Here is his reply:
Dear Tracy:
Thank you for your concern regarding the Ebay policy. However this transaction doesn't violate ebay policy i.e. circumvention of fees. The ebay policy prohibit the following
Unreasonable shipping or handling costs - Listings with low prices but unreasonably high shipping or handling costs.
Here we don't have a low price with an unreasonable high shipping or handling cost as the item is priced at $110 (small to some but not most) and the shipping & HANDLING charge is only $50 no t even half. In addition, I find that most sellers in every business fail to charge sufficient amounts to cover shipping and handling as they forget that there is a handling cost which includes, time value of money, vehicles, wear and tear, vehicle insurance, time and gasoline which on an SUV aint cheap. Not to mention lines and supplies. Not only is the aforementioned a cost for travel to a shipping center but also to procurement centers for supplies. In addition, we have to consider that in a week a seller may not sell more than one item thus this cost must be born by one item. This means that the seller has to charge shipping to cover those cost if he or she sells one low cost item and has to ship it.
I wish each buyer was right next door so I could hand them the item for $110 + $2 walking fee..but they aren't. Unfortunately they are everywhere so I have to use intemediaries which impose a substantial transaction cost..including discussion of shipping and handling fees. LOL.
I insure all of my items personally i.e. I am prepared to pay out of my pocket the amount due the buyer if the package does not arrive. This is not cheap. However, if these costs are not captured then I would not be able to sell the items and the customers would suffer.
I do understand how sometimes we can see something and want it on impulse before we have the chance to evaluate the entire offer. Trust me I laughed when I read you initial email because I have done the samething. So, if you don't want the item let me know so it can be relisted and I would ask that you forward the relisting fee of $2.80 to my paypal account. Thanks again Tracy and I look forward to your reply.
Which his whole argument is total moote (sp?) regarding 'handling' because he isn't consistent in his auctions with shipping/handling!! Next step??
Dear Tracy:
Thank you for your concern regarding the Ebay policy. However this transaction doesn't violate ebay policy i.e. circumvention of fees. The ebay policy prohibit the following
Unreasonable shipping or handling costs - Listings with low prices but unreasonably high shipping or handling costs.
Here we don't have a low price with an unreasonable high shipping or handling cost as the item is priced at $110 (small to some but not most) and the shipping & HANDLING charge is only $50 no t even half. In addition, I find that most sellers in every business fail to charge sufficient amounts to cover shipping and handling as they forget that there is a handling cost which includes, time value of money, vehicles, wear and tear, vehicle insurance, time and gasoline which on an SUV aint cheap. Not to mention lines and supplies. Not only is the aforementioned a cost for travel to a shipping center but also to procurement centers for supplies. In addition, we have to consider that in a week a seller may not sell more than one item thus this cost must be born by one item. This means that the seller has to charge shipping to cover those cost if he or she sells one low cost item and has to ship it.
I wish each buyer was right next door so I could hand them the item for $110 + $2 walking fee..but they aren't. Unfortunately they are everywhere so I have to use intemediaries which impose a substantial transaction cost..including discussion of shipping and handling fees. LOL.
I insure all of my items personally i.e. I am prepared to pay out of my pocket the amount due the buyer if the package does not arrive. This is not cheap. However, if these costs are not captured then I would not be able to sell the items and the customers would suffer.
I do understand how sometimes we can see something and want it on impulse before we have the chance to evaluate the entire offer. Trust me I laughed when I read you initial email because I have done the samething. So, if you don't want the item let me know so it can be relisted and I would ask that you forward the relisting fee of $2.80 to my paypal account. Thanks again Tracy and I look forward to your reply.
Which his whole argument is total moote (sp?) regarding 'handling' because he isn't consistent in his auctions with shipping/handling!! Next step??
