Re: (TV) I've got the e-bay buyer blues

[eric gregory <crackcity_2000@yahoo.com>]

actually, i oughta chime in here as i'm a shipping clerk by day & i send stuff overseas (sending postal, it's charged by weight, not by size unless it's oversized, something an LP most certainly isn't) & i could send a vinyl lp well-packed first class for under 5 bucks to the UK.
global priority would run around $10-11 & that guarantees delivery in 3 business days.
insurance would add another buck to the total.
i KNOW ebay sellers who make money by overcharging shipping...as far as i'm concerned, that's just the nature of the game.
 
 Andy Ferguson <afne04343@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:In my experience Leo , $8 for an LP shipped to USA is very good value .
To adequently pack an LP and get it across the Atlantic would probably cost
more than that .

You would want the product to arrive safely now , wouldn't you :-)

Andy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Casey, Leo J" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 7:44 PM
Subject: (TV) I've got the e-bay buyer blues


> Speaking of e-bay, I'm probably not telling
> anyone on MM List anything they don't already
> suspect, but I have made several purchases
> both in USA and UK where the S&H (postal charge)
> was ridiculously high.
>
> The sellers are making extra profit by inflating
> the true mailing costs.
>
> Just to make this slightly on topic:
> a couple of days ago I bought on e-bay
> a Japanese pressing of the LP "Flash Light".
> The seller in UK charged me $8.00 SHIPPING
> (no insurance included).
>
> Even from USA e-bay sellers I've
> frequently had to pay $4-5,
> which is often more than I pay for
> the item itself.
>
> Do you [the mm list] think my complaint about
> being overcharged for postal is unreasonable?
>
> Leo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark G. Ryan
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 2:26 PM
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: (TV) (long OT) Re: bootleg
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