Cheap old toys vs. shipping cost: What have you NOT bought because of shipping cost?

[nvmbrsdoom5]

I was gonna mention the Little People playsets too, rche. I come across some good deals now and then on old playsets but then the shipping will be $25 and up, which ruins it for me. On occasion I've seen them sell for such a low price, that it's not unreasonable to pay the high shipping cost (except perhaps on principle). But it definitely seems to be a common thing with the Fisher Price stuff on Ebay, I'll see something with a shipping price of like $20 that I know darn well can be shipped for closer to $10 with no problem.

[Neutron X]

Paypal has caused a lot of crazy shipping charges in my opinion. Common postage to UK was $10-15 Airmail for me. Now Paypal requires a signed reciept from buyer to prove shipment. This used to be proven by showing USA postage reciept with customs number. I am charged $30-40 now to ship Express Mail to get stupid reciept. I was taken for $200 for shipping old way.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Shipping cost is a big pet peeve for me. I HATE when sellers pad their shipping. I just had one LIE to me abou it. I asked BEFORE bidding if he would lower his (in my opinion) padded shipping cost and he said yes (in so many words) and when I won the auction he woulkdn't honor his promise so I ended up paying $10 shipping (rather than under $5 most likely) in order to avoid any problems.
I've seen items with $40 shipping that shouldn't be more than $10.
Some of these sellers have to be smoking crack.
I know I pass on quite a few items mainly due to shipping making the end price just unreasonable.
Rich

Yes...me too. I have cut back buying most stuff because I am so sick of it. It's expensive enough to post things across the planet without padding the cost.

[rche]

what could you ship for 40 bucks?

fplp stuff always seems to come with weird shipping. Either high, or low.

Recent example. A loose set, mostly complete. The item would probably go for 35-40 complete. The shipping is $40 + on it. I emailed the seller and asked if they could find a way to ship a little lower and here is the response.

<<"I don't think there is. These play houses are a bear to pack and ship. They are so fragile. I have always gone in the hole on the shipping when I sell one. I think I will just have to leave the shipping as is. Judy">>

Um, well OK. Have fun with it.

In contrast, I recently picked up a Sesame Street house, play family house, and a minty mini bus with a couple of little people for less than 20 including the shipping. Doesn't make a whole lotta sense.

[steshell]

Too much to even list!!!
Lots of things especially stuff from the UK.
Sometimes I wished I lived there...

You've got to be joking!!!
I wish I lived in USA, I also collect trading cards and I'm often asked for $35+ to ship one card to UK.


Steve

[generic]

Too much to even list!!!
Lots of things especially stuff from the UK.
Sometimes I wished I lived there...

Yeah, but if you lived there, you'd wish you lived HERE for all the stuff that they have to pay the big bucks to have shipped over there!

[fallensaviour]

Too much to even list!!!
Lots of things especially stuff from the UK.
Sometimes I wished I lived there...

[cjefferys]

I've passed up on some cheap, beat up Shogun Warriors/Jumbo Machinders that would come in handy for parts, because of the shipping fees (which is never cheap on these big guys, understandably so).

On the other hand, I've bought some cheap items with high shipping because the total price is still worth it to me. A while back I bought a boxed Dune Spice Scout for $5.00, but the shipping was $20 (it came in a big box). But the total price of $25 was worth it to me for this particular item.

[mazinz]

I recently bought a Shogun Godzilla.
It's a piece I've wanted like...forever.
I buy one from a seller called vegas-batcave. Shipping was going to be expensive, so I asked if it could be shipped to my friend in Vegas. I'm going there next year, I'll just pick it up then. Sounds easy, right?
Sellers says "sure", I make a bid, I won the item, fairly cheap, too.
Yay!!!!

Then he send me a Paypal invoice, with shipping to Belgium (please multiply shipping by FOUR), and continues to stonewall me from then on.
So I coughed it all up, eventually. Don't want to be a NPB.
I ask for shipping confirmation, no reply.

I hate Ebay.....

you actually had a legitimate case and I would have contacted ebay about it. If the seller sent you an email agreeing to send it to Vegas and then stabs you in the back, you could have used the option of purchasing under a fasle pretense because the seller lied to you in order for you to purchase his item.

[Gorn Captain]

I recently bought a Shogun Godzilla.
It's a piece I've wanted like...forever.
I buy one from a seller called vegas-batcave. Shipping was going to be expensive, so I asked if it could be shipped to my friend in Vegas. I'm going there next year, I'll just pick it up then. Sounds easy, right?
Sellers says "sure", I make a bid, I won the item, fairly cheap, too.
Yay!!!!

Then he send me a Paypal invoice, with shipping to Belgium (please multiply shipping by FOUR), and continues to stonewall me from then on.
So I coughed it all up, eventually. Don't want to be a NPB.
I ask for shipping confirmation, no reply.

I hate Ebay.....

[mazinz]

two ebay auctions come to mind, one I did cave in for

1. the M.A.C mountain playset, the set was like $9 (US), but shipping was like $40

2. this guy from Canada was selling a bunch of old rubber monsters. Also about $9 but shipping was 24$. I first questioned him about the shipping, but caved in due to one super rare monster this set had that I wanted

[jds1911a1]

It's a common tactic if they jack up the shipping and lower the bid price it reduces the fees they pay ebay. Since ebay give 5 free listings a month now it can actually be worth it for a seller to try. I review total cost for anything on ebay.

[toys2cool]

loose LJN WWF figures and a loose Castle Greyskull ,shipping's way too high

[kryptosmaster]

Shipping cost is a big pet peeve for me. I HATE when sellers pad their shipping. I just had one LIE to me abou it. I asked BEFORE bidding if he would lower his (in my opinion) padded shipping cost and he said yes (in so many words) and when I won the auction he woulkdn't honor his promise so I ended up paying $10 shipping (rather than under $5 most likely) in order to avoid any problems.
I've seen items with $40 shipping that shouldn't be more than $10.
Some of these sellers have to be smoking crack.
I know I pass on quite a few items mainly due to shipping making the end price just unreasonable.
Rich

[4NDR01D]

I can't think of many toy examples, but I definitely have this problem with records. To have an LP shipped to canada is usually about $12. There's tons of records I'd pay $6 $7 $8 for but not .99 plus $12 shipping. Great pick ups outta the dollar bins, but $13 is crazy.