I knew...

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:58 pm

that the people over charge shipping on ebay but look at this auction

DAMN!

same item

Much Much Lower

Thats outragious.

Discuss!

jedi knight · Post by **jedi knight** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:23 pm

MY GOD! $100 for shipping. That's rediculus!

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:24 pm

You can report this stuff.

toby dawg · Post by **toby dawg** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:37 pm

probably a typo

Nicholai · Post by **Nicholai** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:55 pm

This guy is making people think "Whoa, 1 cent for that game, what a deal!" and they don't LOOK at the shipping charges and end up paying a lot.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:10 pm

I've seen stuff like that on ebay, but for like Ruroni Kenshin series. They'd sell you it for 0.01 and the shipping was $45.99. I can't argue with the anime, but a game, esspeally one like that. They need to be kicked for that bull.

Post by **Triton** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:27 pm

i saw a brand new camcorder for a dollar with 899$ S&H lol

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:12 pm

Triton wrote:i saw a brand new camcorder for a dollar with 899$ S&H lol

But that's probably about right for total costs, and it works out for the seller since they don't need to pay the same listing fees

Extreme_Jesus · Post by **Extreme_Jesus** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:50 am

thats ri-goddamn-diculous

Although its probably a typo, either that or a very hopeful idiot

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:10 am

Well I heard from one person that they do that to get around taxes. The selling price can be taxed so they have pretty much all the cost represented in shipping, which isn't taxable. Though I don't know if this idea/model is true, just that someone told me that is the reason they have the autions that way.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:20 am

Report those sellers as Circumventing Fees.

elementxmaster · Post by **elementxmaster** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:29 am

psychotic_mechanic · Post by **psychotic_mechanic** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:27 pm

I'm a good ebayer, I actually use my shipping charges to pay for the shipping only (and it's damn cheap from Japan by USPS). Always check your shipping costs and if one isn't written on the auction, ask the seller before bidding. I almost bid on some system that was selling for one cent until I looked at the $149 shipping price.

I'll probably start listing some FF12 potions soon, they're going for outrageous prices on ebay, when you include shipping.

Post by **Skyone** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:50 pm

toby dawg wrote:probably a typo

No, this is a typo: Hi my name is Skoyne.

This isn't: The shipping is $1000.

What was he gonna say, $100? Even $10 is too expensive.

Post by **gannon** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:15 pm

Spiking S&H charges like that is against ebay's policy, but they've even told me themselves that they don't search out rule breakers much, they just rely on people reporting it.