mail it does.. they're goddamned heavy. Airmail is about 30 odd quid or something... but it's a ridiculous amount whatever it is... I was reading the royal mail and ups quotes and going "OMG! wtf!?"Since royal mail brought in their new rules it's made posting things to the us much much more pricy... EU no worries, within the Uk it's fairly cheap... anywhere else, and you're looking at about twice what the actual item's worth just to ship!