It also appeals to those in other countries as the declared value
for customs is lower.
tOM
On 17 Nov 2005 at 22:10,
Andrew Fildes <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> That's a tactic that is use to reduce their ebay fees, I suspect. It
> reduces the final value fee while maintaining the price. Worst I
> saw was a Chinese seller of Leica-EOS adapters whose price was
> below half the competition but postage was $50! $19 is actually not
> unreasonable, if you factor in all the overheads - these aren't
> private sellers. Sending the lad down to the post office has to be
> costed and charged. AndrewF
>
>
> On 17/11/2005, at 7:36 AM, ScottGee1 wrote:
>
> > That said, I've noticed a number of merchants using what I
> > consider to me an underhanded tactic -- pricing product below cost
> > while inflating shipping/handling so they end up getting the
> > profit they want anyway.
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