Deans cards and some eBay pet peeves

[seanofjapan]

Originally Posted by irv

I've said it before, Global shipping is a ripoff and I dislike the "May ship to Canada" listing only to find out they don't.

Just had a seller cancel a transaction I won and paid for after she posted the shipping fee I asked for.

In her reply, after she provided the shipping cost and I made payment, she said they don't ship to Canada??

All toll, it was a $9.00 card including shipping, but it was graded and a card I liked.

I asked her why the change/cancellation after the fact but she has not gotten back to me.

Yes, this!

I live in Japan and its way worse over here, the vast majority of (card) sellers either don`t ship at all to Japan or charge like 30$-$40 just to ship a single card.

I don`t necessarily blame the sellers, USPS rates are out of their control and some might just feel more comfortable dealing with domestic buyers. But it is frustrating when I see a card I want but can`t have.....

[irv]

Originally Posted by seanofjapan

Yes, this!

I live in Japan and its way worse over here, the vast majority of (card) sellers either don`t ship at all to Japan or charge like 30$-$40 just to ship a single card.

I don`t necessarily blame the sellers, USPS rates are out of their control and some might just feel more comfortable dealing with domestic buyers. But it is frustrating when I see a card I want but can`t have.....

That's a crazy price but I have seen $51 dollars just to ship one low dollar card here before!

I was looking at it on E-Bay (not logged in) and thought it would be a great card to purchase and noticed shipping was only $3.00 dollars. I logged in and the shipping went up to $51!!



I mentioned this in another thread but got no feedback. Long story short, when searching for particular cards or years of cards (52 Topps) in E-Bay, do you have to specifically type in exactly what you want to see?

I received an e-mail the other day from "invest in baseball" and noticed the cards were listed on E-Bay so I threw some early bids in on them via the e-mail.
I knew the first cards were ending last night beginning at 8:20 but when I entered through Leon's "post war" link at the top left, those cards were not there despite there only being about 10-15 minutes left?

I typed in 1952 topps in the E-Bay heading and there they were, ready to run out of time?

My question is, are there different auctions going on at E-Bay, (even though 52 Topps cards are post war) that can be ending around the same time? It surprised me these cards didn't show up even though other post war cards that I could see were ending around the same time?

If I never typed in what I did, I would have sworn the cards were removed or the auction stopped for some reason?

[Bcwcardz]

Originally Posted by seanofjapan

Yes, this!

I live in Japan and its way worse over here, the vast majority of (card) sellers either don`t ship at all to Japan or charge like 30$-$40 just to ship a single card.

I don`t necessarily blame the sellers, USPS rates are out of their control and some might just feel more comfortable dealing with domestic buyers. But it is frustrating when I see a card I want but can`t have.....

Sorry friend but its such a pain in the rear to ship outside the US. Thats just how it is which makes me a US seller only for sportscards. Do you have a friend in the US? I see lots of people get stuff mailed to friends and once they accumulate the friend throws it in one big package and off it goes. Wish you the best.


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[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by Bcwcardz

Sorry friend but its such a pain in the rear to ship outside the US. Thats just how it is which makes me a US seller only for sportscards. Do you have a friend in the US? I see lots of people get stuff mailed to friends and once they accumulate the friend throws it in one big package and off it goes. Wish you the best.

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[irv]

Originally Posted by Bcwcardz

Sorry friend but its such a pain in the rear to ship outside the US. Thats just how it is which makes me a US seller only for sportscards. Do you have a friend in the US? I see lots of people get stuff mailed to friends and once they accumulate the friend throws it in one big package and off it goes. Wish you the best.


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Not disputing your claim, just don't understand how it is such a PIA?

90% of the cards I have purchased (30+) have come from the U.S. and I haven't had a problem yet with shipping or receiving my cards.

My only gripe, which has nothing to do with U.S. sellers, is usually the price it costs to ship up here and sometimes getting stung for duty.

Global shipping is by far the worst and I won't even look at sellers cards if they use Global.

