01-08-2004, 05:05 PM
Quote:Originally posted by ouijaouija
i have mentioned this a few times.
Sellers place a high postage and low actual dvd cost because ebay doesn't charge vat on postage, therefore sellers place very high postage which is actually the price of the dvd.
YEAH! I absolutely agree on the high postage. There's these 2 particular sellers on ebay, don't want to mention their ids, for the Rurouni Limited Edition box, they sell at $90 and wanted $30 for shipping first class, which actual cost is only about $4++. I was looking earlier and found that one of them actually wanted $15 for s/h first class for 2 dvd set of his and her circumstances. Long time ago, I emailed to check whether the s/h is for express mail. NOPE, all items are sent either via Media or First Class. Hehhe Total rip off!
Even the HK sellers themselves, charged 4 times the actual shipping coz they thought that the all the buyers did not know the currency exchange rate. I just wanted to find out how much is the shipping actually so I bought a dvd movie from a HK seller. Paid US$6 + $2 insurance(required), in the end, with the insurance, the postage only turned out to be US$2. *shrug* Ever since then, I don't want to deal with HK/Asia sellers anymore. :p