Re: [NTLK] Variety Shop problems

From: John Ruschmeyer (jruschme_at_mac.com)
Date: Tue Apr 09 2002 - 21:40:16 EDT


> From: Grant C. Brunson
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 6:18 PM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Variety Shop problems
>
>
> I too had a little trouble with Phillydiscounters / Variety shop. I won a
> 2100 on eBay from them. They charged me $15.00 for shipping,
> spent $5.00 on
> the postage and didnšt bother to insure the package. I found this out
> during a brief scare when my post office was unable to locate my package.
> Needless to say, a couple of days after the post office lost the package,
> the e-mails I sent requesting the information they had about the
> shipping so
> I could file my claim, were ignored. $15.00 for shipping and no
> insurance?
> Give me a break...

Yours came US Post? That's interesting... mine (from Phillydiscounters, if
that makes a difference) came FedEx. (Interesting package... it was a UPS
2-day box sent via FedEx.)

Not to defend them, but shipping is always the gotcha with ebay. My
experience is that a lot of sellers charge S&H which seems high enough to be
an income in itself. In this case, I suspect they have a flat rate which
covers any possible way of sending the package, but send it based on
whatever is convenient that day. (Though I am surprised by the lack of
insurance on a $130 item.)

Not the greatest sellers, though probably not the worst, either.

<<<john>>>

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