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Mastro Invoice Shipping?
Posted By: chris
I just got an invoice from Mastro for two cards I won totalling just over $6,200. They want to charge me $49.06. That is ridiculous...I am sick of their shipping charges and have sent an email to them....sorry for the vent. |
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Posted By: barrysloate
My invoice was 13K and the shipping was $104.49. Does sound a bit steep. |
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Posted By: Blach
Is insurance included in those shipping charges? If so the amounts look reasonable to me. |
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Posted By: Rick
How are they shipping it? Registered Priority Mail for $6200 in coverage would be $19.70. They can't use USPS Insured Mail because the insurance coverage stops at $5000. Express Mail coverage only goes up to $5000. Certainly their "handling" charge for two cards can't be $30 in addition to the postage. |
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Posted By: leon
I don't think that charge is too bad. The USPS would charge more for straight insurance. The package I got yesterday, from USPS, weighing about 1 lb, with 5k in insurance, was $70.25 (overnight Saturday delivery).....and it had been stamped from the PO....that was the actual cost to the person I bought the card from. I know it can be done for a little less depending on how shipped (registered is probably cheapest and best for higher value items)...but under $50 for you shipment doesn't sound that bad to me....regards |
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Posted By: jackgoodman
I didn't check their catalog so were their shipping/handling charges disclosed in there? If they weren't, all good questions. If they were, well................. |
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Posted By: joe
priority mail with insurance for $6200.00 is $57.80. |
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Posted By: barrysloate
I can ship two cards registered mail and insured for $6200 and it would cost me maybe $18. I can send the package I won valued at 13K and including a few dozen cards for under $30. It might take a few extra days but it is safe and look at the difference in cost. |
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Mastro Invoice Shipping?
Posted By: scott brockelman
on all of their inventory and purchases and it covers all of the shipping as well. You are just paying their policy. |
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Mastro Invoice Shipping?
Posted By: bruce Dorskind
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Posted By: Patrick McHugh
Well worth the shipping cost. I have purchased many items from mastonet. Your item will arrive well packed very fast and fully insured. When you think about it people have no problem insuring there 20k car and spending 1k or more year after year. No different with a baseball card which only goes up in value not down. When shipping an item or buying an item to me insurance is money well spent. |
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Posted By: chris
Mastro uses UPS, so USPS is not an option. Scott is correct - Mastro uses a private insurance company for their items which covers inbound/outbound shipments. For a package that weighs one pound, $15 for ground or $25-$30 for 2nd day would be more than enough to cover actualy costs(considering they get a discount from UPS) with a healthy 30-50% 'handling' charge. My point is this, assuming the cards are sent 2nd day, the actual 2nd day charge is about $16-$17 their cost. I am getting charged 200% (or $30+) for 'handling'. Furthermore, I spent about 10K with Mile Hile earlier this year on multiple items totaling 2-3 pounds in weight. I was charged $30 for overnight shipping via FedEx. REA in April, same thing, about 7K spent, $25 for 2nd day service. |
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Posted By: Cobby33
As if 35% of a $1+ Million auction doesn't cover that? |
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Mastro Invoice Shipping?
Posted By: Matthew
I have only won 2 items in the past couple years but the packaging is not worth the cost charged. The last item I won a couple months back came in with several cards loose in the package with the rest in plastic sleeves or toploaders |
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Posted By: Frank Wakefield
1. I bet Mastro has a contract with someone for insurance on all of their UPS shipping. So they don't buy individual insurance on your shipments. They pocket that money. |
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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
Guys, with all respect, you know when dealing with Mastro that if they can grab a nickel out of your pocket they're going to grab a dime instead. Maybe two dimes. It's not like with the $75 catalogue, the bait and switch on the BP, etc. that you should be shocked by a more than market shipping costs. Mastro has the best stuff and you just have to suck it up (as I did) when dealing with them or just sit it out. |
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Posted By: HarryWallace
I punched in two day shipping with $6,200 insurance. the total fee came to $47.50. $14.80 for shipping, $31.00 for insurance and $1.70 for a fedex fuel surcharge. |
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Posted By: chris
this is true Jeff... this time they took three dimes instead of the usual two...what greed. |
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Posted By: HarryWallace
Chris. How do you know what their outside insurance charges. $1 per item? Come on? No insurance company is going to take those chances. If the average item in their auction goes for $5,000, there is much more than a 1 in 5,000 change that fedex is going to lose it. |
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Posted By: scott brockelman
They'd charge $100 just to get it to the shipper! I won a single PSA card one time and it was going to be outrageous to get it shipped to me. The lady on the phone ackowledged I would be much better picking it up. I had a third party do so. |
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Posted By: bruce Dorskind
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Posted By: chris
yes i did win an item from sotheby's...they scalp you as well..interestingly, heritage is not that bad even with their high buyers prem...$4300 order and they charged me $21 for overnight...basically, mastro and scp are the only ones that rip you off...every other auction house is on par with appropriate shipping charges...i.e. heritage, rea, mile high, madec, verkman, hunt, goodwin, etc. |
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Posted By: chris
Bruce, |
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Posted By: Brett
If I had $6200 to blow on baseball cards just like that, I don't think an extra $49 would be the end of the world.... but thats just me |
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Posted By: James Feagin
For reference, my $1250 Mastro wins from their October auction cost me around $40 in shipping. It was about 20 PSA graded cards worth or weight. |
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Posted By: chris
Brett, |
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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
Bruce -- but you still paid Fed Ex for the shipping. Did they insist upon insuring your package with your fed ex number? |
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Posted By: chris
If you have outside insurance yourself, they shouldn't...I've emailed them with my UPS acct #.. |
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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)
I don't want to sound like I'm defending any auction house or their practices but:
You have to figure that they have base shipping charges and the rest of the money would be considered insurance. Judging by the charges mentioned in the two early posts it appears that the s/h is also based on final value and yes, it seems like the "excess" charge is probably for insuring the package. I would fully expect that if my package was damaged or didn't arrive that the auction house would be responsible for the auction lot item. Lets figure about .55% for insurance. That would be about $550 to insure $1,000,000 in auction items. I would want to be covered and the $550 for having it insured would seem minimal if you're spending $1M. Does any of that make sense or should I go back to drinking beer and watching the football game? |
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Posted By: bruce Dorskind
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Posted By: JimB
I agree with Brett. If I am buying a $6200 baseball card, I have other things to worry about than whether Mastro charges $30 or $49 shipping. Sure, they are making a few extra bucks on shipping. Every business that does mail order makes money on shipping. Ebay for baseball cards is the exception, not the rule, in mail order sales. |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
Unless Mastro uses slave labor who do the packaging in Doug Allen's living room, the cost of shipping for Mastro is higher than the postage cost printed on the package. |
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Posted By: Cobby33
Nevermind. |
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Posted By: chris
Fred, |
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Posted By: warshawlaw
Fed Ex does NOT insure cards. The exclusion is written right into their policies. They will take your $$ for insurance but will not pay if the item is lost. |
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Posted By: Tom Boblitt
the same rules as FedEx and DHL.....collectibles are a very dicey game. Established pricing is important and on some of the stuff we collect that's one of a kind, it's difficult to really establish price or get replacement value cause they're the only ones. An outside policy or rider on stuff you're both receiving and shipping is the best way to do it. I know the big houses do that. |
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