+davidcalgary29 Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 Any thoughts on "mandatory" shipping costs for items within the same city? I recently purchased an item on eBay and was required to pay $$ to have an item shipped to me even though I offered to pick up this item myself. The buyer did mention the "mandatory" shipping cost in the advertisement, and he did ship the item quickly as promised. Is this a "fair" shipping cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 Did the seller agree to let you pick it up? And if so, the seller *still* demanded that you pay the shipping cost? I think that's unreasonable and I'd just make him ship the damn thing to you if he's going to make you pay the shipping cost. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydian Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 I've had a guy who was going to charge me half of the shipping if I picked it up. He came right out and told me that he uses the shipping to make a few bucks without paying Ebay. Needless to say, I didn't bid on his item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Siegler Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 This just makes my bacon sizzle. Pisses me off like the guy I have been talking about on the other thread in tis topic. Charging half price on shipping if you pick it up? Mandatory shipping charges? How about a mandatory kick in the ass for dumb ass things like that??? Damn, does this s**t really piss me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted December 28, 2002 Author Share Posted December 28, 2002 I'll let everyone decide if I got "ripped off" with those "mandatory" shipping costs. Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=1943392739 Yes, the ending price was high -- but 8-bit stuff is getting incredibly hard to find in Western Canada! My only slight complaint (and certainly not worthy of negative feedback) with the entire transaction was that I had to wait for the package to arrive in the mail...and accept attendant risks shipping with Canada Post et. al. (I needed that disk drive!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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