Let's see, the average SM card weighs a fraction of an ounce.
You do the math.
They're covering their ebay fees and adding profit margin. Is it illegal?
Of course not. Unethical? Yep.
Tom
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From: "Andrew Gullen" <andrew.gullen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 9:09 PM
Subject: [OM] SmartMedia question
> Hi -
>
> Just bought a trailing-edge digital P&S (Olympus D-100, there's the
Olympus
> content). On screen the images have pleasing color, though with some
> interesting shifts. For example, an orange bubble blower went yellow.
>
> Anyway, I was looking at eBay auctions of SmartMedia cards, and noticed
all
> buyers I looked at sold cheap but with exorbitant shipping & handling
> charges. Not quite a scam as the charges are up front, but is there a good
> reason for the high S&H or is this just the, uh, current practice in this
> area?
>
> Andrew
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