[SEL] Postage Rates eBay

Al Harris al.harris at rustic-engines.com
Wed Jan 6 13:28:38 PST 2016


  The BIG players are the greedy money players Bill. I don't blame 
institutions, I blame the "humans" controlling them. They are destroying 
our world, they just can't see it, or they don't care. It is often 
driven by share-holder/investor pressure. Yep, large numbers of little 
people can also have a devastating effect on pricing.

  I can't wait for some forward thinking seller to set up a parts 
distribution center of old engine parts in Hong Kong. Postage from there 
to Australia is awesomely cheap (or free). I would be one of many in Oz 
that have turned away from sourcing parts from the US, not because of 
unit price, because of exorbitant postage. Sometimes the postage is a 
lot higher than the whole project, let alone the part cost. j

Al Harris
Summer Clarence Coast
Oz

On 07-Jan-16 07:36, Bill Brueck wrote:
> Mark has articulated the issues of International selling with eBay very
> well.  Oh, if there were only a good alternative to selling, but there
> isn't...the power of a near monopoly.
>
> And eBay ain't the same company that Meg Whitman built originally.  Would be
> nice to return to those days, but time moves on...
>
> I would add that I used to ship international quite a bit, but about 2010 or
> so when USPS overhauled their rates, the international rates went through
> the roof.  I suspect there was just less political fallout from raising
> international rates than raising domestic rates.  International sales pretty
> much dried up for me after that.  I've wondered if that has contributed to
> our balance of trade problems, but I don't know how millions of small
> transactions weigh against what the big players do...maybe we don't matter
> much.
>
>> Bill Brueck
> Pine Island, MN, USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Mark Shulaw
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 1:43 PM
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> Subject: Re: [SEL] Postage Rates eBay
>
> Another thing people have to know and understand is that if you ask a seller
> a question through the Ebay communication system it is not a secure email.
> You know what a I mean the Ask a Seller a Question thing? Ebay can read
> those. They are allowed to read them especially if they suspect a deal is
> being managed outside of the ebay purchase system that does not allow them
> to collect a commission, Fee Avoidance. So If you want to get the best price
> on the part and shipping you have to get the question and answer outside of
> the Ebay
> system. I will reply to requests with a simple reply like    frappi
> AT wcoil DOT com   and hope that the receiver understands and
> reformats it to the proper frappi at wcoil.com  then email's me directly so
> that we can be secure in out communications. If you initiating the email
> would do the same with your email it can speed things up.  If ebay catches
> you trying to deal outside of the sales system they will suspend you and
> some times close your account.  Phone numbers can
> also be sent using the format of   4one9-3 five 8  5 two 0
> six   Otherwise they will filter out the email address and phone numbers.
>    Also if you buy or sell on ebay when you do this you can get your trading
> partners email out of the deal information and contact them directly for
> further dealing.
>
>
>
>
> At 02:47 AM 1/5/2016, you wrote:
>> Hello, Question for you all, I've only just noticed the eBay postage
>> rate on some items,
>>
>> Are out of this world. This is from the USA and England.
>>
>> I've been looking for a Rota Button for a SR2 magneto, I found one but
>> they wanted $40 AUD for postage.
>>
>> I asked them if this was correct, and got told " take it or leave it"
>> it's up to you?
>>
>> It's the same with the USA asked again about the postage quoted on a
>> Magneto cover for a SR2.
>>
>> Got told they'd do a deal, but then saw the price on the cover jump
>> about
>> $20 USD.
>>
>> Some funny people out there.
>>
>> Is this eBay's doing or just the sellers?
>>
>> So if you can keep an eye on SR2 parts for me I'd appreciate it.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> Queensland
>>
>> Australia.
>>
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