Franc, my criticism is not about you making extra money from shipping in the first place. I much more critize that you choose an extremely expensive shipping option and make your BUYER pay the bill. If I supposed to pay an extra $28 on lobby card, merely for the seller's piece of mind, I will usually prefer not to do business with this person.
You don't think that even over here I could get full insurance coverage at the $10 basic rate I charge to my buyers? Guess what, I can't. Instead, I pay for a transport policy as part of my gallery insurance, that will cover me on expensive items (basically anything worth $500 or more). Obviously, this is not for free, On any cheaper items, I simply cover a potential loss myself, I write this off to 'customer service' and take it into consideration when I calculate my ASKING PRICES. Personally, I hate it when I see a $50 item become a $90 item with shipping, and I know that a vast number of my clients feel the same. If I were to take your approach, my minimum postage fees would be around $50 to $80, depending on location. To each his own, but I refuse to do this, and instead I've chosen to live with the every-day risk of facing one of those evil, lying Europeans. Helmut Am 12.12.2011 um 20:39 schrieb Franc: > Helmut --- I just shipped a lobby by Priority International. It weighed > 1.9 oz with my packaging and it required additional insurance. That's why it > cost $40. There was no overcharge and you shouldn't insinuate there was. > There's no reason to be so nasty on a forum in which we are exchanging > information. FRANC > > From: Helmut Hamm [mailto:texasmu...@web.de] > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:07 PM > To: Franc; mop...@sol03.american.edu > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron > > Franc, > > you're saying > >> It costs almost $40 to ship a lobby card from NY to England by Priority >> International. > > Since you're a professional, I figure you should know what you're talking > about here... Yet, for mere curiosity's sake, I just checked the actual cost > on usps.com: I assumed a weight of one pound, which we both know is ample for > a single lobby card, and I further assumed the package cannot bent easily. If > purchased online, the actual cost is $28.03, $29.50 at the post office > counter so that would be an overcharge of $11.97, respectively $10.50. > > Now, when Rich (rightfully) complained about an overcharge of a mere $5 you > gave the following advice: > > I recommend you leave him a negative feedback and explain why in the > comments and report him to Ebay for charging excessive postage. He's an > idiot. FRANC > > Cheers, > > Helmut Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
