20 Jun
2025
20 Jun
'25
2:46 p.m.
It’s not just that shipping is “too expensive”, it can be a huge hassle depending on the
items. For large and/or heavy items, the seller may not have the time, materials,
expertise, or ability to properly box or crate the items for shipping and find a carrier
that will pick it up.
If you see an item you really want that says “local pickup only” you can probably get
the seller to agree to still sell it to you if you are willing to arrange all
packing/shipping. He likely doesn’t care whether or not the buyer is the actual person
arriving at his door to pick up the item, as long as he doesn’t have to do anything other
than point to it.
Frank
On Jun 20, 2025, at 4:09 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I'm always puzzled by "local only" offers. It's expected that
shipping costs get added, but why would a seller make a decision that shipping is
"too expensive"? Logically the buyer should decide that, and if the buyer will
pay the shipping, even if pricy, why not do the transaction?
paul
On Jun 20, 2025, at 4:41 PM, Henry Bent via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I offered a working 11/23 with 1MB of RAM and a DEQNA, plus an MFM drive,
on this board somewhat recently and had no takers because it was local
pickup only in NE Ohio. The people who are interested in this stuff are
really few and far between. Sadly, the cost of shipping it freight
probably outweighs the money you would get back by parting it out on eBay.
-Henry