[Coco] Someones Dreaming!

[jdaggett at gate.net]

And to ship anywhere in the US for that weigt is not all that high. Depends on the 
carrier and priority. I find DHL and USPS now cheaper than  UPS. Brown has 
gotten rather expensive to ship. Guess they pay to much for Dale Jaret to race 
the truck??:)

james

On 20 Jan 2007 at 14:22, Glen VanDenBiggelaar wrote:


> I just wanted to pipe in here. I just shipped a CoCo 1 to Michigan

> from Canada and the shipping was $29.91 - not including taxes or fuel

> charges, just the price on the Stamp (label). This was the cheapest

> price Canada post offered. So when I see $25 flat shipping rate on

> E-bay, I would say that is great! People may balk at my shipping

> prices on my online store, but when I charge $30 for a flat shipping

> rate, they can see when they get the package that it truly cost what I

> charged to ship it. Some times I can make a buck or 2 from the

> Cartridge sales, but most times Canada Post is so fluctuating with the

> prices, you just have to make a "good guess" or keep running back and

> forth to the Post office. They charge by weight and the size of the

> box. -Glen

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> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com

> [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Roger Taylor Sent:

> Saturday, January 20, 2007 10:54 AM To: CoCoList for Color Computer

> Enthusiasts Subject: Re: [Coco] Someones Dreaming!

> 

> At 11:49 AM 1/19/2007, you wrote:

> >And to think he wants 25 shipping on top of that.

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> I think it costs about $11 to ship a CoCo 2 or 3 in the original box

> but depending on the distance it could be a little more.  If you buy

> popcorn and do your own packaging and go the extra mile I can see $5

> more, but it's very typical for Ebay sellers to overcharge for

> shipping and "handling".  To recover every penny spent getting the

> item shipped out, some might even charge for vehicle fuel for the

> trips to the post office, and a trip through the McDonalds drive-thru?

>  Ha!  Who knows!

> 

> I'd like to see the day that Ebay enforces honest shipping charges. 

> Most of the power sellers are doing $.01 auctions and shipping for

> $35, etc. for small items, and people seem to be just eating it up

> like they don't have a clue they just paid $28 for an item they won

> for $1.

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