An eBay peeve.

[Rabbit]

I can't stand when someone says that they can no longer combine shipping because of the new USPS rates. What? How exactly does the extra dime (the kind of moron who makes his money by gouging on shipping is the same kind of guy who ships in a recycled bubble mailer or white envelope without delivery confirmation) mean that you can't combine shipping on two .99 cards?

If you sell .99 items with $3 for shipping and refuse to combine shipping, fine. You're gouging and circumventing eBay fees, but that's fine. But don't feed me the "USPS fee increases have made it so that I can no longer combine shipping" BS.

Anyone who says this crap needs to be stabbed in the eye with a spork and then thrown into a woodchipper feet first.

Anyone else have an eBay peeve?

[trailgoat]

I agree with you. I usually don't buy from people who don't combine shipping.

I'm more forgiving about the recycled bubble mailers. Landfills don't go away overnight. When I build up too many of the used incoming mailers, I trim them down, secure the cards in them, and then plop the bundle in a new, 6x9 manila envelope(made with recycled paper). It doesn't save time (nor much money), but I think recycling is important. I have had zero complaints, and the cards are secure. Go ahead, let the bashing begin. I can take it.

[go_steelers07]

you're absolutely correct Rabbit......... i hate it too.

personally, i think there should be an additional charge for buyers after they win the auction specifically for the seller fees. maybe like a 10% buyers premium......... like at the Barrett Jackson car auctions.

[msteel]

most of those who do this you should avoid...most of the time i email first just to see if they
1. respond
2. combine shipping

this way i can tell upfront if they are a reliable seller

[Rabbit]

Originally Posted by trailgoat

I'm more forgiving about the recycled bubble mailers. Landfills don't go away overnight. When I build up too many of the used incoming mailers, I trim them down, secure the cards in them, and then plop the bundle in a new, 6x9 manila envelope(made with recycled paper). It doesn't save time (nor much money), but I think recycling is important. I have had zero complaints, and the cards are secure. Go ahead, let the bashing begin. I can take it.

I am fine with recycled bubble mailers too, but not when someone is gouging on shipping and citing the cost of shipping supplies as part of the reason for the shipping cost. I used to recycle them before I started selling as a business. Now, I recycle team set bags and top loaders when someone buys a .99 item, but otherwise I prefer the professional look of new items. And bubble mailers are a dime each and covered by my shipping rate. And I like your idea about cutting them down and using them for padding.

As for landfills, they are just fine. Put schools, playgrounds, athletic fields, factories, etc on top of them. Landfills are lined and covered to keep toxic materials from seeping out, so they are safe. I am not anti-recycling per se, but I would never be in favor of recycling when it would be cheaper to throw away and buy new than to recycle.

[Rabbit]

Originally Posted by msteel

most of those who do this you should avoid...most of the time i email first just to see if they
1. respond
2. combine shipping

this way i can tell upfront if they are a reliable seller

Some reliable sellers don't respond. If someone asks a question before an auction ends, I respond. If they ask when their item shipped after an auction has ended, they aren't getting a response (because it's all in the e-mails they get from PayPal).

[frozenntimesports]

Originally Posted by Rabbit

As for landfills, they are just fine. Put schools, playgrounds, athletic fields, factories, etc on top of them. Landfills are lined and covered to keep toxic materials from seeping out, so they are safe. I am not anti-recycling per se, but I would never be in favor of recycling when it would be cheaper to throw away and buy new than to recycle.

Rabbit, I usually have defended you, but you are out of your mind on this one. Would you let your kid go to a school built on a landfill?

[Rabbit]

Originally Posted by KaraandMelliesDaddy

Rabbit, I usually have defended you, but you are out of your mind on this one. Would you let your kid go to a school built on a landfill?

Without a doubt. Without question.

I'd let my kid go to school to a school built over a landfill before I'd ever let him go to school in California. People send their kids to school at schools built near fault lines all the time, and there is a hell of a lot more danger of an earthquake (or a mud slide or any number of things) than any kind of ill effect from a SEALED LANDFILL.

"Landfill" just sounds bad. There's nothing bad about it.

I bet you'd be scared to live next to a nuclear plant too, wouldn't you?

[danimal]

Originally Posted by KaraandMelliesDaddy

Rabbit, I usually have defended you, but you are out of your mind on this one. Would you let your kid go to a school built on a landfill?

I have to agree with landfills being fine to be built on. Here in Virginia Beach we have a very popular park called Mount Trashmore. It has jogging trails, picnic areas and a lake. It is actually a very nice park made of a pile of trash and dirt.