In the past, I was able to adjust my shipping frequency so that I was able to hold off a shipment for a week or so in order to add to my order to save on shipping costs.
For example this was a common scenario:
1) Won a bid on Mon, changed my shipping frequency from Tuesday to Thursday so it would not ship the next day.
2) On Wednesday change frequency from Thursday to Tuesday so the order will not ship until the following week. This gives me a whole week to bid, buy, and add stuff to the order.
3) Joy-Joy, get more stuff bundled together to save on shipping
You could not do this indefinably, it seemed to work for me as set out above one time for each shipment, so at most you got was an extra week or so, but it saved a lot of money over the years.
This week however, I get a message that I can only change my shipping frequency once a week so it won't change my ship day. 😞 Not sure how long this has been this way as its been a bit since bought anything on here, so everybody but me might have known this already.
Yeah, what I was doing was gaming the system somewhat but really wasn't hurting anyone and got me to buy more stuff. Many times there were items that I was marginally interested in that were not having their auctions close until after the ship day for the item I just had bid on and won. These are items (like an extra cutter, cheap lighter, or a single cigar I wanted to try out) that I would not buy unless I could combine shipping, so it actually increased CBid sales from me. The way it is now, I just won't be buying the "extra" stuff I used to.
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