My first try at Ebay. Old unused SATA Desk Top Hard Drives

i' be interested in them if you were to see how many would fit into a usps flat rate box.

Originally Posted by badkarma506

i' be interested in them if you were to see how many would fit into a usps flat rate box.

I get 36 in a large flat rate box

Those are going to be a hard sell for you on ebay with your S/H being so high. You would do better putting them in a lot like PTS said, maybe a medium priority I think you can fit 8 safely. But with your low feedback rating start your auction with the minimum you are willing to take so you don't get burned. my .02

Change the Shipping to $5 and use a small flate rate box.

Yeah I need to go to the PO tomorrow and check out the flat rate boxes.

I had sold quite a bit of these Hard Drives on amazon for $20 each plus $8 for shipping.

Cannot take the shipping on my Ebay listing down to $5 because if someone wins the bid at .01 and they are in Cali it could cost me $11 to ship that one hard drive to them.

Bob, try and get samples of the "regional" boxes, too. You may have to order them from USPS on line. They are all free, and delivered free!! I have saved a few good bucks this week using them. Had some sales that were in state, not that far in other states, that shipped cheaper using them.
Good Luck!! In a few months, it will all start to make sense and fall into place. AND by then...you will make enough on fleecebay, to take us all to lunch ;-)

Oh shoot! Didn't catch the typo on the title.

Why would I take the price down to $7 with free shipping if it could cost over $10 to ship? If someone got it for $7 and lived out west I'd be $4 in the negative.

Bob, you wrote:

"All of them have been opened for some reason but I was told that they have never been used"

Are we to assume that "opened" means that the HDs have been removed from some form of packaging or ?
As already stated by many, your shipping at $15 ea, is WAY to much for one drive.

Well son of a buck.

When I say opened I mean someone cut all the static bags open.

AWWW Senyor! I was wondering why you say fifteen to ship, it is because you are in California! C Sin yor, this one hard drive weighs two pounds and shipping from kentucky standard shipping usps would cost me about $15. When I click the link it says shipping 5.95, to ship it to myself.



Thanks for all the help people. Hopefully I'll get this figured out.

Goto https://www.usps.com/ship/priority-mail-flat.htm?
Flat rate is same price shipped anywhere in the US Small $5.80, Medium $12.35, Large $16.85
And there is no weight limit so as much as you can cram in the box
You can order boxes online or pick them up at Post Office free.

Originally Posted by ron22

Goto https://www.usps.com/ship/priority-mail-flat.htm?
Flat rate is same price shipped anywhere in the US Small $5.80, Medium $12.35, Large $16.85
And there is no weight limit so as much as you can cram in the box
You can order boxes online or pick them up at Post Office free.

There is a 70 lb weight limit for them acutally.

And like 15 lbs for a flat rate regional box.

Also, to the OP, how have you not known about FRB? They have been around for quite some time and makes things so much easier to ship.

I still don't think you grasp the concept though. I can ship from NJ to CA for $5.xx in a SFRB

Don't expect to have those drives arrive in working condition if you just stuff them in a flate rate box without padding around each drive. I had somebody send me a box of drives years ago and over half were faulty because they were shipped like that. They bounce around in shipping, shock is bad.