Parcel delivery companies are rapists.
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Yeah so I sold my wrx rear lip to a guy in new jersey. thinking shipping wasnt going to be more than 50 bucks we agreed on a price. well I also couldnt find something to ship it in so i decided to take the hit and pay 40 bucks for packaging so it wouldnt break. ok so no biggie. but then UPS says to send it to New Jersey it will cost 120 dollars. You gotta be kidding me. so i then check DHL and its 90 bucks and so i got a quote from fedex and the post office and they are both 85. Geez. There is no reason that it should be that much. Their reason was because of the dimensions. Yeah its long but it doesnt weigh that much and so on. its just a stupid rear lip. So i am asking the guy to send me some more money because i am not spending that much fucken money. The parcel companies are just plain rapists.
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They call it dimensional weight, it sucks but it's been like that forever. Next time you can do an estimate on UPS.com etc and that is generally real close to what the cost will be. Or, find someone with daily pick-up that will let you ship the part under their account, that will save you about 25%.
DaveH
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Id ask for more money why not is not against the law... if your not gonna make any money after shipping sell it here on fargostreet.
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aliengotpsi;192600 wrote:
Id ask for more money why not is not against the law... if your not gonna make any money after shipping sell it here on fargostreet.
If you can't stick to an agreement, stop selling stuff online, that's where adults enjoy doing business. Maybe PS3 or Xbox has an online selling game you could try. -
2wheeler;192604 wrote:
If you can't stick to an agreement, stop selling stuff online, that's where adults enjoy doing business. Maybe PS3 or Xbox has an online selling game you could try.The same should go for people trying to low ball people too, or is that not as unethical as asking for a little more money to cover shipping?
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There isn't a point in selling something if your just going to lose money on it. Its not like he is trying to bait and switch on him he is just being honest and asking for more money to cover shipping costs. From what I read both the buy and seller both assumed that shipping about be ~$50. Assumptions aren't always right.
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MisterCMK;192605 wrote:
You don't know the entire agreement between the two....Don't comment on that which you don't have the whole story
Read the second sentence in the OP's first post. That's what we have to go on, so that is what I commented on. It says they AGREED on it. Oh, and go fuck yourself. -
94NDTA;192622 wrote:
The same should go for people trying to low ball people too, or is that not as unethical as asking for a little more money to cover shipping?
Lowballing has nothing to do with an agreed price. It is an offer made by one party. Apples to oranges. I never said it is unethical to asked for more money. I think it is a chickenshit way of trying to cover your own fuckup. -
2wheeler;192647 wrote:
Lowballing has nothing to do with an agreed price. It is an offer made by one party. Apples to oranges. I never said it is unethical to asked for more money. I think it is a chickenshit way of trying to cover your own fuckup.+1 go ethan
2003 Mitsubishi Evolution 8
2011 Ford F150 Ecoboost
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What are the dimensions of the box? Anyway you can cut it down? Your probably over the dimensional weight by a few inches. Those few inches will raise the cost $50.
I wouldn't ask for any more money if there was an agreed upon price. -
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2wheeler;192597 wrote:
Just my 2 cents.....you can't ask that guy to send more money if you agreed on the price. Its your fault you didn't check first.Agreed 100%
Now, to help the OP out a bit....try sending it Greyhound. Seriously. It'll take a few more days, but its a LOT cheaper than other parcel services that I've tried.
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