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12-02-2006, 06:27 PM
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Why is it, in most cases when you see an item you want, and it is local pickup only, not only on this site, but e-bay, or where ever, 9 chances of 10, the item/guy is in California. Why is it, that people in California, can't figure out how to use UPS. Are the school systems really that bad out there, as BGavin says, or what????????
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12-02-2006, 07:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Maybe they just don't have time to ship it. Maybe they just don't want to. No skin off your back. If you want it so bad, get someone to go pick it up.
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12-02-2006, 07:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: north of chicago | | | mabeye they are amish and don't have anyway to get it to the ups store
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12-02-2006, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by spudmaster34 mabeye they are amish and don't have anyway to get it to the ups store | They have buggies.
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12-02-2006, 08:00 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Auburn, Washington | | | Maybe there is a gravity well in Cali because of all the people there, so it's physically impossible to ship something out because it will just fall back in. You have to tie a rope to yourself, go get it, and have your friends pull you out. |
12-02-2006, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by joegeezer Why is it, that people in California, can't figure out how to use UPS. |
Funny stuff - thanks for the laugh 
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12-02-2006, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by oldrocker Funny stuff - thanks for the laugh | What's sad is that he wasn't trying to be funny...... 
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12-02-2006, 08:45 PM
| | Secret Member | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | | Joe, walk into a UPS store sometime with a 100 lb cab and tell them you want to ship it. Let us know how it goes....
Lemme guess, you found the Schroeder cab you've always wanted, right?
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12-02-2006, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by guy n. cognito Joe, walk into a UPS store sometime with a 100 lb cab and tell them you want to ship it. Let us know how it goes....
Lemme guess, you found the Schroeder cab you've always wanted, right? | Hmm...I walked into a fedex with a 60 pound 4x10 and told them I wanted to ship it. It was a relatively positivie experience, price and all.
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12-02-2006, 08:58 PM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | | I agree with Joe on this one--if the seller doesn't want to pay shipping fees, they can just make that something the buyer pays for--when i go on ebay, i get charged shipping every time...what does the shipping cost matter when you don't have to pay for it? |
12-02-2006, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by superbassman2000 I agree with Joe on this one--if the seller doesn't want to pay shipping fees, they can just make that something the buyer pays for--when i go on ebay, i get charged shipping every time...what does the shipping cost matter when you don't have to pay for it? | It's more than just cost. Super heavy items don't ship well, and can easily be broken or damaged. Shipping those types of items, especially for an ebay sale, can lead to a dissatisfied buyer, an UPS damage claim, and potential negative feedback.
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12-02-2006, 09:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Southern California | | The only thing I've shipped was a pickguard, to South Carolina. I can't imagine walking into some of these post offices with a monster cab or something. But, if someone was paying for the shipping I would do it, I've had alot of positive experiences with having guitars and other fragile things shipped to me.
...and it's a huge strain on the horses to lug a cab to the post office in my buggy! |
12-02-2006, 10:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: BASS Heaven !!!! | |  expensive shipping!!!
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Originally Posted by guy n. cognito Joe, walk into a UPS store sometime with a 100 lb cab and tell them you want to ship it. Let us know how it goes....
Lemme guess, you found the Schroeder cab you've always wanted, right? | I had a acoustic 370/371(150lbs) shipped overnight from ohio to GA .....ups store builted a woodenbase/frame for box...packaged fantastic...cost $400.00 you decide...to me it was worth it !!! got a great deal on amp and it was in fantastic condition !!!!and arrived same !!!  |
12-02-2006, 11:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sac Area | | | You guys are missing the obvious. We here in California hate to do international shipping. So, if it's going outside of California, it's too much of a hassle.
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12-02-2006, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Enchanter_Tim You guys are missing the obvious. We here in California hate to do international shipping. So, if it's going outside of California, it's too much of a hassle. | win.
Seriously though, if someone doesn't want to ship, why cry over it? Maybe they don't want to get in their car and drive to UPS. It doesn't hurt you as much as them, since it limits their potential buyer base to 3 or 4 hour drives.
I know when I try to sell an item, I attempt to sell it locally first, because I don't want to go through the hassle of shipping. If I can sell it locally, someone can try it out first, determine if they like it, and go away with it on the spot, over a drawn out PM process.
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12-02-2006, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by joegeezer Why is it, that people in California, can't figure out how to use UPS? | It's because FedEx is a heckuva lot cheaper and doesn't beat packages to hell! FWIW, I've shipped a combo amp and a 2x10 cab, among other things, from CA in the last couple months. I guess I learned something at CSUSB after all.
Why is it when people have to shovel a ton of snow they start bashing people from California?
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12-03-2006, 03:11 AM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | The answer here is pretty obvious IMO - shipping's a hassle, and if you've got a big enough local market to sell the gear without shipping, that's what you do. In areas with a much smaller local market, you have no choice but to ship as you aren't likely to find a local buyer.
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12-03-2006, 03:25 AM
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Originally Posted by bassybill The answer here is pretty obvious IMO - shipping's a hassle, and if you've got a big enough local market to sell the gear without shipping, that's what you do. In areas with a much smaller local market, you have no choice but to ship as you aren't likely to find a local buyer. | Bingo! You win the prize. The California ebay market is huge and doesn't need to reach out to other parts of the country, let alone other continents.
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12-03-2006, 04:58 AM
| | Secret Member | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by bassybill The answer here is pretty obvious IMO - shipping's a hassle, and if you've got a big enough local market to sell the gear without shipping, that's what you do. In areas with a much smaller local market, you have no choice but to ship as you aren't likely to find a local buyer. | Please stop interjecting common sense into Joe's rant..........
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12-03-2006, 05:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Edinburgh & Dundee, Scotland | | | Not everyone likes shipping
However, if you display an interest in an item, email them and ask if they would post it, you'd be surprised how often they will agree to, in my experience anyways.
Hell thats how i got my SVT and my 810 !
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