Question Is the economy really that bad?

[renholder]

Once I sold an acoustic bass with hardshell case on eBay. My auction said US bidders only, but someone from Canada bought it. The thing would've cost $30 to ship in the US. USPS wouldn't even send it to Canada. They said it was too large. So, I tried UPS and FedEx. FedEx was cheaper. It cost $180 to ship.

I sold the bass for $220.

This is why US sellers hate to ship out of country.

 

[Aussie Mark]

Once I sold an acoustic bass with hardshell case on eBay. My auction said US bidders only, but someone from Canada bought it. The thing would've cost $30 to ship in the US. USPS wouldn't even send it to Canada. They said it was too large. So, I tried UPS and FedEx. FedEx was cheaper. It cost $180 to ship.

I sold the bass for $220.

This is why US sellers hate to ship out of country.

Two comments

1. As a seller you can easily configure your eBay listings so that bidders from countries you don't ship to are unable to place bids. It's in the "selling preferences" section of "My eBay"

2. The buyer pays for the shipping, so why should you "hate" that the shipping cost was $180?

 

[bovinehost]

So why does CARgo go by SHIP...and SHIPments go by train?

Same reason you drive on a parkway and park in a driveway, I bet.

I believe that probally everyone who is a regular poster on either Ernie Ball or Talkbass cannot be in it to sell something worthless for the price of an EBMM.

I'd be careful about making that kind of assumption. Yes, I trust nearly everyone here and some of us know each other quite well....but we've also seen some things go south.

Best to check around and know who you're dealing with - even here.

Jack

 

[Oldtoe]

Same reason you drive on a parkway and park in a driveway, I bet.



I'd be careful about making that kind of assumption. Yes, I trust nearly everyone here and some of us know each other quite well....but we've also seen some things go south.

Best to check around and know who you're dealing with - even here.

Jack

Alarmist killjoy! I just won an eBay auction for some Javanese magic wealth tincture. I'm gonna be rich! RICH, I tell you!

 

[jlepre]

Same reason you drive on a parkway and park in a driveway, I bet.




Jack

George Carlin RIP (May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008)

 

[Old_Guy]

Same reason you drive on a parkway and park in a driveway, I bet.

Jack

Might explain why my pistols have rifling and my rifles have pistol grips. I have been in a plane on a taxiway, and driven across a jetway in a car, but I don't understand why those six string things aren't called "Trebles" if I'm playing a Bass?

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I get spooked about buying or selling anything to or from private parties.

 

[oli@bass]

George Carlin RIP (May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008)

way too soon