Anyone here done business with Chris Long Management?

[Wite3]

Strange...I just got an old CPU (if you remember this, you have been collecting a long time) and it was shipped media mail...btw, a '52 Mantle could have been had for $800 in vg and a '41 Ted Williams for $75!

As to Frank's problem...the question was fair...I got a package about a month ago postage due after I paid $4.50 s/h. It was in a bubble mailer with one stamp and I ended up paying $1 and change to get the envelope. When I email the seller for a refund of shipping he told me that I could not prove it...I sent him a scan of the front of the envelope. He sent several nasty emails which I ignored...I then gave him neutral feedback and one star on shipping and will not buy from him again...

If I recall...

It is against the law to overcharge and make a profit on shipping costs.

Joshua

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Wite3

If I recall...

It is against the law to overcharge and make a profit on shipping costs.

Joshua

I would doubt that since almost everything you order off of television includes a "handling" charge...for a while I think the Ebay sell it shops charged $5 handling on every ebay auction no matter if you picked it up in person or had it shipped.

[steve B]

I bought 5 raw t206s from him a couple weeks ago. Not bad, a bit of extra shipping, Upgraded to priority with conf and ins. Not really all that well packed. Bubble envelope, cards in cut up pages inside toploaders, All wrapped loosely in some cardboard. Not tight enough to keep the cards from getting out of the toploaders a bit, fortunately the one that stuck out and got a bit sideways was also in pretty rough shape, The corner that was hanging out couldn't have been damaged much more. One card was not as good as described, but 3 were a little better than I'd thought. With small pics I usually assume hidden problems. Overall, not a bad seller, but not great either.

Steve B

[FrankWakefield]

I have enjoyed all of the comments above...

I'll drive to the post office to pick the card up, I use a post office box. If I've sold anything that's going out that day, I'll mail it at the same time. My point, the idea of charging for gasoline or driving to the post office as part of the shipping seems a stretch to me. The guy has 4.8's in 4 catagories, and 4.6 in shipping and handling. And $4 to mail a T206 is probably why.

I visited NYC last year, saw 2 plays, ate at the Boat House, went to the Met, did touristy stuff... I'm well aware that $4 is an inconsequential amount in New York for investors, advisers, lawyers and such. $4 barely still is of significance down here in the hills of Kentucky. Sorry if this minutia frustrates or annoys some of you. I just got back from a Hot Rods game (class A Rays affiliate) where my tailing fastball crossed the plate for one of the honorary first pitches. The one beer I bought cost $5, they're only $2 on Thirsty Thursday's. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/p....jsp&sid=t2498

[slidekellyslide]

$4 is a dollar more than I would charge and I use bubble mailers and top loaders and drive to the post office and I figure most times I'm breaking even or coming out ahead a little bit...maybe he pays some kid a buck for every package to pack them? My brother used to pay me a buck for every package...I could do about 50 or 60 in a couple of hours.

edited to add: I just read that after I posted it and that's a lot of "and's" in one sentence. Sorry Barry.

[FUBAR]

I think complaining about 4$ for shipping is being petty, but then again that is just me.... i wouldn't have responded back to you, but would have called you a cheap b**tard to myself....

so because you think the guy is charging you $1 too much, you make countless emails and write up postings, to essentially to see if guys agree with you about a buck??

seems all a little silly to me....


There is a guy on ebay that has a $92 shipping charge for one card to Canada! Baygraphs is his current ID if i remember, guy is an idiot as well. He changes ID's all the time because he always gets negatives as he wont ship the card unless to agree to "his" price which usually isnt the ebay price......

[Jaybird]

I bought 3 cards about a week or so ago from him. I asked him before the auction ended if he would combine shipping. He said he would. Then the auction ended and for 3 cards, he sent a shipping invoice of $9.

Now, he lives on the outskirts of LA and I live in LA as well so I just emailed him and said that seemed a bit high to put 3 cards in the same package and mail it.

Here is what he said:

"what i quoted you was for priorityu mail with delivery confirmation and insurance. I am reluctant to send t2-6 any other way

what do you think?

let me know and we will fix this for sure!"

Anyway, I just paid the $9 so I could get the cards. The cards themselves were OK. I think you always take a gamble when dealing with small pictures and incomplete seller descriptions. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Two of the cards were about as expected. One a little worse.

I think I knew what I was getting just by looking at the pictures that he posts. You always hope they are a little better than expected but are rarely pleasantly surprised.

--I just got another card from a different seller which was put loose in a 8 1/2 x 11 bubble mailer which looked like it had been churned through a coffee grinder. It has about 4 more creases now than the picture that I bid on. And he charged $3.25. So, it's all relative.

[calvindog]

Frank, I agree that the ebayers that nickel and dime are annoying...I guess my point is that there are just so many of them in the hobby. When you consider how many worse transgressors there are (see Top Secret Meeting at the National, Baltimore, MD Aug. 4, 2010) this one is just not worth the effort.