[meteorite-list] Shipping theft IE HIGH CHARGES
From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:53 2004 Message-ID: <006f01c37759$4a191ba0$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006C_01C3771E.9D837C30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am in shock. I have just spent the evening perusing ebay, looking at = sellers shipping charges. It is pathetic. I truly hope that the buyers = on this list look around at prices and realize that many so called = "dealers" are blatantly ripping people off with shipping charges. I find = it pathetic. If you are a seller with constant ebay auctions, you have = no right to charge outrageous shipping charges. I do not charge for my = time, my daily trips to the post office. Selling and shipping meteorites = is my business. I just saw one dealer who is on this list, selling a 1 = gram Taza stone and adding $3.85 shipping charge. It costs .45 cents to = ship and maybe .20 cents for the envelope. NET gain for the dealer $3.00 = profit on the shipping alone.=20 If you buy from people who rip you off on the shipping, you deserve = to lose your money.=20 Mike Farmer ------=_NextPart_000_006C_01C3771E.9D837C30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am in shock. I have just spent the = evening=20 perusing ebay, looking at sellers shipping charges. It is pathetic. I = truly hope=20 that the buyers on this list look around at prices and realize that many = so=20 called "dealers" are blatantly ripping people off with shipping charges. = I find=20 it pathetic. If you are a seller with constant ebay auctions, you have = no right=20 to charge outrageous shipping charges. I do not charge for my time, my = daily=20 trips to the post office. Selling and shipping meteorites is my = business. I just=20 saw one dealer who is on this list, selling a 1 gram Taza stone and = adding $3.85=20 shipping charge. It costs .45 cents to ship and maybe .20 cents for the=20 envelope. NET gain for the dealer $3.00 profit on the shipping alone.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> If you buy from = people who rip=20 you off on the shipping, you deserve to lose your money. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_006C_01C3771E.9D837C30-- Received on Wed 10 Sep 2003 01:06:27 AM PDT |
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