RadioBanter - View Single Post - Buying a Sony ICF SW7600GR radio from a seller on Ebay in the US.

March 10th 06, 09:34 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:

The ebay fee is based on sales price, which does not include shipping.
Hence these assholes charge high shipping fees to increase the net. If
there is any question about shipping cost, establish this before the
purchase.

I do admit I leaped before I looked and I have only myself to blame but if this post
causes some other soul to stop and think twice before dealing the way I did then it
will make my loss a little more palatable.

In the US, USPS shipping depends on where you go. There are some retail
outlets that take USPS shipments at a marked up rate.

You need to be very careful with ebay. Almost always I get better deals
elsewhere.

Yes but there is very little of that around here, and the local Sony stores are
selling this radio at $329.00 plus $49.35 tax which makes that about a total of
$325.38 US$

I was at a local surplus shop and ran into an ebay peddler
getting items to sale. Well, at least that is more legit than
Radio-Mart(TM), where he gets items from Ebay and writes lies to get a
higher price when reselling on ebay.

Thanks for the good come back!

Bob