USPS POSTAGE QUESTION

[I-Lion Tafari]

Hi there!
I live in Germany and won 4 LPs on ebay from a US seller.
His shipping price is 32 $ USPS First Class Mail International.
Could you please let me know if this price is acceptable or if it is overpriced.
THX in advace,
nuff greetings,
I-Lion

[Rootsman]

Sounds pretty over priced if you ask me.

Mind you I did hear that "Fed Ex were merging with "UPS" and were are going to create a new company called "Fed Up"

Seriously though, that does sound steep.

Dave

[jordandance]

Sounds like a signed for mail thing - probably to cover his ass should you decide to paypal chargeback. First time buying off the dude?

[bridgie]

If you have an idea of what 4 LPs weigh, you can check usps.com. The price sounds a bit high unless it's a signed for delivery, as jordandance suggests.

[jordandance]

4 Lp's it upwards of 1200 grams with packaging, I don't know what that is in imperial but I'm sure you can find out.

[Bellyman]

First class mail with registration for 4 albums from the US should cost not more than 25$ when sent by US Post. That's what I have paid from time to time when winning auctions on ebay.
You better beware of the customs though. Fed Ex and UPS will charge you full customs and tax (19% for Germany) for the total bill.

[ton1]

If you had a good price, he must be trying to make money on the shipping cost. Really annoying when you come accross a seller like this coz you know you're buying to a kind of crook and so you can't ask him to send it without being recorded.
Best thing to do is to ask for a recorded mail only and when it has arrived, if the cost is really inferior to what you paid, ask to refund the difference and threaten him to leave a negative feedback if not. I think ebay rules are changing and a seller can't leave a negative feedback to a buyer anymore so there's no risk for you. Moreover, if you don't sell anything, you don't care to have one or two negative feedbacks.

I really HATE sellers overcharging shipping cost !

[bullit]

The idea that a seller cant leave negetive feedback seems a bit silly to me.. What if the buyer doesnt pay or whatever, how will we know?

[ton1]

The seller can warn ebay and the buyer account can be closed if it comes up too often. Too much ebayers (buyers) want to leave a neg feedback but don't do it because they fear to have a neg feedback in return hence the high rate of most of the sellers (more than 99% most of the time) whereas some of them sell crappy vinyls presenting it as EX or NM copies and providing audio extract digitally denoised.

I read that piece of information on B&F board few days ago but did not verify it so I could be wrong.

[imet]

...........we are all reggae buyers and many of us have experienced some sales too...it's easy to verify that ebay longside paypal drain in combination a lot of % from our deals, so IMO a fear overpricing over real shipping cost should not be considered a ripping but it must be made present to buyer PRIOR to bidding, otherwise it's an unwelcome surprise.......

...i don't belive it's the case to forward feedback blackmailing but sometimes a neutral could be an useful rating for some seller not so really reliable....

...ebay is setting all the rules as they like, it's their empire...