[Smokey]

I used to sell about 300-400 items a year. I strived for 100% positive feedback but the flakes come to me for some reason.

I sold a 4 speed T10 that weighed around 100# to someone in Sweden last year. He hit the buy it now price at $499. He paided for the US mail for it, but gave the wrong address. The mail sent it back to me and he wanted me to send it to him free. I was like WTF. I offered to send it to him again of what it would cost me, or refund him his money minus the freight. He couldn't understand why I wouldn't shell out $250ish to send it out again on my dime.

The shipping calculator is one thing I have a hard time with. I can put down my zip code, with ups and the actual weights and add 2# for the packaging. I sold a carb to someone in LA for 9.99 and shipping was going to cost if I remember right was $21 and he send me 9.99 for shipping because thats what it showed him. I opened up the window after the transaction was over and it showed $15 something to ship it to my own zip.

I don't mind shelling out $1-3 on shipping when its something I made money on, but for a core junk rochester, I shouldn't have to pay someone to take it after all the fee's are final.


For sellers, its really in the dumps for them. Look up something as simple as 1969 Camaro radiator. About 400-600 radiators pull up. How many of them sold? 2-3 when you look at the completed history. It makes me sick to dig through the listings to find good stuff on there when the dot.net companys load it up with mail order part number crap that they don't stock hoping they will sell a $100 china alum radiator for $499. Mustang II frontends are the same way when your looking for hotrods and streetrods.