It's a good idea. What I do is estimate using my scales at home and the UPS/FedEX website. I try to be conservative in my estimate. If the actual cost is less, then I reimburse. This is very easy if you use PayPal. I know some don't like to use PayPal, but I've nothing but positive experiences with them and find it to be the best way to deal with payments.
Idea for speeding up transactions
I have noticed that getting shipping information and then calculating shipping costs adds a couple of emails to the transaction. This can even add a couple of days if the buyer lives several time zones away.
But If on the member lookup someones zip code was included in that information you could calculate shipping costs right away and send it back with your first reply to the buyer.
Sometimes you can look at their current ads and get it from there but if they dont have an ad posted you cant use this.
What do you think of this idea?
But If on the member lookup someones zip code was included in that information you could calculate shipping costs right away and send it back with your first reply to the buyer.
Sometimes you can look at their current ads and get it from there but if they dont have an ad posted you cant use this.
What do you think of this idea?
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