150% shipping?!

[Dave1982]

Had a non-sucky customer come in today to ship a package via UPS. It was a single large box of fancy pots and pans. She was shipping it from New Hampshire, USA to the Ukraine.

Total cost to ship: $1200.

Total value of the pots and pans: $800

Her reasoning: she couldn't find any pots and pans in the Ukraine that she liked.

Words fail me.

[Evil Queen]

Wow.... and she was okay with the price?! WOW!

[Dave1982]

Wow.... and she was okay with the price?! WOW!

Yep. She actually paid it. I was shocked.

[Evil Queen]

My face... it hurts from the jawdrop.... Well, I guess if you can't find something you like... *shrugs*

[AdamAnt316]

First impression: Boy, if only I could afford to spend that kind of money on such a foolish endeavor...

Second impression: I get the distinct feeling that one could buy a round-trip plane ticket to Ukraine, and deliver the pots and pans in person for less than $1200.

Third impression: The whole thing strikes me as being akin drop-shipping a dogsled loaded with pink camo (excuse me, camoo) pants into the barren, frozen wasteland that is Nunavut...

[Becks]

I occasionally pay more for shipping than for the item(s) it/themselves.

But then, I'm getting used books from amazon.com.

[XCashier]

Had a non-sucky customer come in today to ship a package via UPS. It was a single large box of fancy pots and pans. She was shipping it from New Hampshire, USA to the Ukraine.

Total cost to ship: $1200.

Total value of the pots and pans: $800

How much did the package weigh? I'd bet she could've shipped it via United States Postal Service for a lot cheaper.

UPS has very good rates within the USA, but not so great internationally.

[Naaman]

How much did the package weigh?

For that sort of cost I'd hope they were probably enamelled iron...

Last a lifetime but weigh a ton

[marasbaras]

As someone who lives in a place with limited availability of things (Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines), I can understand that. I wouldn't pay it. But, I understand.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Second impression: I get the distinct feeling that one could buy a round-trip plane ticket to Ukraine, and deliver the pots and pans in person for less than $1200.

My quickie search found me a flight from Boston to Kiev for $1162.

BTW, when I googled round trip flight New Hampshire to Ukraine the first result was this.

[Dave1982]

Well, I didn't conduct the transaction, so I didn't see the weight. Probably a LOT.

[Dave1982]

BTW, when I googled round trip flight New Hampshire to Ukraine the first result was this.

"This is the [thread] that doesn't eeeeeennnnnnndddddd!!!!! Yes it goes on and on my frieeeeeeeeeeeenddsssss!!"

[Meadhands]

Did someone, like, google-bomb this thread that it is already the first thing to pop up on a search engine? I just find that fact oddly disconcerting.

New thought.

I once bought some figurines for my brother. They were hand-crafted in Hong Kong, and I bought them off eBay for 2 cents apiece. Total shipping was $20. So shipping was... lemme see...

50,000%

[Dave1982]

I once bought some figurines for my brother. They were hand-crafted in Hong Kong, and I bought them off eBay for 2 cents apiece. Total shipping was $20. So shipping was... lemme see...

50,000%

That seller needs to be reported to eBay. They are engaging in "fee avoidance" which is strictly prohibited. eBay only charges sellers based on the sale price of an item. Shipping charges are seperate. By inflating the shipping charge and lowering the sale price, they are dodging the Final Value Fee and pocketing more of YOUR money, thus defrauding the buyer and eBay.

[RayvenQ]

If I were to buy metal rings for making chainmail froma very good site that sells them, it'd cost me $55 to get it in 8-15 buisness days, or $15 and 8 to 12 weeks, and that's the cost for just 1lb of stuff (the 1lb of stuff itself is something like $2.75, so now I'm going the long way and buying wire and handcoiling and cutting it myself. Oh the woes of living far away from the people that do stuff you want to buy