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Submit to SlashdotIt’s a typical scenario. You’re scouring eBay for a good deal on some computer equipment and you think you find the perfect one for the perfect price. But alas, shipping and handling is $20. Is this some kind of sick joke?! Sadly, it isn’t. They are serious. The seller is either located in Hong Kong (that’s why the item so cheap) and shipping is really that expensive. Or, the seller just wants to bait, switch and, price gouge making a hefty profit on the shipping without incurring any eBay fees on the profit. Usually, it is the latter. How do innocent, hard-working, good-meaning, God-fearing buyers avoid these lecherous merchants? There are two things you can do.
ShortShip
Or, you can use the SortShip Firefox plugin. This extension was a godsend for me. Now, I’m getting the best deals on my eBay auctions and I don’t even have to waste my time with any of those high-shipping items.
The functionality is simple. When you’re searching eBay, two additional columns appear at the end of the results table. The first one is the total price you would pay with shipping if the auction ended at that very second. The second column shows what you would pay if you choose to Buy-it-Now.
Pros and Cons
September 6th, 2007 at 11:38 am
This addon is NOT free. It is MALWARE. It requires users to complete an AFFILIATE search weekly in order to keep it “activated”.
September 7th, 2007 at 11:13 am
Its not malware. Malware is designed to harm your computer. This is more like affiliateware/benign-adware. Rest assured, no spyware or system-slowing software is installed.