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C2Cigars
Posts: 11,559
Joined: Oct 2014
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| Wednesday, December 21, 2016 2:12 PM | |
Excluding Canada, I've just sent my first worldwide shipment...to Hungary. Two Tom Brady cards. Seems pretty simple, straightforward, and inexpensive (one Global stamp) for just two cards. Do any of you veteran ebay sellers have worldwide shipping experience?
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vrooomed
Posts: 15,018
Joined: Dec 2012
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| Wednesday, December 21, 2016 2:25 PM | |
I've done both where I've had to send it directly to the other country (Japan and Netherlands I can remember) and some through the ebay worldwide shipping thing (where you send it to Minnesota, and they send it out). Obviously, the ebay one is simple. You get your normal payments and ship out the item. The buyer pays ebay the extra amount (I assume).
Sending elsewhere is a pain trying to figure out how much to collect. In most cases, I barely broke even, I usually lost money on the shipping.
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-- Dan -- Note: Please see my profile for more info regarding trading (section updated 3/4/2024). I have added a large portion of my inventory to the site, and currently have trading turned on (details are in my profile). |
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tonym
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Joined: Jan 2012
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| Wednesday, December 21, 2016 3:40 PM | |
ive never tried it. i was always hesitant on it
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Billy Kingsley
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reakins
Posts: 511
Joined: Jan 2015
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| Wednesday, December 21, 2016 6:52 PM | |
As a buyer in Canada, I hate the global shipping thing when I want to buy cards from the States, It usually costs way too much to ship a few cards. May be a useful thing for larger items but I don't like it for cards. Some dealers will ship a card or two cheaper if I ask, some will not.
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~Rob~ Hockey set collector including inserts, ERR, COR, VAR. Knowledgeable about 1968-69 to 1994-95 hockey. All 1990 and newer cards for trade are NRMT. Expect the same in return. 1989 and older are assigned a grade. Everything on my trade list is available for sale. Reasonable prices based on condition. If it's not on my tradelist, it's not available. |
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C2Cigars
Posts: 11,559
Joined: Oct 2014
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| Wednesday, December 21, 2016 7:23 PM | |
On ebay I only charge 75-cents shipping Worldwide and will combine for multiple cards. I can (and have) ship approx 18 cards in my photo mailers for $1.82 to Canada. More than that and it exceeds the 1/4-inch thickness limit and becomes a package; then the cost jumps.
reakins wrote:
As a buyer in Canada, I hate the global shipping thing when I want to buy cards from the States, It usually costs way too much to ship a few cards. May be a useful thing for larger items but I don't like it for cards. Some dealers will ship a card or two cheaper if I ask, some will not.
Edited on: Dec 21, 2016 - 7:51PM
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ranfordfan
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| Wednesday, December 21, 2016 9:27 PM | |
I hear ya reakins, thanbk god I have befriended a few people on here that are willing to let me ship to them in the states and then they ship it on up to me for MUCH less. I mostly pay them back through paypal if I can.
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reakins
Posts: 511
Joined: Jan 2015
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| Thursday, December 22, 2016 5:01 PM | |
You are one of the reasonable sellers on EBay, thank you. I don't mind paying $3 or so for shipping for a few cards, but $10-15 is a bit much. I don't need expedited shipping.
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~Rob~ Hockey set collector including inserts, ERR, COR, VAR. Knowledgeable about 1968-69 to 1994-95 hockey. All 1990 and newer cards for trade are NRMT. Expect the same in return. 1989 and older are assigned a grade. Everything on my trade list is available for sale. Reasonable prices based on condition. If it's not on my tradelist, it's not available. |
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Lennoxmatt
Posts: 253
Joined: Oct 2015
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| Friday, December 23, 2016 7:04 AM | |
As a buyer in Canada I flatly refuse to buy from anyone using the global shipping. I will not pay $20 shipping on a $2 card. I also despise that COMC is selling on ebay now for this very same reason
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NJDevils
Posts: 6,344
Joined: Sep 2010
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| Friday, December 23, 2016 10:02 AM | |
I had an Ebay sale to a member who lived in England. I ship outside of Ebay. The buyer was willing to pay the shipping and it was not cheap.
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