The Most You Have Paid For Shipping


A co-worker of mine frequently sells items on Ebay. He told me that he has recently been getting frequent inquiries as to whether he is willing to ship overseas. I was surprised when he told me that the cost to ship a single shirt overseas is about forty dollars. Wow! I immediately thought of the heavy audio equipment that many of you here on audiogon have shipped great distances. What is the most you have ever paid for shipping? Where did you ship from and to?
mordenmail

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I recently sold a very expensive power cord on AudiogoN. One potential buyer asked for a shipping quote to South America. The shipping cost was around $350 but the transaction still made sense for him due to the high cost of the cable, good price and low dollar exchange rate.

Problem was, on this shippment, like most overseas ones, you cannot get delivery confirmation. I told him that without some type of delivery confirmation, I was unwilling to do the transaction. He then got angry and rude, telling me that he had done many transaction and never had a problem. I told him there was no way I was proceeding.

Anyway, if you want to ship something like an amp overseas, the cost will be astronomical.