There's nothing cushy about life in the Women's Auxiliary Balloon Corps!
Some sellers want an absolutely trouble-free sale where both parties are perfectly clear abt the deal and no arguments can follow. That's face to face.
That's me.
When I buy (very few times) I go and look.
When I sell (very few times) I advertise and accept a lower price than could be had if I took the risk of shipping.
Not even a remotely reasonable person could ever be inconvenienced or annoyed by the application of those two policies.
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While not exactly renowned for my being reasonableOriginally Posted by Antoni
Should you be selling an item I wanted, it would be something like a 460 mile round trip, as of today the average cost of running a car is 47p per mile so collection would cost at least £216 and take up a whole day.
Therefore, yes I would be both extremely inconvenienced and rather more than just "annoyed"
As I said above, when you live centrally you don't always appreciate the issues for those who don't.
just saying
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I think this calculation fails to take into account fixed and variable cost in running a car. The cost of a single journey is fuel and if one is to be pedantic wear and tear accumulated during the Journey.While not exactly renowned for my being reasonable
Should you be selling an item I wanted, it would be something like a 460 mile round trip, as of today the average cost of running a car is 47p per mile so collection would cost at least £216 and take up a whole day.
Therefore, yes I would be both extremely inconvenienced and rather more than just "annoyed"
As I said above, when you live centrally you don't always appreciate the issues for those who don't.
just saying
If not doing weekly runs to collect a rifle I would factor in fuel only.
Fixed costs are costs which cannot be avoided whilst owning the car. Insurance, deprecation, MOT AA/RAC etc. and this is included in the quoted pence per mile figure.
A pedant might argue that deprecation is semi variable in that if you own a car and do very few miles it will depreciate less.
What cannot be avoided is using a whole day up.
So pick a maximum distance you want to travel and just assume your marginal fuel costs for the Journey. Heck your diesel car might thankyou for a motorway journey if you normally only drive around town.
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Well I asked my search engine & it said 47p/mile.I think this calculation fails to take into account fixed and variable cost in running a car. The cost of a single journey is fuel and if one is to be pedantic wear and tear accumulated during the Journey.
If not doing weekly runs to collect a rifle I would factor in fuel only.
Fixed costs are costs which cannot be avoided whilst owning the car. Insurance, deprecation, MOT AA/RAC etc. and this is included in the quoted pence per mile figure.
A pedant might argue that deprecation is semi variable in that if you own a car and do very few miles it will depreciate less.
What cannot be avoided is using a whole day up.
So pick a maximum distance you want to travel and just assume your marginal fuel costs for the Journey. Heck your diesel car might thankyou for a motorway journey if you normally only drive around town.
But to be accurate on top of fuel has to go wear on the tyres and the mileage between services
it could also be argued for food & drinks on route.
Personally the above example would be circa 10% of my annual average, but it was an example simply to make a point.
I post items because I accept it's quite a drive to get down here.
There's nothing cushy about life in the Women's Auxiliary Balloon Corps!
Yes I see your point but don't agree with it.While not exactly renowned for my being reasonable
Should you be selling an item I wanted, it would be something like a 460 mile round trip, as of today the average cost of running a car is 47p per mile so collection would cost at least £216 and take up a whole day.
Therefore, yes I would be both extremely inconvenienced and rather more than just "annoyed"
As I said above, when you live centrally you don't always appreciate the issues for those who don't.
just saying
As said in a different thread, other than a really cheap item I won't deal with anyone without a telephone conversation prior.
You cannot be annoyed or inconvenienced if no transaction takes place.
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