Ever buy something that cost seller more to ship it than the final auction price

[Ares]

I bought some prelim artwork that cost me $13 total . (Auction and shipping)

When I got it it turns out it cost the seller $16 to ship it!

 

 

Ever happen to you?

[buttock]

I just bought a book for $2 that cost $4 to ship.

[jeff2004]

Hellz ya! I bought a lot of like 20 Valiant Comics for like $2. I think shipping was at least $5 on that.

[Bugaboo-migration]

I think what Ares is saying is that he paid $13 total for the item.......and that this included the shipping charge.

 

Then, the seller spent $16 just to ship it.

[BachelorOfComix]

I think what Ares is saying is that he paid $13 total for the item.......and that this included the shipping charge.

 

Then, the seller spent $16 just to ship it.

It's a confusing topic but I believe you are correct........

[Proverbs22_2]

I just bought a book off ebay that was $.01, with $3.00 shipping...

 

-Joe

[BachelorOfComix]

I just bought a book off ebay that was $.01, with $3.00 shipping...

 

-Joe

Did it cost the seller more to ship it to you?

[MrNice-migration]

What can you do? Not the seller's fault. Even when free samples are offered by companies on a trial basis, the product is technically "free". The $5.99 or whatever is for postage and handling, and most of the time, you look at the metered label and it cost $4.00 plus in postage!!

 

Look what it costs to send a comic to England, airmail / delivery confirmed even without declaring insured value! If the book was only a $20 item, it could run as much as 65% of the win price just to post it!!!

[BachelorOfComix]

What can you do? Not the seller's fault. Even when free samples are offered by companies on a trial basis, the product is technically "free". The $5.99 or whatever is for postage and handling, and most of the time, you look at the metered label and it cost $4.00 plus in postage!!

 

Look what it costs to send a comic to England, airmail / delivery confirmed even without declaring insured value! If the book was only a $20 item, it could run as much as 65% of the win price just to post it!!!

This is a confusing topic & I think you misunderstand. Ares paid $13 for the item with shipping. It cost the seller $16 to ship it. The seller LOST $3.

[shadroch]

i ordered 10 copies of a comic,XMen 176 at a 50% discount but by the time they arrived it cost me around $8.00 for books I could sell at 60 cents.I've usually had the opposite experiance like the time a seller charged $17.00 to ship six combined auctions that cost him about six dollars.

[Aces]

Maybe he was just happy to get it out of underfoot so he didn't mind a few dollars loss.

 

Sometimes that junk piles up...