Not only that, but USPS will deliver free of charge as many flat rate boxes of whatever size you want.
On Apr 21, 9:22 pm, Lynne Fitz <fitzb...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi James, > > Quite frankly, no, you don't have to do all that shipping stuff. USPS > Click n Ship is the greatest thing ever. Maybe you have to locate a > box if you don't have one hanging around the house, but you can pack > your item, weigh it on your produce scale, go to the website, purchase > and print out a mailing label with postage, and all the insurance you > could ever want, and call for a free pickup, or drop it in your > mailbox. > > I rarely make trips to the post office to ship things. > > Lynne F > > On Apr 21, 8:11 pm, james black <chocot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 20:00, David Estes <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Seller "Highly Trusted" is trying to make a few extra $$$ outside of > > > ebay's > > > fee structure. Those bags (well, maybe not the Hoss) can be stuffed into > > > a > > > Priority Shipping flat rate box. > > > Hi David: > > > I wish to offer my perspective to the list on this issue, as an > > occasional seller of things. Here's why - compare shipping versus > > having somebody magically come to your door and take the bag, which > > should be free of charge. You have to procure a box, pack up the bag > > into the box, possibly apply packing materials and tape, fill out a > > shipping label, go to the post office, pay for postage, either pay for > > insurance or take the risk that it won't arrive (self-insuring), deal > > with confirming arrival.... Compared to a no-ship transaction, a > > reasonable mind might conclude that the cost of all this handling is > > way more than $10.00 above the cost of shipping. One might eat this > > cost if making profit on the item otherwise, but there's no way you > > could pay me $10 to take this on for you. > > > James Black > > Los Angeles, CA > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
