Speaker Sales on Audiogon


I recently listed my Tyler Acoustics for sale with the “buy now option” but had checked the box stating that shipping costs would be assessed after the sale, since I didn’t know how much to charge for shipping because I didn’t know where they’d ship to. I also stated this is my ad.  
Well, a gentleman bought them and he paid me an extra $100 without talking to me about shipping costs, but shipping these to his location is $300 via fed ex...  I sold the speakers at a low price of $699 and can’t justify $300 in shipping.  What do I do?

Also, Is it normally around $50 to sell something on Audiogon?  I paid all of my listing fees upfront ($30) and then Audiogon took another $20 when the item sold as a transaction fee, and on top of that, it looks like I still owe Audiogon $20... 


b_limo

Showing 4 responses by mofimadness

I buy and sell and ship weekly and can estimate within a few bucks of the actual shipping costs.

Unless these are being sent overseas, no way $300 is the cost to ship these?

Maybe recalculate them.
@b_limo...USPS is great for shipping records (Media Mail), but awful expensive for larger, heavier items.

If you will post the dimensions of the boxes and the weight, ( and your zip code and his) I can get into my FEDEX account and see how much they actually are. I get a discount, but going straight through FEDEX wouldn’t be a whole lot more.
@b_limo...I just calculated those out on my FEDEX account and both boxes insured for $500 each going from 80918 to 04861 with the dimensions you listed and weighing 50 pounds each was $142.90 total.

I live in Northern Colorado and would have been more than happy to let you use my FEDEX account number. You could have just sent me a check to cover the cost.

Next time, if you need, please let me help.

Glad you got it worked out!