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Topic: What is it with this highly inflated shipping form the UK?
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Osi Osgood
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted August 21, 2019 11:35 AM
OK, I know that I have frequently "grumped" about the highly inflated shipping from the U.K.
But i do not think that I have had it actually explained as to why it is so way over the top. For instance, my often stated 200ft cartoon, that will have an 18 pound charge for shipping, when we all know that it will only cost approximately 7 or so pounds for a 600ft reel.
I just get the feeling that SOMEONE is making a heck of a lot of money on the backs of not only the buyers, but also the sellers as well.
I think a lot of this comes forth from these automatic shipping calculating programs and, as a general rule, sellers just going along with it, as they think that the automatic calculator programs give you an honest assessment as to what is to be charged.
Please note: I don't think that it is the sellers that are coming up with these rediculous shipping charges as, hey, they would be screwing themselves out of sales with the abnormally high shipping.
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Osi Osgood
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posted August 22, 2019 11:33 AM
Terry is right about a cut, though, from what I understand, it is a slight cut, but still greedy, just the same.
Maurice, no, I was referring to ebay sales and not direct sales. Usually, if you are dealing with a friend, they'll tends to be flexible.
The only way to really find out what it will cost is to take the package actually down to the post, as, you can give measurements and such and still, the postage in person will be different and most often more expensive, which can be incredibly frustrating ...
But I do just like what our friend on here does (Tom), if the amount asked for in shipping, turns out to be more than what is required, i always paypal it back. Customers most definitely appreciate that, as there are a lot of sellers, ebay or otherwise, who will say, "10.00 dollars for shipping", and then, when you get the package, they're sent it by media mail and the package clearly says "3.50".
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Osi Osgood
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From: Mountian Home, ID.
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posted August 27, 2019 12:00 PM
I do feel sorry for those collectors in Italy ...
If you're within Italy, it's not that bad, but if you want to buy a film from Italy, the shipping is far worse than from the U.K.
Another high shipping country is South Africa. When i bought those super 8 optical features from a fellow many years ago, the shipping was really high, but he said that i was really lucky to be having something sent to South Africa, instead of shipping to South Africa as many packages coming into South Afica tend to get, shall we say, "confiscated" ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
[ August 28, 2019, 11:13 AM: Message edited by: Osi Osgood ]
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