Free Shipping

[chantiquesandcollectibles]

The FREE ship is difficult for us to offer to inflate the price of the item to cover the shipping seemed dishonest its not really free.  WE  care about our customer and PAY to have our items wrapped professionally and they charge for the boxes the bubble wrap the peanuts and to wrap. Then there is a cost for the label and insurance and USPS just had a increase. So when the item is calculated it is the total sum of that and honestly the price we pay most times under what we are charged.

We tried FREE shipping on three category's and did what they said RAISE the price of the item. However   found with the BEST offer we couldn't afford to loose on every item we ship with the fees from eBay and pay pal and more.  Also

WHY are we STILL charging  a commission on SHIPPING we don't make anything on it. We were told because sellers would  try to sell the item for a dollar EXAMP:E and then charge  20 for shipping.   Everyone makes  labels on the site or PAY PAL  so they know how much we pay  for shipping and no one can do that.  SO why do they  still charge Sellers  a commission on the shipping is it FAIR?

[dasarock]

... just a thought for everyone.... recycle bubble wrap ... you can get a lot of it free, just visit some of your local auto collision repair/paint shops and talk to them. almost all their new parts and windows come in bubble wrap and usually they just throw it away. is just one way to save a few $$.

for myself i get 3-4 xtra construction bags full of good bubble wrap with just 1 visit to 1 shop when i run low.

hope this helps

[jennieaa]

I sell low priced collectibles.

In the old days, I would show shipping on a listing.  And I would regularly get messages instructing  me on how to ship my items 'cheaper'.  Then eBay went on the free shipping bandwagon.  I climbed on board.  No change in sales, but I do get a lot fewer lectures on how to ship cheaper.  Now they just come with low ball offers.  So free shipping has made my life a little bit easier.

In the 1990s, I used to buy from a catalog who determined your shipping based on the dollar volume of your order.  As if an expense blouse costs more to ship.  It really didn't bother me until I started selling on eBay and paid attention to the cost of shipping.  I stopped buying from that company...they were properly priced on their items but their shipping was thru the roof.