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and there's one bid on it!! Is that little Tyco really worth $101?!?!
 
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Look at all of his items. He's got $25 C for comic books. It's not a mistake. For little dolls he's got $56 C.
 
Everybody is talking about the shipping, nobody has even noticed it's an Athearn Hustler, not a Tyco switcher.
 
bnsf971 said:
Everybody is talking about the shipping, nobody has even noticed it's an Athearn Hustler, not a Tyco switcher.
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Just like everyone else that doesn't know anything about model railroading; if it was in a Tyco box then it's a Tyco.
 
When I bid, I take into account the shipping cost. If my personal limit is $25.00 and the guy wants to charge $18.00 for shipping, my max bid is $7.00. It solves that issue quickly for me.
 
Railrunner130 said:
When I bid, I take into account the shipping cost. If my personal limit is $25.00 and the guy wants to charge $18.00 for shipping, my max bid is $7.00. It solves that issue quickly for me.
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Just about the same way I do it. At least that way a person doesn't feel like they are being ripped off but feels comfortable with the price paid for an item..

I did ask him about shipping but haven't got anything back yet.
 
That is a way to not pay the fee's for ebay and paypal. If it sells for $1.00 with $99.00 shipping, the fee's are for the one dollar. The real cost is the shipping not the biding.

Buzz.
 


blvdbuzzard said:
That is a way to not pay the fee's for ebay and paypal. If it sells for $1.00 with $99.00 shipping, the fee's are for the one dollar. The real cost is the shipping not the biding.

Buzz.
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eBay now also charges a % of shipping in an effort to put an end to this practice. So as a seller you generally have an insertion fee (unless it's free), final value fee, % on shipping, and PayPal gets their cut too.
 
With a shipping cost like that I wouldn't give it a second look. Usually when I shop on Ebay I look only at the Buy It Now items with Free Shipping and keep the total as low as possible. Last batch of five locos I picked up there cost me $30 and I rebuilt three of them which I now run on my layout.
 
Along with ebay's "final value fee" there is now a "final value shipping fee".
This was brought about by people selling for one dollar then charging high amounts for shipping to make up for the loss.
It hurts legit sellers like me who sell RR surplus and have to pay a percentage of shipping for large items, sometimes as high as a couple hundred dollars.
As for ebay purchases I always check the shipping first, I got stung a few times with shipping.
 
blvdbuzzard said:
That is a way to not pay the fee's for ebay and paypal. If it sells for $1.00 with $99.00 shipping, the fee's are for the one dollar. The real cost is the shipping not the biding.

Buzz.
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Nope, eBay now charges their fees on shipping costs too, to prevent such runarounds.
 
What it brought an end to was people trying to skirt Ebay getting their cut.

Ebay created their marketplace... and now they want their money for doing just that.
 
I do not really use the evil bay. I now know they have changed the rules. It only takes a few to mess up a good thing for the rest.

Seems people are always looking to scam some on out of something. If they would work as hard to make it in an honest way, they would have millions.


Buzz.
 
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