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Let me clarify what I did and this may help you all out. I know I was wrong to ding DSR's now for what I thought was high shipping, but the email I received was sent to a large number of people and I didn't excessively leave low DSR's. There were a lot of factors included in it. For example, if someone charged me $3 and sent the card in a white envelope or if the price on the label was a lot lower than what I paid, they got a lower DSR. I know from my experience in selling that when a package weighs 3 ounces it only costs $1.65 plus the cost of a bubble mailer, sleeve, holder should have came out to just around $2.00 or slightly above. If I was charged $3+ for something like the example I just gave, then I gave them a lower DSR. It was a mistake on my part as people here showed me that there are various costs all over the country not only with shipping, but in supplies. I am not sure what ebay considers excessive, but if I have to recall, I perhaps only gave lower DSR's on about 30 auctions won out of the hundreds I have won this year. I should have clarified this at the beginning, but for some reason I thought I had a better reputation on this site where people were going to jump all over me and assume certain things. Also as pointed out before, this was not for combined auctions, it was for single card auctions only. I was wrong and as stated before, if I had never posted this to begin with, I would still be upset at ebay and the sellers for in my mind I thought was overcharging and using a system that was given to me to rate shipping charges.
I originally thought this is what ebay wanted us to do. Only charge for what it cost us to ship which is why they put the DSR's in place. So I lowered my shipping down to exactly what it costs me, in fact, I settled on an even number before it does cost me slightly less than $2, it comes out to about $1.89 or something. I have been selling on ebay since it first came out (had a few different names along the way) and I remember going to the post office and how much they would charge. Then came along paypal shipping and there is a huge cost savings. I figured anyone that has a history of selling sports cards would be using this type of service and saving themselves a lot of money. This was a bad assumption on my part.
I know that some of my replies were done out of anger of everyone saying I am an a-hole etc. so I explained very vaguely how and why I was dinging the DSR's, but again there were factors in my decisions and it wasn't like I was dinging people for $3+ shipping for every single person. I had contacted sellers asking them why shipping was so high when I received the packages or if they just tossed the card in a penny sleeve with no holder or didn't use tape or a team bag to ensure the card would not slip out. Some people replied, most didn't. Those that didn't got the dings. Again, I should have clarified this all at the beginning, but I didn't and was wrong to assume that people here would understand.
I consider myself fairly open minded and a somewhat savvy sellyer and in mind I never believed in overcharging sellers on shipping, I just didn't think it was good business practice. But the problem was is that I thought it cost EVERYONE the same amount as it does for me when I ship cards out. I was clearly wrong and now I know how to proceed from this moment forward. I am not trying to gain respect back from those people that blocked me, it is their choice and I don't blame them for being upset especially after seeing the numerous posts in this thread. I know if the tables were turned and it did cost me more than what I was actually charging for shipping then I would also be one of the haters among you all as well.
My original argument was meant as there was a feedback system in place and I thought it was placed there for us to use it. My eyes are now open and I will now only bid on what I think is an acceptable shipping price or have it built into the total price and go from there. If what I consider is excessive shipping, I will no longer bid on the card. I guess I thought that if I were to give someone a lower DSR on what I thought was excessive shipping costs, they would adjust it for the future. I sure as heck did not start out with 5 stars for shipping when the DSR's were put in place. In fact, I had received several warnings from ebay that my ratings were at the warning level so I adjusted my shipping costs to only charge what it actually cost me. Now I have 5 stars in all of my columns because of this change. I just expected everyone else to do so as well. I was wrong, I admit it and it's time to just move on.
Let me clarify what I did and this may help you all out. I know I was wrong to ding DSR's now for what I thought was high shipping, but the email I received was sent to a large number of people and I didn't excessively leave low DSR's. There were a lot of factors included in it. For example, if someone charged me $3 and sent the card in a white envelope or if the price on the label was a lot lower than what I paid, they got a lower DSR. I know from my experience in selling that when a package weighs 3 ounces it only costs $1.65 plus the cost of a bubble mailer, sleeve, holder should have came out to just around $2.00 or slightly above. If I was charged $3+ for something like the example I just gave, then I gave them a lower DSR. It was a mistake on my part as people here showed me that there are various costs all over the country not only with shipping, but in supplies. I am not sure what ebay considers excessive, but if I have to recall, I perhaps only gave lower DSR's on about 30 auctions won out of the hundreds I have won this year. I should have clarified this at the beginning, but for some reason I thought I had a better reputation on this site where people were going to jump all over me and assume certain things. Also as pointed out before, this was not for combined auctions, it was for single card auctions only. I was wrong and as stated before, if I had never posted this to begin with, I would still be upset at ebay and the sellers for in my mind I thought was overcharging and using a system that was given to me to rate shipping charges.
I originally thought this is what ebay wanted us to do. Only charge for what it cost us to ship which is why they put the DSR's in place. So I lowered my shipping down to exactly what it costs me, in fact, I settled on an even number before it does cost me slightly less than $2, it comes out to about $1.89 or something. I have been selling on ebay since it first came out (had a few different names along the way) and I remember going to the post office and how much they would charge. Then came along paypal shipping and there is a huge cost savings. I figured anyone that has a history of selling sports cards would be using this type of service and saving themselves a lot of money. This was a bad assumption on my part.
I know that some of my replies were done out of anger of everyone saying I am an a-hole etc. so I explained very vaguely how and why I was dinging the DSR's, but again there were factors in my decisions and it wasn't like I was dinging people for $3+ shipping for every single person. I had contacted sellers asking them why shipping was so high when I received the packages or if they just tossed the card in a penny sleeve with no holder or didn't use tape or a team bag to ensure the card would not slip out. Some people replied, most didn't. Those that didn't got the dings. Again, I should have clarified this all at the beginning, but I didn't and was wrong to assume that people here would understand.
I consider myself fairly open minded and a somewhat savvy sellyer and in mind I never believed in overcharging sellers on shipping, I just didn't think it was good business practice. But the problem was is that I thought it cost EVERYONE the same amount as it does for me when I ship cards out. I was clearly wrong and now I know how to proceed from this moment forward. I am not trying to gain respect back from those people that blocked me, it is their choice and I don't blame them for being upset especially after seeing the numerous posts in this thread. I know if the tables were turned and it did cost me more than what I was actually charging for shipping then I would also be one of the haters among you all as well.
My original argument was meant as there was a feedback system in place and I thought it was placed there for us to use it. My eyes are now open and I will now only bid on what I think is an acceptable shipping price or have it built into the total price and go from there. If what I consider is excessive shipping, I will no longer bid on the card. I guess I thought that if I were to give someone a lower DSR on what I thought was excessive shipping costs, they would adjust it for the future. I sure as heck did not start out with 5 stars for shipping when the DSR's were put in place. In fact, I had received several warnings from ebay that my ratings were at the warning level so I adjusted my shipping costs to only charge what it actually cost me. Now I have 5 stars in all of my columns because of this change. I just expected everyone else to do so as well. I was wrong, I admit it and it's time to just move on.
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