Re: Fair value for the Apple II on eBay

["Apple2Steward" <none@none.net>]

"drkenb" <kbuchholz1107@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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On Jan 13, 8:58 pm, Michael <michael.pohore...@gmail.com> wrote:

> What kills me is the shipping costs. $50 for a //c, then 
> another $50 to ship it. Ouch. Wish I had a better idea what 
> "reasonable" US Postal Shipping costs by weight was ... :/

Hi Michael - Typically, "shipping" is actually "shipping & 
handling"
and includes not only the cost of the shipper/carrier (USPS, 
FedEx,
UPS, etc.) but also the cost of the site fees (eBay, Bonanza, 
etc.),
PayPal fees, and the cost of packing supplies, which are not 
cheap.

Shipping and handling should be just that - shipping and 
handling.  Site fees/payment processor fees are not a part of 
"handling".  If you are charging additional fees, they are really 
surcharges and violate ebay policy:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-surcharges.html

If you are doing this, Buyers may ding you for excessive shipping 
charges.

I typically do not offer "free shipping" because I would have to 
roll
those S&H costs into the cost of the item and eBay fees would be
higher since they calculate FVF fees sans S&H costs.

That is being changed:

http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/news/feeupdate2011.html