RE: Vicalla

Hi Karlene.....

Check out Beadaholique.....I did quite well with them. Also did well tonight buying Swarovskis here in Toronto. I think it was you who told me BeadFX was good here in Toronto and I can confirm that they are excellent!! I got a lot of my copper stuff there.

But remember I said I didn't trust the Amber Lady.....she proved me right by sending me the crappiest pair of mismatched amber earrings and I have written her and complained. One other pair was quite nice, but the 3 pendants were horribly small!! I shall use them as charms, grin.

I think this was the first one I have been *taken* on.......guess it happens to all of us. Her handle is "AmberSilver". And she gives people nasty feedback just for telling the truth about her stuff, lol. I shall be properly nice, yet non-complimentary. "well-packaged" (crapola). Heh heh.

Must be the full moon eclipse from last night....I am getting slightly wingy.

Karleen -- Their auctions clearly state 4.95 for shipping on the first item and 1.99 on each item thereafter. I consider the items I won from them for .99 as costing $3. It is how they keep the opening price low and avoid ebay fees, like everyone else. I see most sellers doing this (including the one I bought my bedspread from).

Becki

I know that now... for some reason I thought they'd be reasonable and combine... their emails DID say they'd combine wins from their 3 companies... What is the point of combining if it saves you nothing? I wouldn't have bid on so many things if I'd realized... I just hope their stuff is worth all this trouble.

You know, I have had some success in the past with combining shipping. I raise all kinds of hell, and usually it works. It didn't work for me with them, either.

There is a LOT of overcharging in shipping going on that is much subtler, like this. Handling charges, bullshit. LOL. I have never liked a handling charge.

I don't know how to get this through to ebay, but it completely gets around their payment policies. We end up paying $3 a piece (2.99) for a .99 auction. The seller only pays fees on the .99. We pay out the butt for the rest.

$60 in shipping is criminal. Let's talk to ebay about this.

I'm getting teed off about the $29 for the comforter i bought from King Linen, also. Their shipping on their website is only 19.99. How can shipping, alone, be higher on ebay? Obviously, it is not. They are upping the shipping to pay for their ebay fees. I hate that.

Becki

And in both instances, what they are doing is definitely against eBay policy. Unless someone complains, though, eBay has no clue it's happening. I would definitely complain to eBay about both companies' shipping charges.

But I have to say - good luck with all that because eBay doesn't really give a rat's butt about anyone anymore...

Mj

I buy from Beadaholique all the time - love them and their service.