Wavelflack
03-09-2006, 11:06 PM
Now that I'm aware of the level of disingenuity expected of ebay sellers, I am going to make my fortune!
Template for justifying $100+ in Handling Fees:
$2.50 Ebay fees
$2.50 Paypal fees
$5.00 bubble mailer (I don't know where you bought yours. They cost $5.00 here)
$15 gas for trip to store to purchase bubble mailer ($2.20/ gal., 20 mile round trip, vehicle is 1953 Massey Ferguson Combine)
$15 gas for trip to post office
$50 potential cost of my time to list item, if I had been at work (2 hrs @$25/ hr.)
$2.75 Boner fee
$13 reimbursement for day I spent at the flea market, where Item was located originally (gas, food, Purell, Visine)
$.31 Three paper towels and 1/2 oz. of Windex to clean up item for listing photo.
$.75 Estimated pro-rated reimbursement for the decrease in lifespan of 4 AA Nicad batteries resulting from another charging cycle resulting from digital camera photos being taken of Item.
$3.00 "wear and tear" on digital camera.
$4.25 miscellaneous
$7 electricity usage surcharge (7 day listing, 7 days of monitoring auction inside house, average draw of 2kWh/ day @$.50/kWh)
$5.00 secondary handling
$12.50 unusable photons
Template for justifying $100+ in Handling Fees:
$2.50 Ebay fees
$2.50 Paypal fees
$5.00 bubble mailer (I don't know where you bought yours. They cost $5.00 here)
$15 gas for trip to store to purchase bubble mailer ($2.20/ gal., 20 mile round trip, vehicle is 1953 Massey Ferguson Combine)
$15 gas for trip to post office
$50 potential cost of my time to list item, if I had been at work (2 hrs @$25/ hr.)
$2.75 Boner fee
$13 reimbursement for day I spent at the flea market, where Item was located originally (gas, food, Purell, Visine)
$.31 Three paper towels and 1/2 oz. of Windex to clean up item for listing photo.
$.75 Estimated pro-rated reimbursement for the decrease in lifespan of 4 AA Nicad batteries resulting from another charging cycle resulting from digital camera photos being taken of Item.
$3.00 "wear and tear" on digital camera.
$4.25 miscellaneous
$7 electricity usage surcharge (7 day listing, 7 days of monitoring auction inside house, average draw of 2kWh/ day @$.50/kWh)
$5.00 secondary handling
$12.50 unusable photons