Yep this is a rant. And this is nothing new I know it's been report before but now if finally hits home.
Since i've been moving I haven't sold or bought anything off the bay in a while. I know some think it's evil, like Beckett and Wally world, but to be honest where else are you going to get that kinda selection at the best prices. So anyway I bought a few boxes of Topps Finest and pulled a Joe Mauer logoman patch card #d to 50 so I pop that thing up on ebay along with some other stuff 'cuz i like to sell in batches. I get a great price, as a matter of fact, I got the best price i've seen on ebay. I did my research checked current and finished auctions and figured I'd pull about 50 bucks and was nicely surprise to see the devil wanted the card and it went for $66.66. Now as i'm sending out invoices I realize that I can't offer insurance any more. Now I don't really believe in insurance anyways but I like to be able to offer it because while I package as best I can who knows if the postal workers are going to play floor hockey with the package. No biggie I offer it in the comments section of my invoice.
So now this next round I decide to put it in my listing that while ebay won't let me offer it I will adjust shipping if you would like it and guess what. I guess I put the magic words in the listing because ebay wouldn't let me post it till I removed the insurance blurb and then I get a link as to why I can't "offer" insurance anymore. What a load of shit. So apparently by offering insurance it puts the onus of the object getting to the buyer on the buyer and it's on the seller. Now wait a minute. So now I have to take responsiblity of the US post office or UPS or who ever I use to get my packages there or pay for insurance myself, which is pretty expensive actually, or add the cost of insurance into the shipping and handling. So what should cost me about 2 to 3 bucks for shipping now would cost about 5 bucks. Who the hell is going to buy cards from a guy who makes shipping 5 bucks on a card? Noone, 'cuz I sure wouldn't. And how am I suppose to know how much to charge before I know the final price? I can't wait till something comes along to rival ebay. It's bound to happen.
Alright thats my rant for today. Oh and one more bitch they finally blocked my blog at work so now no more posting when I'm bored what shit is that. Ah well. Later peoples there's beer to drink.
Blog about collecting stuff, the hobby of collecting stuff, mainly trading cards, and other things.
I'm with you. I don't like that either. All businesses should offer insurance. Poor business practice by eBay.
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