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    Shipping Music and Movies - How are people selling for less than shipping costs.

    If you pick any popular artist and an album and search for it on eBay you will find many used items (sometime new items) offering free shipping.  Either standard shipping (1st Class) or economy (media mail).  The cheapest media rate is $3.49.  Many items pop up anywhere  from $2.99 to $3.49 and up with free shipping.  How is this possible?  They either know something that I don't know about discounted shipping or they are losing money on every sale.  Some of these sellers have volumes of inventory between $3.00 and $4.00.  They can't be making any money.  Anyone?

    sixobers
    sixobers
    1817View listings
    Posted 3 years ago·Last reply 3 years ago
                                           
             
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    nobody*s_perfect

    nobody*s_perfect

    ·3 years ago
    145View listings

    They aren't paying $3.49 to ship those DVDs; they are paying lower bulk rates.

                                           
    krazzykats

    krazzykats

    ·3 years ago
    5712View listings

    They could also be absorbing part of the shipping into the price.  Instead of ie. $5.00 to ship, they absorb $3.00 into the item price.

     

    $3+$5 shipping

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    $ 5 with $3.00 shipping

     

    Still $8 total, either way, you look at it.

                                           
    varebelrose

    varebelrose

    ·3 years ago
    3460View listings

    ...and with volume, possibly comes lower negotiated postage rates.

                                           
    aprilmoviebuf2000

    aprilmoviebuf2000

    ·3 years ago
    733View listings

    One word:  Volume

    Many of these sellers offer discounts for multiple purchases.  For media mail, the shipping cost doesn't go up much for say, 10 dvds vs. 1.  

                                           
                                                                                     
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