J T wrote:
Sun, Jun 13, 2004, 11:16am lid (J.*Clarke) says:
Plus the box plus the tape plus the padding plus the labor to wrap it
up, put it in the box, tape it up, and write out the label.
Oh, yes, I fogot to consider the used cereal box,
I wasn't aware that UPS, FedEx, or the US Postal Service would take anything
packed in "a used cereal box". Further, I've never received anything
purchased off of ebay that arrived in "a used cereal box". What I've
gotten has almost always been very well packed.
the nickel's
worth of tape, the old newspaper page used for padding, plus all the
time, effort, and knowledge, to wrap it, etc. And, then there's the
skilled labor of writing out the label. Maybe that excuses the extra
$3.75, in your world, but not mine. I have to like myself as a person,
so it my world, that would come to may, I say again maybe, $.25-$.50,
depending on how much of it I had to buy out of pocket.
How much does your time bill out? Not your take-home but the whole package
through G&A and fee? How long does it take you to put something in a box
and write a label? How much does that work out to in dollars?
If you had actually read the post, instead of just copying all of
it, you might have caught that I don't mind paying for what I get. I
don't care to over pay. I don't care to over charge. I feel better
about myself as a person. But, if you're happy over paying, I have no
problem with that. And, f you're happy with over charging, if it
doesn't catch up with you in this life, it will in another.
But, I figure you already knew all that, and you're just trolling.
Right?
Nope, stating a reality of business. It costs a little bit to put something
in a box and ship it over and above what the carrier charges. For someone
doing small volume that cost may be higher than you would expect.
I've sold a couple of tools, but, I prefer to give the folks here
fist shot. So, my practice is to post here, ask a fair price, and first
come, first served. I use boxes I'd toss otherwise, same with
newspaper padding. Tape, I keep on hand for my own use, so no extra
charge there. I find the postage, and don't charge extra on that. So,
I get a few $ on a tool I don't need, and someone else geta a good deal
on a tool they want, without paying inflated shipping. We're both
happy. That's the way I prefer to do it, and, may even do that with
some woodworking books I'll be getting rid of sometime in the future.
You won't need to respond tho.
If you're just trying to unload some stuff you don't need, then that's a
fine way to go about it. If you're using ebay sales to put food on the
table it's a different story. And if you're paying employees to pack and
ship the stuff then it's a _very_ different story.
JOAT
You know it's gonna be a bad day, when you turn on the news and they're
showing escape routes out of the city.
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--John
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