Is anyone else out there a huge ebayer like I am? I rarely buy anything before I check on Ebay or Amazon and see what I can get it there for.
This morning I was looking up Android tablets because I really want a tablet and I came across this listing -
You can click on that to see it bigger.
I always check US only because I hate waiting 4 weeks to get something from China. Unless it’s something I don’t really need, I want it yesterday. I had to double check and make sure this wasn’t being shipped from Antarctica. Surely that must be it? Someone had to trudge to the ends of the Earth to get this tablet. And to ship from Antarctica, well, that has to be costly. Which shipping company raised their rates so high? I really don’t want to use them anymore.
This irked me.
It’s dishonest and a way to screw people over.
Can you imagine someone who is new to Ebay or someone who is a little naive or someone who isn’t anal about checking shipping costs like I am, placing a bid on this (some sellers do start their bids out that low knowing that they will sky rocket on the last day), and getting your invoice for $300.94? uh – duh – what?
Little old lady sitting at her computer thinking, my grandson has been talking about one of those fancy schmancy new fangled tablet thingies. He said it’s not a notebook with lined paper in it. I miss those days when lined paper made him happy. A piece of paper and a pencil could keep him busy for hours. $200. $400. $699 for an apple? Why you can get an apple at the store for $.99/lb. What is this world coming to? Oh wait, this one is only .99. I’ll get him that one. He’ll be so happy that I got him this for his birthday/Christmas/graduation/etc. I’ll tell all my Bingo/Bowling/Sudoku buddies that he said I’m the best grandma ever. Take that Dolores and your high falootin’ snooty ways. Invoice arrives, she has a heart attack. Not cool Mr(s) seller. Not cool at all.
Come on Ebay sellers, let’s make it half way honest over there. If you want a higher price, start your bid higher, add a reserve, there are different ways you can do it other than charging $300 for shipping and handling.
Unless that cardboard box you’re mailing it in is made out of gold or something.
Or it will arrive at my door in 3 minutes after the auction ends via a time warp or something. I’ll justify $300 in shipping charges if it includes time warp action.
Otherwise, you’re just hoping that someone won’t notice your out of control S&H charges and you’re hoping you can screw them over that way.
Bad bad Ebay seller.
I miss the Ebay of days gone by when it was the regular person, sitting in their house, selling stuff that has been collecting dust over time. I think businesses like the one above have ruined Ebay. If you search high and low you can still find some old school Ebay sellers, but it’s getting harder and harder to find them.
Ebay, can we go back to the way it was and get rid of sellers like the one above?
(Note: This wasn’t the only seller doing this. It’s just the highest one I saw.)
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