Hi, folks.
I just wanted to pop back in to tell you a bit about selling my T7 on eBay.
First: thanks, Ken, for your support!
The auction bidding, for T7, knife jigs, scissors jig, all the stuff that comes in the box, rotating base, work mat, two universal support bars, a copy of Steve B's book and video course, etc. closed at $801.00. I wasn't unhappy with that.
Then, PayPal deducted $26-something, eBay charged me $85, and UPS charged twice the shipping charge that showed on the embedded calculator on the eBay site when I listed (I had already packaged the stuff and accurately measured and weighed the package).
So lumping everything together, I netted $219.00 less than the buyer deposited to my PayPal account.
To add insult to injury, the buyer, although he paid promptly, never made any attempt at communication or acknowledgment of my communication (I was able to ship the same day the auction ended). A little annoyed, I sent him a final message breaking down the details of the transaction, although I assured him that I understood it wasn't his problem and that I wished him the best of luck with his new T7. He hasn't bothered to respond to that, either.
Why share all of this with you? To let you know that the "eBay experience" has become expensive and unpleasant for sellers and that, among other things, you can't trust their shipping calculators, probably especially for relatively heavy items that won't fit in flat-rate USPS boxes.
Best to all of you.
~Doug
I just wanted to pop back in to tell you a bit about selling my T7 on eBay.
First: thanks, Ken, for your support!
The auction bidding, for T7, knife jigs, scissors jig, all the stuff that comes in the box, rotating base, work mat, two universal support bars, a copy of Steve B's book and video course, etc. closed at $801.00. I wasn't unhappy with that.
Then, PayPal deducted $26-something, eBay charged me $85, and UPS charged twice the shipping charge that showed on the embedded calculator on the eBay site when I listed (I had already packaged the stuff and accurately measured and weighed the package).
So lumping everything together, I netted $219.00 less than the buyer deposited to my PayPal account.
To add insult to injury, the buyer, although he paid promptly, never made any attempt at communication or acknowledgment of my communication (I was able to ship the same day the auction ended). A little annoyed, I sent him a final message breaking down the details of the transaction, although I assured him that I understood it wasn't his problem and that I wished him the best of luck with his new T7. He hasn't bothered to respond to that, either.
Why share all of this with you? To let you know that the "eBay experience" has become expensive and unpleasant for sellers and that, among other things, you can't trust their shipping calculators, probably especially for relatively heavy items that won't fit in flat-rate USPS boxes.
Best to all of you.
~Doug