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Re: How to deal with eBay and spiteful buyers?
« on: December 03, 2008, 10:50:28 PM »
Sorry to hear about that.

Like you said, all your costs are visible and up-front, so who can complain?  Sadly, we have bred a society where a sizeable chunk of it thinks it deserves everything and has to earn nothing.  This is probably reflected in your ratings with people wondering how you have the nerve to ask for a penny more than the actual shipping price on the box, with no thought about time & effort, the cost of the box, the cost of the packing, etc.
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Re: How to deal with eBay and spiteful buyers?
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2008, 04:03:06 PM »
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Ideal wrote:Also Redrumloa knows how to get paid, and seems to be raking in the dosh, so I don't see why he has to charge a handling fee. It's silly when you are charging 185USD for an old commodore floppy drive. When you are at that price level I think it is a bit rude to charge for handling.


Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I would like to present "Exhibit A" to my earlier argument.   :lol:
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Re: How to deal with eBay and spiteful buyers?
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2008, 04:06:44 PM »
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I think $11.75US a bit steep for shipping a floppy disc is abit steep


When it is well packed, has tracking and insurance it seems like a fair proce to me.

If it's an old C64 floppy then weight-wise it's like mailing a laptop!  :-D
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Re: How to deal with eBay and spiteful buyers?
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2008, 07:02:17 PM »
I must admit that I have complained about shipping once, and that was when Elbox wanted nearly $40 to send me a couple of ROM chips from Europe.  Now that was kicking the ass out of it.  :-)
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