robotron911
Active member
I'm curious on the opinions here. I've sold alot of stuff on this forum and I have always taken pains to both pack with care and to ship at the lowest cost (particularly because I hate when sellers charge ridiculous shipping prices). Hell, I even custom cut down boxes to fit larger items so that shipping costs are lowered for the buyer. To that point, I normally list prices "plus actual shipping costs".
In the last few months, I've had a tremendous amount of people who PM "send me the total with shipping to xxxxx" for an item(s). I pack whatever is emailed about and get quotes from USPS, FedEx and UPS and then send back the lowest quote. For higher shipping amounts, I usually note the weight and size of the package, so the buyer can confirm the amount on their end if they want to. The "buyers" either just don't reply, say "Wow, I didn't know shipping was so expensive" (do you really think it costs less than $25 to send tube across the country), give the "I found it locally" excuse literally minutes after the quote, etc...
I'm getting tired of all the effort wasted. Would you just list stuff with shipped prices, factoring shipping to the most expensive zips and passing it on to everyone regardless of the actual cost?
Would you also start passing costs of PayPal to the buyer? PayPal is for their convenience and when I see the totals I've paid this year, that's money that comes out of my pocket for the convenience of the buyer. My fees to PayPal this year alone added up to $1700. I can buy a decent pin with that money!
What are your opinions?
In the last few months, I've had a tremendous amount of people who PM "send me the total with shipping to xxxxx" for an item(s). I pack whatever is emailed about and get quotes from USPS, FedEx and UPS and then send back the lowest quote. For higher shipping amounts, I usually note the weight and size of the package, so the buyer can confirm the amount on their end if they want to. The "buyers" either just don't reply, say "Wow, I didn't know shipping was so expensive" (do you really think it costs less than $25 to send tube across the country), give the "I found it locally" excuse literally minutes after the quote, etc...
I'm getting tired of all the effort wasted. Would you just list stuff with shipped prices, factoring shipping to the most expensive zips and passing it on to everyone regardless of the actual cost?
Would you also start passing costs of PayPal to the buyer? PayPal is for their convenience and when I see the totals I've paid this year, that's money that comes out of my pocket for the convenience of the buyer. My fees to PayPal this year alone added up to $1700. I can buy a decent pin with that money!
What are your opinions?

