I would like to see a rule that price posted includes shipping unless shipping is international.
The reasons for this..
1. All to often I find a posted price that is reasonable, but then I have to haggle about shipping costs.
2. It's hard for me to negotiate shipping, when I don't know if the seller is going to use their own box, a pre paid box, a box that's too big and therefore costs more. A box that weighs more or less. Put's a bunch of tape on the box that weighs more. Or uses a tyvek postal bag. Since I can't weigh the box with the item, I can't say for sure what the post office is going to charge. So it's impossible for me to know what shipping costs are going to be.
3. I pay an amount for shipping, and the seller uses a cheaper method that takes considerably longer to arrive than what I paid for. For example An item that will fit in a medium flat rate box costs $11 to mail anywhere in the U.S. If I pay the seller $10.95+.70 for tracking. I expect priority 2-3 business days. Not some other method that costs $3 and takes up to 15 business days. Again I have no control over what they do after I give them the money.
This all gets complicated and is hard to negotiate blindly. Most people already post their items priced including shipping, so most people won't be effected by this anyway. Just the ones who like to gouge an extra few bucks on shipping.
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