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Default DID YOU NOTICE THE SHIPPING COSTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


"DougW" > wrote in message
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> Kent wrote:
>> "SFTV_troy" > wrote ...
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=260172730257
>>>
>>> Starting price == $0.01
>>>

>> DID YOU NOTICE THE SHIPPING COSTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> US $24.88
>>
>> Also, a 97.6% happy buyer ratio is very low for EBAY;
>> Avoid, Avoid, Avoid

>
> The happy buyer ratio is mostly bull anyway. What counts is how long
> the have been selling or buying.
> http://www.techweb.com/article/showA...1600603&pgno=1


Selling cheap and increasing the shipping costs is a way to get around ebay
fees since they are charged on the goods, not shipping. Check the total
cost to see if it is a good deal.