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New member interested in selling pair of Vandersteen 1ci; sane shipping methods?

Hi,

I'm a new member here and wanted to list a pair of 1ci's as well as some headphones (Ether 2 System and Audeze LCD-2). However, I have no idea how on earth to calculate and list a real, reliable, and sane shipping price. I've tried UPS and FedEx calculators, but in the latter case I got a quote for $5000 to $8000 dollars for shipping alone, based on estimates on dimensions and weight I gave. I was planning on selling this pair of speakers for 4-500 dollars, so obviously these options won't work. 

How do others manage this factor in creating listings? I have a long history of selling things online, primarily vinyl records, but I've never shipped anything so large before and the services provide little to no help in trying to resolve this question. Clearly something isn't right here, or else no company would stay in business since they could not sustain these shipping rates I'm getting quotes for. 

I'm used to selling things up to maybe 10 pounds in weight, so I'm just clueless here as to how to begin. I have everything ready for a high-quality listing, but I can't complete the listing because I have no idea how much shipping to charge.

I apologize in advance if this is a silly question, but I wanted to make sure that my first listing is an accurate one that will not create any problems for myself or whoever might want to buy from me.

Thanks to anyone who can give me some guidance here! Anything like a realistic shipping calculator you're aware of or even general rules of thumb for costs would be helpful.

Thanks again,

G

amoklaufer

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amoklaufer OP
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OK, great, that is precisely the kind of advice I was hoping for. Thanks for narrowing it down and saving me countless hours of trying to find economic prices. I guess I just wanted to expand my range of possible buyers, but that's just not possible given the size of these speakers. 

I honestly didn't even realize there was a local-only option here, so thanks for educating me. I'm not as concerned with the listings for my headphones. That will be straightforward!

Thanks again!

amoklaufer OP
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P.S. I just checked existing listings again, after logging in, and now I do see an option to "get the price" for shipping for others' listings, which is helpful to give me a sanity check, but I still am unclear about how to determine the number I'll put in my listing for shipping. 

If there's some part of the listing process that guides you through determining this (a shipping wizard of sorts), please forgive me for asking. Just don't want to be a bad seller from the start (I have 100% ratings on eBay and Discogs and others).

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