My turn to whine about an AH - Saco River

[Jay Wolt]

That's why REA is great.....no charge for shipping, unless you are buying a large item like a stadium seat.

[x2drich2000]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

That's why REA is great.....no charge for shipping, unless you are buying a large item like a stadium seat.

The REA free shipping sounds great at first, except since they initiated the free shipping, they have also raised their buyers premium by over 2%. 2% of a $1000 is $20.

I have also never understood why the auction houses can't provide an estimated shipping for each lot, at least for shipping in the US. They have your address when registering, they usually have a good estimate of value, and they know how much the lot weighs. If you win more than one lot, the shipping simply cannot be more the sum of shipping each lot individually.

DJ

[slipk1068]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Isn't overhead what some of the "BUYER'S PREMIUM" is supposed to take care of? And if a person is making $15 an hour, I'd expect way more than three boxes packed per hour. That seems like a small throughput. You didn't mention the auction house in your post; was it the same one in the top of the thread?

Originally Posted by Sophiedog

$1000 every 2 weeks? Who is that auction house? That's a LOT of shipping supplies.

Sacco River March 19, 2014

Item Total: USD 30.00
Buyer's Premium: USD 6.30
Sub Total: USD 36.30
Sales Tax: USD 0.00
Shipping: USD 15.00

Total: USD 51.30
Balance Due: USD 51.30

sent them a check for $36.30 with a postage paid padded envelope addressed to me. They chose to use their own box/postage.

[brass_rat]

Originally Posted by slipk1068

Shipping: USD 15.00

Total: USD 51.30
Balance Due: USD 51.30

sent them a check for $36.30 with a postage paid padded envelope addressed to me. They chose to use their own box/postage.

That's awesome. I'd vote this as "most effective response" to high shipping charges.

Steve

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by x2drich2000

The REA free shipping sounds great at first, except since they initiated the free shipping, they have also raised their buyers premium by over 2%. 2% of a $1000 is $20.



DJ

DJ, It doesn't matter what the Buyers Premium is, I just bid accordingly.
If a lot is worth $1000 to me & there's no BP like eBay, I can bid the full $1000
If the juice is 10%, I bid up to $900 and I adjust my bid to the Buyers premium.
I still pay what I can afford, its the consignors that may get the short end of the stick.