First of all it takes them hours to put up a listing. They say it is due to "indexing" ??? WTF? Don't they have farms of servers some place?

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I go to list a text book. I figure since school is starting I will set the shipping for flat rate Priority Mail, and I will be real nice and just charge the actual cost (4.99) for a flat rate envelope. So I hit "finish" and it comes back and says that the max I can charge for shipping "for that type of item" is 4.00 ! WTF???

Meanwhile there is a guy in New Jersey charging 175.00 shipping for UPS Ground for a TV that weighs 29#. What are they doing about that? NOTHING.
Are these guys complete morons? Is there any alternative to Ebay yet? How f'ng stupid are they????

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra

Books are usually small and light. A TV can be anything from a 7" LCD to a 60" rear projection.

Sell the book on Craigslist.

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

eBay is kinda slimy.....they take a big cut on sales and charge a lot for listings. Its not the eBay it was when I joined 10 years ago. I feel old saying that.

They're saving money on having real-time capable systems by using less systems at higher load, so it goes through and "re-indexes" every couple hours. The listing is generated right away, but you won't see it until the servers re-generate the listing pages and search index.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)