Greedy E-bay idiots! - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

5 Feb 2004

There is discussion on some of the ebay community boards about this. A lot of 
the power sellers try to justify it various ways. As for myself, I always 
begin my descriptions with a big line that mentions actual shipping charges only 
and no excessive fees. Whether or not that helps remains to be seen. I have 
bypassed many an auction because the shipping and bogus handling fees were not 
acceptable for the item sold. 

In a message dated 2/5/2004 5:00:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, teoz(a)neo.rr.com 
writes:
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  Did you guys see this?

<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2592518771&category=4504
...
  5>. It's a thin manual for an EPROM programmer.
This clown wants $9.80 for
 shipping AND $2.80 for insurance (REQUIRED no less).  Actual postage for
 this via USPS bookrate is about 40 cents and insurance is 35 cents!  How do
...
  these clowns expect to stay in business!

    Joe 