Thread: Postage is a bit excessive!

And so is the postage on this!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Netgear-WG511...QQcmdZViewItem

Ron

At first I thought he was just trying to reduce his eBay fees by loading the postage charges...but he's answered a question saying he's happy to allow a local pick-up, so someone's going to get a bargain if it stays near that price.

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My take on those whom whinge about ebay postage

Originally Posted by p38arover

And so is the postage on this!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Netgear-WG511...QQcmdZViewItem

Ron

For some reason the postage quoted from the UK is hardly ever correct although if advertised on Ebay I think they would enforce it.
I recently bought an item from Xeng in the UK. The postage was double what the item was worth. I emailed them and they looked into the postage cost and said the postage calculator (or whatever) was wrong from the site they got the prices from. They ended up reducing the postge costs by about 400percent which made the item affordable.

Ian

In the case of the RRS headlight, that $60 does include regisatration and insurance and it will be bulky so the real figure may be high.

In the case of the wifi card from the UK, that a blatant rip-off. He's a commercial seller who would be doing regular mailings.

I tend to avoid buying from the UK as postage costs are very high. The USA is much better.

Ron

will the headlight fit the P38 or are you finaly upgrading to something else? I think with the amount the p38 costs you in repairs you could be paying for a RRS.

Originally Posted by dobbo

will the headlight fit the P38 or are you finaly upgrading to something else? I think with the amount the p38 costs you in repairs you could be paying for a RRS.

No, just checking what for sale for RR. I can't afford to keep the P38A and I can't afford to replace it with another 4WD.

There is no way I could afford to buy a new 4WD.

Ron

Originally Posted by p38arover

I tend to avoid buying from the UK as postage costs are very high. The USA is much better.

Ron

Postage from UK and Europe is extraordinarily expensive. There is no longer a sea mail service from there. A friend got a set of operation, parts and repair manuals from Poland for a milling machine,and another from Ukraine for a seven ton cylindrical grinder. The air mail charges were respectively (round figures), Poland A$400, Ukraine A$220, for admittedly quite impressive stacks of books. As from May 14 this year there is no longer a sea mail service from the U.S. Post Office to Australia. I have been warning my regular clients to expect price increases, severe in some cases, as my sea-mail stock is depleted and replaced by air-mail. I no longer buy from UK/Europe except where there is no alternative and impress upon the client that the exact shipping cost will be charged to them and it could be substantial.