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Old 5 July 2009, 05:03 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Varese2002 View Post
In the last years shipping costs from the USA have risen so high, that I have stopped bidding on anything that is on Ebay USA. It is financial harakiri.
I've been selling books steadily on Ebay since early this year; making a go at being a WWI book dealer... eBay Seller: jandoko: Books items on eBay.com

The first couple of times I had to ship overseas I was flabbergasted by how high the rates had jumped (and I lost money each time by honoring my quotes). Since then, I list all my overseas postage with a safe measure of "padding". Prospective buyers will usually write me and inquire if there's a cheaper way to send; to which I reply that I will only charge the "actual" rate. While it's a little bit of an inconvienence to go get the actual rate at the Post Office, it sure beats getting stuck paying for the customer's postage.
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