Originally Posted by Ya Tu Sabes
Yeah, I second what someone else said about the "boxing" fee and about unreasonable flat shipping fees. Maybe I live in some kind of bike paradise or something, but I find that bike boxes are really really easy to get FOR FREE, and the boxing itself is a very easy procedure that takes 20 minutes or so (maybe a little longer if you include disassembly time). Charging $50 for that (or even $35) is a scam.
Most bike shops in this city charge around $35 to box a bike, so that may be where the boxing fee is coming from. Personally, it's worth $35 to know that a pro is boxing the bike I just bought. If I sold a bike on eBay, I'd charge $35 even if I boxed the thing myself because it takes a half hour to do it right and my time is valuable.