It depends, if they stated the shipping cost clearly then I think it is
fine. The shipping charge is not count into the ebay final fee, it save some
money. The buyer should check if the price of the item plus shipping is ok
to him/her or not.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Let's see, the average SM card weighs a fraction of an ounce.
>
> You do the math.
>
> They're covering their ebay fees and adding profit margin. Is it illegal?
> Of course not. Unethical? Yep.
>
> Tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Gullen" <andrew.gullen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 9:09 PM
> Subject: [OM] SmartMedia question
>
>
> > Hi -
> >
> > Just bought a trailing-edge digital P&S (Olympus D-100, there's the
> Olympus
> > content). On screen the images have pleasing color, though with some
> > interesting shifts. For example, an orange bubble blower went yellow.
> >
> > Anyway, I was looking at eBay auctions of SmartMedia cards, and noticed
> all
> > buyers I looked at sold cheap but with exorbitant shipping & handling
> > charges. Not quite a scam as the charges are up front, but is there a
good
> > reason for the high S&H or is this just the, uh, current practice in
this
> > area?
> >
> > Andrew
> >
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