Peter,
I was writing only for parcel delivery in USA. Even to Canada
mailing is expensive. eBay has an international shipping program but
it probably doesn't save you in the UK any money. I've looked at UPS
and FedEx and they are also expensive. I and my friends in the world
of old Mercedes have similar problems trying to buy rare options on
eBay-DE. It bites both ways!
The interesting this is that almost everything I buy or sell seems
to be from or to someone on the opposite coast (I'm in California).
It must be a conspiracy by the shipping companies!
Jeremy
On 2/20/2016 7:21 PM, Peter L
pe130700@... [hp_agilent_equipment] wrote:
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| Jeremy,
When
I look at Ebay items from the states, the
cheapest postage for even tiny items is around
$20US whereas I can ship small items from the UK
or Europe for around $5 so Im afraid they are
not very competitive.
Actually
I can put up with the cost for some hard to get
items but the crazy variability really pees me
off - some tiny items have $40 or more and as an
Ebay buyer I have no choice when I bid.
I
would love to buy some more HP test gear from
the States but Im afraid that the postage costs
now force me to only look at stuff from other
countries. Unfortunately this hurts sellers in
the US because their market is efectively
reduced by at least half.
Maybe
someone in the States needs to set up an Ebay
purchase program for hams in VK and then use a
bulk shipping program to get the costs down.....
Cheers,
Peter
From:"Jeremy
Nichols jn6wfo@...
[hp_agilent_equipment]"
Date:Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 10:47
Subject:Re:
[hp_agilent_equipment] eBay buyer
protections are poor
?
USPS has made it easy to spend
more money and harder to spend
less. Their own web site (not
through PayPal) has only Express
and Priority Mail (expensive)
options. The former Parcel Post
product was eliminated in favor
of a product (forget the name)
almost as expensive as Express
Mail?and you have
to go to the post office and
stand in line unless you have a
postage meter. For small?things
USPS is still competitive. First
Class Parcel now allows packages
up to 16 ounces (was 13) so some
improvements have been made.?
Jeremy?
On Saturday, February 20, 2016,
Peter L pe130700@...
[hp_agilent_equipment] < hp_agilent_equipment@...>
wrote:
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| Daniel
I think
you have
missed the
point of my
comment. Why
do some items
cost 3 times
as much to
ship as the
other same
item??
And you
are wrong -
ten years ago
USPS were
quite
reasonable. It
seems they
have now
jumped onto
the "Ebay make
a quick buck"
bandwagon.
Cheers
Peter -
VK2AN
From:" daniel@...
[hp_agilent_equipment]"
< hp_agilent_equipment@...>
Date:Sat,
Feb 20, 2016
at 23:53
Subject:Re:
[hp_agilent_equipment]
Re: eBay buyer
protections
are poor
?
>Sure, I
got a few
dodgy items,
but when you
are buying 100
resistors for
$2.95
including
shipping, what
do you expect?
You can get
100 resistors
for cheaper
than that from
Digi-Key; why
would you buy
junky no-name
Chinese
resistors and
wait a month
for that
price?
>By the
way, I have
had a few
dodgy items
from the good
old USofA too,
and
unfortunately
the biggest
downer for
those of us
who dont live
in the States
now is the big
USPS ripoff.
If you dont
believe me,
do a search on
some HP test
gear and check
the crazy
range of
shipping
charges for
the same piece
of kit. I
actually came
across one bit
of gear the
other day that
had $975 as
the shipping
cost for a
50lb item!
That's what
you get for
shipping heavy
items via
USPS.? They've
always been
expensive for
that; you have
to ship that
stuff by some
other method.?
USPS is only
good for
lightweight
stuff.? For
anything over
5 pounds,
they're not
competitive.?
If you can't
be bothered to
look for
alternatives,
you have no
right to
complain about
USPS's prices.
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Jeremy Nichols