993C4Smontreal

check out this guys comment on shipping for a steering wheel:

SHIPPING IS $309.00 SO DON'T BOTHER ASKING ABOUT THAT. IF YOU WANT THE STEERING WHEEL THEN BID IF NOT THEN DON'T

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...spagenameZWDVW

Why would anyone pay this guy $1?

gordo993

Asshat.

He's just trying to scam some poor bastard into thinking he's buying a 3 spoke sw for $5.

dcdude

He's trying to scam ebay out of their commission, plain and simple. I just reported the MF.

The Brewmeister

Agreed. It's a trick to avoid posting a reserve price. What a dishonest and
cheesy move.

race.it

should I ask if thats shipping to the UK,

Marlon

That's the 'around the world in 30 days' shipping quote! He probably does not take Paypal either!

cabrio993

It costs about the same to ship this complete BMW engine that he also has for sale. Maybe he's got some Flat rate special from UPS?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB..._promot_widget

jaholmes

I hate this. This is borderline abusive. Like ebay will do anything about it.

aron in toronto

993C4Smontreal, I agree with the others that the seller is trying to avoid or minimize his ebay fees by inflating his shipping charges and effectively reducing his selling price. However this can work to your advantage if you are shipping to Canada as you will only pay Tax, Duty, brokerage fees on the selling price and not the shipping cost. Keep an eye on the bidding, I bet he has very few takers

aron in toronto

On second thought ( I'm a bit slow this morning), his shipping rate is higher than most 3 spoke wheels final bidding price. So there doesn't seem to be a silver lining in this auction.

Bill 993

At the bottom of the Ebay listing, it's possible to file a report. I did this and they do let you report excessive shipping fee as violation.

jaholmes

pfft. Where is the damn smoking a doobie emotican. I guess this will have to do

LouZ

Tell him that you will PICK UP (for free - of course). He's in Florida - I'm sure there's a Rennlist member that would go get it for you

stace

Note his feedback score as well! that's pretty low in fleabay terms!!

The Brewmeister

If you scan through a few pages of those feedbacks there are many neutrals as well. A neutral is almost
as bad as a negative.