Legendary winnings

calvindog · #1 05-01-2009, 03:15 PM

My shipping is $198.

Rob D. · #2 05-01-2009, 04:08 PM

Honestly, Jeff, I'm surprised you're not required to drive to Illinois to pick up the cards yourself.

botn · #3 05-01-2009, 04:31 PM

$56.51 for one slabbed card valued at 3900. It had better be at my door first thing Monday.

Jim VB · #4 05-01-2009, 04:49 PM

In another, recent auction, (not Mastro or their spawn) I won a lot for just under $30,000. The juice added 10%. I was charged $30 for shipping and the package arrived by Fedex, one day after my check hit his hands.

And some people don't like that auctioneer. Go figure.

There's no pleasing everyone.

batsballsbases · #5 05-01-2009, 05:48 PM

Mine was 58.94 Funny it looks to me the the shipping and insurance was also charged on the "Juice" price not what the lot was won for. I guess they want to make sure the 20% fee is covered by the insurance!! Sweet deal!

Leon you sholud have never made it this easy with the smilies!! Gotta loveem!!

asphaltman · #6 05-01-2009, 06:33 PM

So tell me you guys are now out of money for REA

philliesphan · #7 05-01-2009, 06:56 PM

at $61.50 in shipping costs for a single baseball card! One card!!!

calvindog · #8 05-01-2009, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Honestly, Jeff, I'm surprised you're not required to drive to Illinois to pick up the cards yourself.

Rob, the shipping charge is so high I could have bought a plane ticket for the two cards and gotten them a free meal and drinks on the flight to NYC.

Rob D. · #9 05-01-2009, 07:35 PM

Well, I know that Mastro/Legendary says on its invoice that it doesn't ship using the USPS, so the registered-mail option is a moot point. Whether the decision to not use the USPS is a wise one is another discussion. I don't know enough about the costs of shipping via UPS and FedEx to comment on how the value of a parcel affects the shipping charge.

And to be clear, I'm not defending Mastro's/Lengendary's shipping charges. I'll leave that for others to do. I'm just saying that it seems logical that the value of a package should be figured into the equation.

Steve D · #10 05-01-2009, 08:32 PM

I won the Dave Winfield autographed game-used bat. $38.26 to ship on a $360 final bid (w/juice).

Steve

Jim VB · #11 05-01-2009, 09:31 PM

You guys are just thinking of this as "Shipping." But it's really "Shipping & HANDLING!"

It that damn "HANDLING" that runs up the cost.

chiprop · #12 05-01-2009, 09:35 PM

Rob - Nice avatar

sporteq · #13 05-02-2009, 11:19 AM

I picked this up ..

Rob D. · #14 05-03-2009, 07:15 PM

I think the following is a pretty fair comparison regarding shipping and handling charges.

Group of eight oversized, graded cards -- total bid amount $1,700. Legendary shipping charge: $35.04

Group of seven oversized, graded cards, plus six standard-sized graded cards -- total bid amount $11,800. REA shipping charge: $25

The distance from Legendary's offices to my house is about 200 miles less than from REA's offices to my house.