Shipping prices too high

[hotaruuruki]

The shipping prices have become outrageous since the last time I was here. I'm trying to buy a used room heater, but the shipping is nearly as much as the cost of the item for nearly every option! For example, the heater I want is $32, but the shipping is $25. That's not right. That would mean I should just buy a new heater on Amazon. Also, I don't have the money to buy that expensive of a heater. That's why I came here.

[kensgiftshop]

Shipping charges have gone up a lot last few years.

[klhmdg]

The price of the item has zero to do with the cost of shipping.

Everything has gone up. Food, gas, taxes....

Shipping prices have been raised once or twice a year by every shipping company.

[titipeo]

Perhaps you should look in local areas, will save you on shipping. 

[wastingtime101]

As tough as it is for buyers that don't want to pay or can't afford to pay current shipping rates, it's just as tough on sellers that see a sales decline because shipping is pricing their items out of the market. We're all feeling it @hotaruuruki .

[1786davycrockett]

@hotaruuruki 

"Also, I don't have the money to buy that expensive of a heater. That's why I came here."

Many potential buyers assume that everything on eBay is being sold at cut-rate prices.

And most of them are misinformed.

Perhaps you should be shopping at garage sales or flea markets.

[casualdrip]

If the heater was $57 and free shipping would you buy it?

[hotaruuruki]

No. Still too expensive.

[uniwarehousewares]

Carriers are working like mafia, looting sellers and get paid on our tax money.

[yuzuha]

Given the approximate weight and size of an average space heater, $25 sounds in line with what it would actually cost to ship an item like that. I'm not seeing how that's "not right."

[simba6]

Well 25.00  won't ship much today.   Have you checked local stores and home centers?  

[bryo_3145]

Then the buyer and ebay wants sellers to offer free shipping.