My first problem w/ ebay came up... needs your advices

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Wed Apr 25 07:26:28 2001

UPS's site for calculating shows an asterisk next to the country name if it
will need a zip or postal code. I haven't looked but you'd think that Russia
and China would ask for something like that, as big as they are.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Vance Dereksen
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 6:33 PM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: RE: My first problem w/ ebay came up... needs your advices
>
>
>
> Don't forget that most of the British Commonwealth members use postal
> codes. Places like India.
>
> Peace... Sridhar
>
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Russ Blakeman wrote:
>
> > If the seller is shipping to USA, Canada, UK and some other odd
> places by
> > UPS you have to have a zip (postal) code to calculate the shipping. If
> > shipping by USPS to another country it doesn't matter, just the country.
> > Seems real weird to me that if I sent a package by USPS from detroit to
> > Windsor Ontario it would cost the same as shipping from the
> Keys on Florida
> > to the NW territories - gotta wonder why people prefer UPS,
> FedEx, DHl and
> > others over the postal service.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> > > [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Chad Fernandez
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 2:57 PM
> > > To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> > > Subject: Re: My first problem w/ ebay came up... needs your advices
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Lawrence Walker wrote:
> > > > Why do US sellers ask for your ZIP code ?
> > >
> > > Thats how we know where you live. Cost might not vary as much with
> > > International shipping, by zip code, but I would think that a zip from
> > > Vancouver would cost more than a zip from Toronto, for me.
> > >
> > > > One of my big beefs are the guys that ask a big shipping
> and handling
> > > > charge. I sometimes wonder if that is how they really make
> their money.
> > > > I've passed on many desired things due to that rip-off.
> > >
> > >
> > > This only really irritates me when I get the package and it is packed
> > > badly. I bought an Apple //gs from a guy on Ebay that sort
> of did that
> > > to me. He was a big seller, that already had the box packed
> before the
> > > auction started, I guess. I didn't need the 5.25" floppy
> drive, becasue
> > > I already had one. I told him that he could keep it, so I
> wouldn't have
> > > to pay as much in shipping.... mind you I didn't ask to pay less than
> > > the final bid price... just a smaller shipping cost to reflect the
> > > weight of the drive that he got to keep. He wanted to charge me
> > > something like $40 an hour to repack the box!! I figured
> well, he must
> > > do a really good job packing everything just so. I told him,
> forget it,
> > > just send it as is. I recived a huge box packed loosely,
> with all items
> > > just tossed in with peanuts!!!! I was so mad. It couldn't have taken
> > > him any time at all to pack the box, nothing was really protected, he
> > > didn't even do anything to prevent penuts from getting into the floppy
> > > drives! On top of that the computer was very abused. For
> some reason,
> > > I didn't leave negative feedback, I can't remember why, Though.
> > >
> > > Chad Fernandez
> > > Michigan, USA
> >
>
Received on Wed Apr 25 2001 - 07:26:28 BST