Just curious why, for some, they have no problem shipping up here, but for others, such as yourself, they find it a pain or a hassle?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by irv

Not disputing your claim, just don't understand how it is such a PIA?

90% of the cards I have purchased (30+) have come from the U.S. and I haven't had a problem yet with shipping or receiving my cards.

My only gripe, which has nothing to do with U.S. sellers, is usually the price it costs to ship up here and sometimes getting stung for duty.

Global shipping is by far the worst and I won't even look at sellers cards if they use Global.

Just curious why, for some, they have no problem shipping up here, but for others, such as yourself, they find it a pain or a hassle?

I have not shipped to Canada for around a year so don't know if it has changed. Normal $2.62 shipping in a bubble mailer shipped in the US gets free tracking. Same thing shipped to Canada does not. Also we have to fill out that damn customs form. Not really a big deal to fill out except when there is a long line. So no tracking and extra paperwork for the same price.

Is there any differance from shipping inside Canada to shipping from Canada to US?

[irv]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I have not shipped to Canada for around a year so don't know if it has changed. Normal $2.62 shipping in a bubble mailer shipped in the US gets free tracking. Same thing shipped to Canada does not. Also we have to fill out that damn customs form. Not really a big deal to fill out except when there is a long line. So no tracking and extra paperwork for the same price.

Is there any differance from shipping inside Canada to shipping from Canada to US?

I have only heard about that Customs Form but know nothing about it?

I have sent only a couple cards south and it wasn't a requirement to fill out anything like that, (unless the girl behind the counter did on my behalf?) and it has been real cheap, even with the current exchange rate.

Are you guys required to go to some place different, other than the Post Office, to fill out a Customs form? I too would find that a PIA if that was the case?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by irv

I have only heard about that Customs Form but know nothing about it?

I have sent only a couple cards south and it wasn't a requirement to fill out anything like that, (unless the girl behind the counter did on my behalf?) and it has been real cheap, even with the current exchange rate.

Are you guys required to go to some place different, other than the Post Office, to fill out a Customs form? I too would find that a PIA if that was the case?

No the custom form is filled out at the Post Office. It is the little extra form attached to the package. The thing that says what is inside the package and the value.

[grainsley]

Yes, a touch more expensive to ship from Canada to the U.S. as opposed to inside Canada. (like 25 cents more).

A pwe from the U.S. to Canada costs $1.25, say 3 cards in the envelope with thin cardboard protecting them .......so this $9.50 shipping, or worse Global eBay shipping ($16 or whatever it is) is just a complete ripoff. Gouging at its best. And tracking STOPS at the border, ....I have followed tracking from Florida to several other spots in the U.S., and it tells me the package was last checked in at wherever airport in the U.S. Then I check my mailbox and it is sitting there....go figure.

[seanofjapan]

Originally Posted by Bcwcardz

Sorry friend but its such a pain in the rear to ship outside the US. Thats just how it is which makes me a US seller only for sportscards. Do you have a friend in the US? I see lots of people get stuff mailed to friends and once they accumulate the friend throws it in one big package and off it goes. Wish you the best.

I`m kind of curious in what way is it a pain in the ass? Do buyers from some countries cause trouble? Or is it just a pain to calculate the different shipping or deal with the Ebay program? Or does the USPS give you trouble?

There are a few Ebay dealers who will ship to Japan at a reasonable price and I am happy to give them all my business, but sometimes I`ll see a card they don`t have which I want from another seller and that "US shipping only" barrier is just a pet peeve of mine (to each his own, I`m not criticizing sellers who do that for their own reasons, but from my point of view it is a pet peeve).

I also think its kind of self-defeating for the seller since they are basically passing up what would otherwise be a sometimes quite significant sale every time that happens.

[swarmee]

COMC has a mailbox service that will collect your deliveries in the US and then package them all up and mail in one box overseas. Worth looking in to, and also has 12 Million cards for sale (12,000 are mine).