chevscalade209 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 im a first time seller and i sold a broken ipod touch for 35 and 5 dollars for shipping why do i have to pay to print the shipping label is this normal i need to know more thanks Quote 2 jl audio 12w3's sealed soon to be 4 level 3 15's blow through all dc audio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 because shipping items isnt free wish it was. All it does is prints your label so all you do is drop it off and youre done. No standing around buying the stamp at the store. Also found out that is usually about 50-60% cheaper too. cost me like 47$ to ship a 35lb amp at the store, and then went back home and printed the same label for 14$. Cost my 40$ to ship my 90 lb lvl 5 to illinois i think, god knows what at the store. Quote 2006 Nissan Z Track. My Feedback Thread i used to think a band pass was something you were around your neck or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevscalade209 Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 because shipping items isnt free wish it was. All it does is prints your label so all you do is drop it off and youre done. No standing around buying the stamp at the store. Also found out that is usually about 50-60% cheaper too. cost me like 47$ to ship a 35lb amp at the store, and then went back home and printed the same label for 14$. Cost my 40$ to ship my 90 lb lvl 5 to illinois i think, god knows what at the store. so i have to pay to print the label and then pay for the envelop to ship it in too? Quote 2 jl audio 12w3's sealed soon to be 4 level 3 15's blow through all dc audio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zayres29 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) because shipping items isnt free wish it was. All it does is prints your label so all you do is drop it off and youre done. No standing around buying the stamp at the store. Also found out that is usually about 50-60% cheaper too. cost me like 47$ to ship a 35lb amp at the store, and then went back home and printed the same label for 14$. Cost my 40$ to ship my 90 lb lvl 5 to illinois i think, god knows what at the store. so i have to pay to print the label and then pay for the envelop to ship it in too? im a dumbass listen to what that guy said Edited January 7, 2011 by zayres29 Quote Btw that was the first person. Ever banned by me while dropping a deuce. Feel privileged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevscalade209 Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 because shipping items isnt free wish it was. All it does is prints your label so all you do is drop it off and youre done. No standing around buying the stamp at the store. Also found out that is usually about 50-60% cheaper too. cost me like 47$ to ship a 35lb amp at the store, and then went back home and printed the same label for 14$. Cost my 40$ to ship my 90 lb lvl 5 to illinois i think, god knows what at the store. so i have to pay to print the label and then pay for the envelop to ship it in too? im a dumbass listen to what that guy said so do i still end up paying for the label and the envelop? walk me through this im extremely confused so once i receive the payment i pay to print the label and then go to my local post office and pay for the envelop too??? Quote 2 jl audio 12w3's sealed soon to be 4 level 3 15's blow through all dc audio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 you can usually find an envelope for free. at most it'll cost you a buck but yes, you will have to pay for one if you don't have one. Quote 2006 Nissan Z Track. My Feedback Thread i used to think a band pass was something you were around your neck or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiBTLforlife Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 because shipping items isnt free wish it was. All it does is prints your label so all you do is drop it off and youre done. No standing around buying the stamp at the store. Also found out that is usually about 50-60% cheaper too. cost me like 47$ to ship a 35lb amp at the store, and then went back home and printed the same label for 14$. Cost my 40$ to ship my 90 lb lvl 5 to illinois i think, god knows what at the store. so i have to pay to print the label and then pay for the envelop to ship it in too? ok, look this is how it all works with ebay. Im kinda an ebay nutt. When you list your item for sale. say like your ipod you sold it for $30 and it offers you a chance to charge the person a shipping fee. if you put $5 then your saying that it will cost you prob $5 to ship the item with package and slip. so the buyer will pay $35 and hes done. now with you, you have listed your item and sold it, so you will have a listing fee along with a paypal fee. check your ebay balance and it should show under your fees. say your listing fee was $0.25 they are also going to charge you a fee when you sell the item. something around $4-$5 maybe. on larger items and more $$$ items the listing fee is more and the selling fee is also more. I sold a apple macbook for $770, listing was around $1.25 and when i sold it i had a fee of $50. thats jus thow it works and how they make there money, they point of all this is play the game and take into account all these fees bf selling so you come out ahead anyway nothing is free, you have to buy your package and buy your shipping label like anywhere else. you could of put $20 for shipping cost on your ipod if you wanted to. but do your package slips threw paypal and online bc it is much cheaper vs the store. you will save around 35-40% easy and on heavy items like subs you save big. ebay is a game, you just got to learn how to beat it. I jus got done selling about 4 items on ebay and i ususally start my bid at what i know im happy with with fees and listing fees they will charge me. so i have no worries. if ya got any questions just hit me up Quote 2 AQ 10'' HDC3 copper subs 1 3500d AQ amp 146.3db on TL with stock electrical in single cab truck at 32hz RESULT: 1st place at comp, 3rd overall out of 20 cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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