you want HOW MUCH to ship?

I'm glad I looked at the shipping charges on a tapestry loom offered on
ebay BEFORE I bid. They wanted $527.00 to ship the sucker from California!
For that, I could drive out there myself, have a lovely trip, take some
pictures, etc and pick it up! Anyway, it pays to look before you leap.
Does that sound reasonable to anybody?

I doin`t know how much it weights ,,, mine came to about 200 kg ,
which is weight and space , they have to build a specail crate to ship
it ,,,, have no clue how much it must cost , you might ask for weight
and outer sizes when folded in , and phone shop with Moving comapnies
for a prize range !!!
mirjam
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 01:07:39 -0500, Nck
wrote:

I'm glad I looked at the shipping charges on a tapestry loom offered on
ebay BEFORE I bid. They wanted $527.00 to ship the sucker from California!
For that, I could drive out there myself, have a lovely trip, take some
pictures, etc and pick it up! Anyway, it pays to look before you leap.
Does that sound reasonable to anybody?

Sounds way too much to me. I used to get things from Ebay a lot more,
but it seems to me that a lot of sellers are inflating shipping charges
these days. They try to pull you in with a low bidding reserve price
and then stick it to you with the shipping.

It really does pay to check out the seller as well as what else they
have offered and sold in the past.

Glad you didn't get taken!

Kedela

"kedela" wrote in message
ups.com...
Sounds way too much to me. I used to get things from Ebay a lot more,
but it seems to me that a lot of sellers are inflating shipping charges
these days. They try to pull you in with a low bidding reserve price
and then stick it to you with the shipping.

It really does pay to check out the seller as well as what else they
have offered and sold in the past.

Glad you didn't get taken!

Kedela

Agreed that a lot are inflating, BUT... it's because the inflating has come
down the ladder...
IE: DHL, UPS and FedEx *DRIVERS* are adding gas and diesel extra
charges.....
JM2C,
Noreen

Oftentimes the shipping estimate for those things is the walk-in
counter price at one of the shipping resellers and includes the
inflated packaging cost as well.

If you're interested in an item it can't hurt to email the seller and
ask for clarification on the shipping charge, or to ask for the
estimated shipping weight and do your own research. There's nothing
wrong with obtaining shipping quotes, then going back to the seller to
say "if I win the item it looks as if we [make it a group effort] can
ship that puppy for substantially less than your initial estimate,
here's what I found."

Then again, sometimes it is cheaper in the long run to buy the item
new from a reputable vendor. Until gas prices started going through
the roof there were several knit/spin/weave vendors who offered free
shipping for orders over $$$.

Do your research

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Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.
Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

kedela wrote:
Sounds way too much to me. I used to get things from Ebay a lot more,
but it seems to me that a lot of sellers are inflating shipping charges
these days. They try to pull you in with a low bidding reserve price
and then stick it to you with the shipping.

It really does pay to check out the seller as well as what else they
have offered and sold in the past.

Glad you didn't get taken!

Kedela

that looks like exactly the case. The bidding for this 48"
gobelin-style loom starts at around $50 and I have yet to see any bids.
I guess everybody else was smart enough to check the s/h. If you live
in CA and can go pick it up, that would be a deal! but I bet they'd
insist on shipping even if you live next door!

In article , askatbellsouth.net
wrote:

I'm glad I looked at the shipping charges on a tapestry loom offered on
ebay BEFORE I bid. They wanted $527.00 to ship the sucker from California!
For that, I could drive out there myself, have a lovely trip, take some
pictures, etc and pick it up! Anyway, it pays to look before you leap.
Does that sound reasonable to anybody?

It all depends on the weight and the size and does it need to be crated.
How big is this loom. I can tell you that shipping from Vancouver Island
to Toronto for furniture is not cheap, if you do it with a reliable
shipper. Otto build two small tables and one big one, we shipped it
crated to Toronto for around $300 Canadian dollars. Do some comparison
shopping with well known names and see if it is to exspensive.

Els

In article , "The YarnWright"
wrote:

"kedela" wrote in message
ups.com...
Sounds way too much to me. I used to get things from Ebay a lot more,
but it seems to me that a lot of sellers are inflating shipping charges
these days. They try to pull you in with a low bidding reserve price
and then stick it to you with the shipping.

It really does pay to check out the seller as well as what else they
have offered and sold in the past.

Glad you didn't get taken!

Kedela

Agreed that a lot are inflating, BUT... it's because the inflating has come
down the ladder...
IE: DHL, UPS and FedEx *DRIVERS* are adding gas and diesel extra
charges.....
JM2C,
Noreen

PS Noreen you have a good point, gas is now so exspensive that that will
add to the price as well.

Els

Sounds unreasonable to me. My daughter purchases many things from E-Bay, but
first researches their feedback,point of shipment and subsequent charges!
"Nck" wrote in message
...
I'm glad I looked at the shipping charges on a tapestry loom offered on
ebay BEFORE I bid. They wanted $527.00 to ship the sucker from
California!
For that, I could drive out there myself, have a lovely trip, take some
pictures, etc and pick it up! Anyway, it pays to look before you leap.
Does that sound reasonable to anybody?