Including Boxes in Shipping Costs or Sale?


I have some dahlquist speakers that I was planning to auction off on this site. I can see that shipping is automatically calculated based on the buyers location and selection of shippers. In my case I do not have the original boxes so either need to have them built or buy something standard. My question how to include the box costs into the sale? Do sellers normally include the box into the selling price or is there a way to include in the shipping costs?
aaron_r

Showing 1 response by kehut

Agree. Your sale should include the original boxes as standard, not extra. Even if you have to buy the orig. boxes, my feeling is that you should eat that cost to supply proper and safe shipping of the item.

If you have no choice to have something built or fabricated for your speakers because the orig. boxes are not avail...you could be clear that you will need to add that amount or offer to split the cost with the buyer..Id settle for splitting the cost..as your more apt to get them sold. and the full cost of shipping for the buyer due to a costly fabrication shouldn't be a total consequence to them IMHO.