ebay pisses me off
 

I hate how canadian sellers sell in US funds, as well, charge 7% tax, in US funds! Bastards. Not to mention, they make a nice profit off shipping.


Suddenly that steal of a deal 10 dollar item becomes 30 dollars.

ya and the handling fee people charge

yeah ebay is filled with garbage too nowdays.

People make good profits off of their inflated "guestimates".

I think it's bullshit, but hey, that's eBay.

Stop whining! Factor that into your bid price and move on ..... :)

Its a doggy dog world out there and people will do anything to make that extra buck.

I hate americans because Bush is gay.

yea, since when did shipping a playstation game cost $15 :eek7

I hate Canadians because Gretzky is gay! :)

I managed to get a xbox DVD playback kit for $22.32 USD with 4 day shipping. If it doesn't come within 5 biz days. I will charge back. I paid extra for it. The remote kit would be $50 CAD if bought in stores. So I saved some money here for sure.

Got a Dream Theater DVD for $17.57 USD. Prolly could have gotten it locally for $25 CAD. Just about even, a bit cheaper with ebay. Shipping was 4$ USD. Fucking duty and tax will probably murder me though on this. I requested he mark as gift. If he doesn't. I will chargeback and not accept the package :) If he does mark as gift yet I still get hit with duties and taxes, I will pay for it but curse like a mad man about it.

I am seconds away from winning a 450 watt peak car subwoofer. Bid is $10 USD. Shipping is $14 USD. Plus 7%GST. for a $25.68 total. That's wicked for a fucking subwoofer. I would be paying $50 for a used one locally from a crummy illegal place called "Shaky's". No duties on this item since it's a Canadian seller.


So moral of story is, you only save money by ebaying providing the seller is fair with shipping costs.

' dog eat dog '

Why is it that when people bring shit up that has a negative tone to it there is always haters like you that scream "stop whining" christ... Can't a person bitch about anything?

They are required to in most cases.

Yeah I know how that is. Couple .01 cent auctions with $20 shipping. But I knew about the shipping before hand.

You are quoting me in the wrong context. I said "I hate how canadian sellers sell in US funds, as well, charge 7% tax, in US funds!"

Point being, They are taxing on a different exchange rate. It may bot add up to much, but it does for larger items.

so people don;t get off base, my point in the thread is as follows


"you only save money by ebaying providing the seller is fair with shipping costs."


A lot of people don't realize this, I have known this since my first item purchased 4 years ago. I find it funny how I see bidders fighintg over a 2 dollar item, that has 40 bux shipping, that can be bought locally for 30 bux, and the listings they bid on are listed as "untested - does not work - for parts only" on items that are unrepairable.

Everybody always includes handling in the shipping price. It takes time and money to package the item, drive to the post office, then wait in line...

And of course if an auction is in US funds, why would taxes be charged in Canadian funds?

It's probably true with low value items, you're better off buying it retail, but it's the more expensive items where you save money.

I just had a bitch about eBay too.
I fucken HATE how sellers treat it as a fucking hobby.
Ie, I buy something from you, I expect you to

1) Be professional
2) Reply to my emails within 12 hours
3) Send my shit as SOON as payment has gone through.

I DON'T expect you to

1) Treat me like I'm an idiot. How many times have we heard the 'I got a virus' / 'The network was down' / 'I got sick' excuses
2) Overcharge me for the shipping
3) Send the goods at your convinience.

I had some dozey bitch send me 1 DVD, 3 weeks late, charge me $10 for the shipping, when the postmark said 90c, and showed she had lied in her previous emails about when she posted it, and I just had some tosser tell me " I never received the confirmation eMail from Auction Payments but now I check via the Auction Payments web site and I saw that the order was mailed."

Yeah sure asshat, I'm sure you didn't notice my check arrive in the mail.

FAAAAAAAAAARK.

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...adid=332929&s=

ebay and the people on it, both sellers and buyers can make you either want to kill people or kill yourself.

the tax has to be calculated in the same currency as the auction price. if it's calculated in a different currency, it's not 7%.

7% USD tax on $100 USD = $7 USD = $9.38 CDN (rate of 1.34)
7% CDN tax on $100 USD = $7 CDN = less than 7% of total price.

if you're buying something for $100 USD, 7% of that is $7 USD, no matter what currency you calculate taxes in.

Overall I am pretty satisfied with my ebay experiences aside from the last item I ordered took 6 weeks to get here and I paid for 4 day delivery. She sent me another one 2 weeks into it to make up for it and told me to refuse it if the first one came. The first one came 4 weeks AFTER I got the second one. it was stuck in customs and I had a bill for 30 bux on a 15 dollar item. So i refused it and all ended well.

At least she was willing to correct the problem. It would have been nice to get the shipping fee refunded though.

You're right but I was thinking it was different because the exchange rates on ebay is different than banking rates. However, I just realzied that it doesn't matter as a bank is not involved at any point. Even when the seller moves his paypal money to his bank account, it is done with ebay/paypal exchange rates.

HOLY FUCK. I just got 20 5mm blue LEDs (7000mcd) for 11.85 with shipping and 100 3mm LEDs (4000mcd) for 14.95 with free shipping.


I can sell them for a dollar a pop locally and that would be SAVING people money!

Yeah i won an auction two weeks ago for a hard to get dvd. I think the guy is fuckin me over though:( I got one email from him right after i won the auction saying that it would be a while because of customs. I have emailed him since to ask for a trackin number but he never responded. I wouldnt be so concerned but he only had 5 transactions and i was his first sell. I guess it was the five dollar discount i got winning his auction instead of buying it from a website. O well if i get fucked i get fucked, I earned it:1orglaugh


"Its like that every time i got caught buyin weed, same thing man, i didnt trust the guy, i felt funny about him, but i wanted to believe him cause if it really is thai stick then its great, but no its never thai stick" - Mr. Pink

that is how alot of people makes their profit alone :2 cents:

You'd chargeback over stuff like that? Damn, being an ebay seller must suck..

word up.. where can i get some? :D

I'm not paying upward of $30 dolalrs duty and tax fees on a DVD.


That happened to me once when someone sent me two free dvds

http://stores.ebay.com/Chi-Wing-LED-...enameZl2QQtZkm

this guy is a bit mor expensive but in USA. His lights are BRIGHTER by far though.
http://stores.ebay.com/ColdfusionX-E...enameZl2QQtZkm

if you want these here http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll... 019&tc=photo

go for it. I can get more like that later on. This is a good deal.

Hahah this guys been saying doggy dog for years probably and nobody had the guts to correct him because its pretty stupid hahaha.

i've seen him say it a couple times in the past, asuming it's actually the same one I am thinking of. I could not help but correct him this time :)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll... 954&tc=photo


WHOA! 14,000mcd. Put 8 of those in a lantern flashlight and you have something seriously BRIGHT

No matter what if you don't know the total final price don't bid because it is a legal contract and if they wanted to charge you $1000 shipping on a paperclip they could. I personally charge exact shipping plus %5 handling since gas and time costs me.

http://www.luxeonstar.com/category.p...9&link_str=199

5Watt leds my man, 5Watt leds

We are Ebay PowerSellers and charge exact shipping.Our customers are happy that way and we have people who have done 20 or more tranactions with us each. Keep the customer happy and the will keep coming back! :thumbsup

you pay $1 for something and then pay handling fees and postage. before you know it they are billing $30 for a 50 cent mug. be careful

If a guestimate is needed for shipping I always send the change back. I really hate it when sellers charge a "handling" fee and classify it as postage and then you look at the cost on the package and see how much extra bling they scrounged off ya.

it sucks