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    Default Lower shipping costs on ebay soon to come!

    EBay has reached a deal with UPS, and eBay buyers can now compare shipping prices between UPS and the US Postal Service. This should somewhat stop sellers from inflating shipping costs. YAY.

    link: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/6205.html
    my site : http://www.deactive.com

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    Default Re: Lower shipping costs on ebay soon to come!

    Quote Originally Posted by l3el
    EBay has reached a deal with UPS, and eBay buyers can now compare shipping prices between UPS and the US Postal Service. This should somewhat stop sellers from inflating shipping costs. YAY.

    link: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/6205.html
    my site : http://www.deactive.com
    It's a nice thought, but on small packages, UPS is WAY too expensive to ship. Shipping will always be up to the seller and this looks similar to the deal paypal made with UPS before paypal was bought by ebay.

    Danny

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    yup, buyers will always get screwed on shipping, well not all the time, I have good shipping costs. All this will do is tell the buyer what shipping would be, but the seller doesn't have to charge exact shipping. Lots of business and sellers add "handling" charges.


    Good idea, but it won't change a thing.

    Also I have never found a UPS qupte to be cheaper than shipping an item USPS....ever..

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    I think in my current ebay auctions I went too low on shipping.

    Well, so I eat a few bucks. The auctions are high value enough so that's its not the end of the world.

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