Okay, this post is gonna be somewhat odd but it's truth and anyone selling or buying from a seller should have better understanding. Remember, without customers a business of anykind wouldn't exist so treat customers as a priceless item... unfortunately corporate conglomorates [even media conglomorates] seem to have forgotten that. 😒
Anyways, as a business minded kind of guy let me just say, a business goal is to NOT ONLY turn a profit but to also have the customer to not feel that they are paying shipping. "Free Shipping" is a HUGE thing when it comes to human mindsets. A seller should never let customers to feel "cheated" because of high prices.
Balance is key even if it's a small sacrifice on the sellers part, suck it up and move on. I know some are totally gonna disagree with that, but 100% profit is somewhat of a misnomer, it doesn't exist in absolutness and profit of anysort IS profit so sacrificing a few bucks shouldn't be a big deal on some items. For "junk dealers" a.k.a resellers some items they totally can turn the elusive 100% profit on if they find the right item(s) too sell and for retail sellers [brand new only items] finding a vendor with true wholesale pricing is key as is finding awesome deals on liquidated items, with true dropship wholesalers it's almost impossible to not have to take a profit sacrifice.
A handling fee is totally legit if a seller is packaging the item(s) themselves and shipping them, it's also a legitimate practice for sellers buying from true dropship wholesalers as well, that way the seller can turn more profit without the customer feeling cheated.
Unfortunately 99% of the ebay sellers and hell even some online only retailers tend to focus too much on equaling Wal*Mart prices and/or Amazon.com pricing and have NO idea how to run a business and end up ripping off customers, and providing piss poor customer service i.e. being jackasses and/or being rude to customers, etc. Customer service IS A MAJOR KEY when it comes to selling be it reselling, or retail selling. They need to face it as fact that they are too small to compete with the giants of the industry on pricing and need to just suck it up and focus only on THEIR BUSINESS by turning profits and running THEIR BUSINESS correctly and they will end up with repeat customers even if their prices are not as cheap as a corporate conglomorates.
That's all. 😜
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