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Originally Posted by IronMan
Rough crowd....

Comic Link doesn't charge sales tax, they collect it. As required by law. So does MCS. So does Amazon. The days of avoiding sales tax by purchasing on the internet are gone.

Comic link collects a 3% buyer's fee. BUT IF buyers pay with a check or money order, the 3% buyer's fee is waived. Not refunded. Waived. When you check out, select check or MO as payment. You will pay the final bid price, not + 3%. There have been court cases - the law is clear - sellers can offer a discount for cash and equivalent payments.

I can't say about consumer laws in Australia, but here in the USA it's well established law that sellers of whatever are not required to honor pricing mistakes. I mean what if you found and AF 15 listed for $10 instead of $100,000. Do you really believe the law requires the owner of something worth $100,000 to sell if for $10 because of a mistake? Sorry. Doesn't work that way. Now if a seller clearly and intentionally always lists (low) mistaken strategies as a "bait and switch" sales tactic you can complain to your State AG office (or similar, can vary by State). But the authorities STILL don't make the seller sell at the low price. They just fine them and make them quit doing that as a sales tactic.

As for shipping charges. This illustrates the golden rule of shipping. The first pound - or first book in this case - is the most expensive. It's the same as CBCS and their return shipping. I think one book is minimum $23 with CBCS. It doesn't cost hardly anymore to ship two books than one. Only a few bucks more to ship five than two. DON'T BUY JUST ONE BOOK. Or if you do, expect to pay $20.

There are things CL could improve But most of the criticisms here are unreasonable.

Originally Posted by southerncross
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Originally Posted by Homer
Attach a copy of this aggressive email you received by comic link.

I'm sorry I don't keep ten year old emails.

Originally Posted by southerncross
Ppofffttt comic link suck. If peeps want to use their service go for it. What I won't do is ever spend a penny with them again.
And to hear they are adding charges to auction wins.
I'm not surprised

Originally Posted by IronMan
@southerncross

I don't want to get involved in any back and forth arguing or criticism of each other. I haven't seen the email and I don't have any ten year old emails of my own.

But you are accusing CL of using an absurdly low price of $5 on an item worth far more than that to get you to purchase something else to meet the minimum $25 order.

I suggest if you believe that, you don't understand how Comic Link's Exchange actually works. The vast majority of items for sale on the Exchange are placed there by third parties. The person that owned the book. CL has no involvement in the listing of the book, they don't proof read the listing, they don't set the price, they didn't take the picture or write the description and they don't have the book there at their office. All of that was done by the seller and the seller has possession of the book.

The only books you can count on CL having possession of are books for auctions. The only listings they write up are auctions. They own very little of the inventory on their site.

I've bought and sold on Comic Link off and on since a few years after they opened. I see NO indication at all that they list books at absurdly low prices just to get people to order something else to meet the minimum. What happens is that the thousands of people that list their books for sale on the CL Exchange make mistakes in the listings. Or they sell the book(s) outside of Comic Link and don't get around to removing the listing on CL. Or they change their minds.

I've even had CL cancel a couple of orders because when they received the books I purchases from the seller (that is how it works. The seller agrees to the purchase and then ships to CL) the staff at Comic Link noted restoration and cancelled the sale. Sent the book back.

There are things CL needs to do - and have needed to do for years - to improve. Too much inventory on their Exchange is vapor. They could fix that by making sellers log in and confirm availability every month or two. Five days is too long to wait to confirm a sale. All of this is why I mostly buy and sell with CL in their auctions.

But your belief that they use "error" listings to get customers to spend another $20 bucks to meet the minimum has no basis in fact.

Originally Posted by sportshort
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Originally Posted by IronMan
@southerncross

I don't want to get involved in any back and forth arguing or criticism of each other. I haven't seen the email and I don't have any ten year old emails of my own.

But you are accusing CL of using an absurdly low price of $5 on an item worth far more than that to get you to purchase something else to meet the minimum $25 order.

I suggest if you believe that, you don't understand how Comic Link's Exchange actually works. The vast majority of items for sale on the Exchange are placed there by third parties. The person that owned the book. CL has no involvement in the listing of the book, they don't proof read the listing, they don't set the price, they didn't take the picture or write the description and they don't have the book there at their office. All of that was done by the seller and the seller has possession of the book.

The only books you can count on CL having possession of are books for auctions. The only listings they write up are auctions. They own very little of the inventory on their site.

I've bought and sold on Comic Link off and on since a few years after they opened. I see NO indication at all that they list books at absurdly low prices just to get people to order something else to meet the minimum. What happens is that the thousands of people that list their books for sale on the CL Exchange make mistakes in the listings. Or they sell the book(s) outside of Comic Link and don't get around to removing the listing on CL. Or they change their minds.

I've even had CL cancel a couple of orders because when they received the books I purchases from the seller (that is how it works. The seller agrees to the purchase and then ships to CL) the staff at Comic Link noted restoration and cancelled the sale. Sent the book back.

There are things CL needs to do - and have needed to do for years - to improve. Too much inventory on their Exchange is vapor. They could fix that by making sellers log in and confirm availability every month or two. Five days is too long to wait to confirm a sale. All of this is why I mostly buy and sell with CL in their auctions.

But your belief that they use "error" listings to get customers to spend another $20 bucks to meet the minimum has no basis in fact.

Hi folks, these strange hostilities must be based on misunderstanding. I read the original post and southern cross did what anyone would have done. Go for a bargain when you see it but understand when the seller says it was a mistake. He’s just asking to be treated civilly when the error was discovers and I think we all want that. Customer service matters.