[78-L] e-bay

[Michael Biel]

I agree with Taylor, because I always consider shipping costs when
bidding or ordering.  BUT, for $74 shipping I would expect the record to
be hand delivered by one of those dames who advertise in the back pages
of The Village Voice, or perhaps a Thai Slave Girl.  

Mike (I can dream, can't I) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  



From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> In the end, it's only the total price that matters...if there are a
> hundred dollars or so worth of things you want it doesn't matter if
> it's $24 for records and the rest for postage or $24 for postage and
> the rest for the records...it still comes to $98. How the seller
> wants to break it down doesn't matter to me.  Taylor

 
From: "DAVID BURNHAM" <burnhamd at rogers.com>
> > I just had an e-bay experience which I've never had before. I was
> > going to bid on a set of Viva~Tonals that was advertising a "Buy
> > now" price of around $24. Just as I was going to hit the button,
> > I noticed that the shipping costs were almost $74, (from New York
> > State to New York State). I wrote the seller, (who has 100% positive
> > feedback), to see if this was a miss-print but got no answer. A
> > second letter also got no response. I guess a lot of buyers don't
> > mind paying large shipping costs as long as they get a good 
> > price on the item.  db