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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
One of the things I absolutely love about dealing with REA is this:
This standardized fee schedule is $10 per invoice valued at less than $500;
$15 per invoice valued between $500 and $999;
$20 per invoice valued between $1,000 and $2,499;
$25 per invoice valued between $2,500 and $4,999;
$35 per invoice valued between $5,000 and $9,999;
$40 per invoice valued between $10,000 and $19,999;
$50 per invoice valued between $20,000 and $49,999;
$75 per invoice valued between $50,000 and $74,999;
$85 per invoice valued between $75,000 and $99,999;
$100 per invoice valued between $100,000 and $249,999; and
$150 per invoice valued at greater than $250,000.
My first (last?) Goldin invoice was nearly 2x with shipping.
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Yes, REA always has very reasonable shipping fees. Memory Lane is similar:
• Invoice price Zero - $500.00 = $15.00 shipping
• Invoice price $501.00 - $2,000.00 = $25.00 shipping
• Invoice price $2,001.00 - $5,000.00 = $35.00 shipping
• Invoice price $5,001.00 - $10,000.00 = $50.00 shipping
• Invoice price $10,001.00 - $15,000.00 = $100.00 shipping
• Invoice price $15,001.00 - $50,000.00 = $125.00 shipping
• Invoice price $50,001.00 and above $150.00 shipping
Christies is still the worst when it comes to shipping fees, however. I remember I won a single 8x10 photo from them, which cost ~$1400 after BP, and the shipping charge was $140, which was basically 10% of my purchase price. Granted, they did ship my photo to me very securely as if I won a Picasso painting. Christies also had a 25% BP.
I tried to argue with Goldin that their sister company PSA has much more reasonable shipping fees as follows (for 1-8 items):
$1 -$1,000: $19
$1,001 - $5,000: $34.00
$5,001 - $15,000: $42.00
$15,001 -$25,000: $49.00
$25,001 - $50,000: $61.00
$50,001 -$75,000: $69.00
$75,001 -$100,000: $84.00
$100,001 -$150,000: $125.00
$150,001 - $200,000: $136.00
That argument got nowhere. I really wonder if Goldin is trying to make the shipping fees so high in order to convince folks to just send their winnings to the Goldin vault so that they will consign to Goldin when they want to sell.