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BUYER PAYS SHIPPING

pops401pops401 Member Posts: 616 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2002 in General Discussion
I won a gun in an auction last night(actually after I went to bed, found out this morning). The auction says 'buyer pays shipping' as do most auctions unless the seller states a set amount. Ihave bought many guns through this and other auctions,(did I let the cat out of the bag?)and never paid more than $25.00 shipping. The seller e-mailed me for my address so he could calculate shipping. I sent my info and went to work. Today I get home to an e-mail that says that UPS shipping is $74.00. I also told him that he needs to send positive proof of ID for my FFL. He says that that is.. strange.I sent E-MAIL , UPDATE to follow.
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  • pops401pops401 Member Posts: 616 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sorry for the vent. Thought about it and decided to delete it. NO. A lot of you guys are buyers and sellers. Is this right?POOF?
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  • AntiqueDrAntiqueDr Member Posts: 691 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Fishy. The most I ever charged in shipping was $79.00, but that was UPS Next Day Air Early AM on an Armalite AR-10 from Texas to California (buyer's request on the shipping, he gladly paid the bucks).
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  • pops401pops401 Member Posts: 616 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I didn' ask for next day. If I had, I would gladly pay the rate. Now you got me thinking, wonder if that's the price he asked for. We'll see. Ididn't mean to pi$$ him off with my reply, and I THINK I was Kinda cool. I'm talkin a $750 gun. I really want it, but I just ticked at the $
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  • 22WRF22WRF Member Posts: 3,385
    edited November -1
    Shipping is something I always look at prior to bidding. If a fixed amount and I feel itis to high I pass the item up. If it's buyer pays actual cost, that's ok. But when it's open ended i.e. "Buyer pays shipping" I will email the seller with my zip and we will establish shipping cost before I bid.
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,078 ******
    edited November -1
    You better watch out for the "Buyer pays actual cost" line, too. Show me an actual figure if you want me to bid.Sometimes, "actual cost" means the actual cost to drop the item at the local Pack & Postal, and paying them for the box, padding, labels, tape, labor, and shipping.I got a bad feedback on eBay because I refused to pay $140 to ship a television.I put an actual shipping figure in all my auctions. If I miss it by a buck or two, no big deal, but at least you know up front what it is going to cost you.
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  • timberbeasttimberbeast Member Posts: 1,738 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just sent a 60+ lb. item UPS, which I sold on Ebay. Cost me $19.52. Cost the buyer the same.
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  • pops401pops401 Member Posts: 616 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    UPDATE AS PROMISEDHe meant $24 not $74$74 was next day price.All is good. WHEWWWWW!!!!!
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