Re: Shipping Charges from Hongkong

What kind of shipping is it, surface or air? It sounds very high to me, but that's pretty standard for ebayers in Hong Kong. They sell at low prices and make up for it on shipping. It's not unusual. They keep more of the money from the transaction rather than giving ebay its due.

Personally, I would not pay it.

---Stephen

I don't do business with anyone in Hong Kong. Over a 2-week period, I bought five things on eBay from Hong Kong (three different sellers). I was stiffed on every item. Luckily, none of the items were modeling-related (they were ties) and relatively low cost. I also found the postage exorbitant. Each tie was between $5-10 and postage was $10 on each.

All three sellers kept leading me on that it takes several weeks to receive an item from Hong Kong and insisting they had been mailed; it almost seemed scripted and, perhaps, it was. By the time I was pretty sure something was wrong and contacted PayPal (about five weeks after the payment) they said it had been too long to file a complaint and they would not help.

It seems to me that Hong Kong is nothing but a den of clever thieves who know just how to work the system. Any more, I don't care what they are selling, I don't intend to throw any more of my money into that wastebasket.

hi, for example to send a box to us US from Switzerland cost economy up to two kilogramms 38.00 sfr. whats about 32 Dollars. Just for Information because I have at the moment a bider on ebay from the states. thats why i know that.

greetings marco "PaPaPeng" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

I just got two kits (total package about 18 inches by 10) from Hong Kong in 15 days at $12 shipping.

Sounds like a plan. Just be sure the seller is someone you can trust to fulfill the auction and not another of the Hong Kong rip-off artists. Good luck with it!