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Shipping Costs - It's a Game
May 13, 2020 07:58:07 #
The cost of sending/receiving packages is like buying a seat on a plane. Prices vary widely. My favorite is free shipping, of course. Looking on eBay, some items are cheap, but shipping is unusually high. I saw an item for $2.50, rather than $25.00, but the shipping cost was $30. I was about to buy a shirt advertised on UU, but the shipping charge was almost the same as the price of the shirt. I did buy an item advertised here with free shipping, but I have to wait for it to arrive from China. I'll post it (non-photographic item) when it arrives.
I looked online for stamps, and Amazon sells them, but they charge more than the face value. Sixty stamps cost $47.95, which is almost $0.80 per stamp. The USPS charges $1.30 to deliver a book of stamps, so you have to decide if $1.30 is worth driving to the PO and waiting on a line.
I looked online for stamps, and Amazon sells them, but they charge more than the face value. Sixty stamps cost $47.95, which is almost $0.80 per stamp. The USPS charges $1.30 to deliver a book of stamps, so you have to decide if $1.30 is worth driving to the PO and waiting on a line.
May 13, 2020 08:02:41 #
If buying on-line from abroad, it is a good tax dodge to heavily discount the goods and hype up the cost of P&P.
May 13, 2020 08:08:26 #
jerryc41 wrote:
The cost of sending/receiving packages is like buy... (show quote)
I just write a check to the P.O. and put it in a postal envelope and the next day or 2 I'll have my stamps. $10 for 20 stamps.
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May 13, 2020 08:28:08 #
jerryc41 wrote:
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I looked online for stamps, and Amazon sells them, but they charge more than the face value. Sixty stamps cost $47.95, which is almost $0.80 per stamp. The USPS charges $1.30 to deliver a book of stamps, so you have to decide if $1.30 is worth driving to the PO and waiting on a line.
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I looked online for stamps, and Amazon sells them, but they charge more than the face value. Sixty stamps cost $47.95, which is almost $0.80 per stamp. The USPS charges $1.30 to deliver a book of stamps, so you have to decide if $1.30 is worth driving to the PO and waiting on a line.
If they sold them at face value, there would be no profit.
May 13, 2020 12:52:42 #
TomC. wrote:
I just write a check to the P.O. and put it in a postal envelope and the next day or 2 I'll have my stamps. $10 for 20 stamps.
May 13, 2020 21:19:30 #
May 13, 2020 21:47:33 #
Delderby wrote:
If buying on-line from abroad, it is a good tax dodge to heavily discount the goods and hype up the cost of P&P.
Along the same lines, I wonder if companies like eBay and Amazon charge based on “sales price”. If they do, the seller would have an incentive to charge a lower “price” and higher “shipping amount”.
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May 14, 2020 02:49:50 #
rehess wrote:
Along the same lines, I wonder if companies like eBay and Amazon charge based on “sales price”. If they do, the seller would have an incentive to charge a lower “price” and higher “shipping amount”.
Is this why Ebay encourage "free shipping" - which is likely to push up the sales price - and their commission?
May 14, 2020 06:38:37 #
Delderby wrote:
Is this why Ebay encourage "free shipping" - which is likely to push up the sales price - and their commission?
eBay wants more sales because they get a commission on each one. Some sellers want to make money on the shipping charge, too. I've paid for fast shipping and got Media Mail speed instead. Of course, someone has to pay to get the item to the buyer, but no one wants to do that.
May 14, 2020 06:46:27 #
jerryc41 wrote:
The cost of sending/receiving packages is like buy... (show quote)
Have you tried this?...I haven't but know those who have. https://www.stamps.com/
May 14, 2020 06:51:13 #
OnDSnap wrote:
Have you tried this?...I haven't but know those who have. https://www.stamps.com/
No, I haven't because they charge for their service, which is understandable. I prefer paying $0.55 for a $0.55 stamp.
One service I really like is click 'N Ship, from the postal service. I print and pay for postage at home and just drop the package off at the PO.
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May 14, 2020 07:10:33 #
lehighjack
Loc: somewhere in FL
jerryc41 wrote:
eBay wants more sales because they get a commission on each one. Some sellers want to make money on the shipping charge, too. I've paid for fast shipping and got Media Mail speed instead. Of course, someone has to pay to get the item to the buyer, but no one wants to do that.
Ebay charges commission on the Total charge for items sold. Years ago, Sellers would lowball the item and charge high shipping, at the time eBay charged fees on item cost. It did not take too long for eBay to change policies. Recently, I perused a Turntable model, one Seller listed $299.00 with free shipping, another for the same new item listed the TT for $229, plus $69.00 for shipping. Some shoppers would gravitate towards the lower purchase price. BTW, both Sellers cited USPS, insured as shipping method.
May 14, 2020 07:36:57 #
LoisCroft
Loc: Jonesborough, Tennessee
I often buy stamps at my mailbox. The post office gives you a bright orange envelope in which you put a check and fill in the front of the envelope saying which stamps you want and how many. The next day your postal carrier delivers them.
May 14, 2020 07:40:30 #
OnDSnap wrote:
Have you tried this?...I haven't but know those who have. https://www.stamps.com/
I signed up for that. I figured it would be convenient to be able to print stamps when I needed them.
The catch is you pay monthly for the service whether or not you use them.
When I found out they were charging me I called up to cancel and get my money back.
They only gave me one month back.
It’s a rip off.
May 14, 2020 07:43:24 #
jerryc41 wrote:
eBay wants more sales because they get a commission on each one. Some sellers want to make money on the shipping charge, too. I've paid for fast shipping and got Media Mail speed instead. Of course, someone has to pay to get the item to the buyer, but no one wants to do that.
https://www.costco.com/usps-first-class-forever-flag-stamp-100-count.product.100404247.html
Ask any cashier the next time you go in.
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