Advice on buying from America

[Bronco79]

Hi all,

Recently I have decided to collect Fortnite trading cards. They are pretty hard to get here in Australia. I came across a seller on ebay from IA, United States. He has over 100 cards from one of the series that I am collecting at what appears to be decent prices. Just wondering if anyone has ever brought anything from America and if you could give me some advice on buying from America, that would be appreciated.

Cheers
Tina

 

[Matt26]

One of the best things you can do is set up a @ShipMyCards account so you can have all your purchases shipped to a holding facility in the US (cuts down a lot of shipping costs to Australia) and then you can consolidate your cards and ship them as one to Australia or in part shipments.

There is a thread on it here which you should read through.

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Outside of that you could contact some shops like Diggaz cards here in Sydney as im certain they have stock of these cards? There are also a number of shows around Australia where there are a few non sports sellers as well.

Good luck with your chase!

 

[Bronco79]

Hi Matt,

Thank you for the information.

 

[Lazlow]

There's also COMC which is a similar holding facility and marketplace.

They have quite a few Fortnite cards and stickers available

So you can ship outside purchases to them, as well as a buy and sell on site, and consolidate shipments to you.

Just make sure you're across their fee structure and shipping options, it can... add up.

 

[GarnettFan4Life]

Yeah what @Matt26 said - SO EASY buying lots and having them sent to @ShipMyCards - I think it's like $6 for a box of cards - collate everything there then ship back whenever ready with FedEx or whoever you want depending on shipping budget. I even send the COMC lots there and then send everything back as one lot once I'm ready.

 

[Bronco79]

There's also COMC which is a similar holding facility and marketplace.

They have quite a few Fortnite cards and stickers available

So you can ship outside purchases to them, as well as a buy and sell on site, and consolidate shipments to you.

Just make sure you're across their fee structure and shipping options, it can... add up.

Thank you for the info

 

[Bronco79]

Yeah what @Matt26 said - SO EASY buying lots and having them sent to @ShipMyCards - I think it's like $6 for a box of cards - collate everything there then ship back whenever ready with FedEx or whoever you want depending on shipping budget. I even send the COMC lots there and then send everything back as one lot once I'm ready.

Thank you for the info

 

[BJD]

I second the COMC recommendation. I use it for everything I need from America. The wait is usually a little longer but I am always willing to do that given COMC protect buyers and sellers equally, it's great.

 

[Bronco79]

I second the COMC recommendation. I use it for everything I need from America. The wait is usually a little longer but I am always willing to do that given COMC protect buyers and sellers equally, it's great.

Thank you

 

[BJD]

Thank you

Just to add to what the other lad said, basically it's a marketplace for cards. If you buy from multiple sellers, you will need to wait for the cards to all reach COMC and then they send them all to you.

 

[Bronco79]

Ok, so I've been sifting through all the information thus far. This is what I've come up with:

1. Need to create an account with ShipMyCards (No sign up fees or anything)
2. Need to add store credit with ShipMyCards (Not sure how to do this just yet. A little more reading to do)
3. If I buy from someone on ebay, have cards shipped to the Oregon address. (No taxes I think)
4. Be patient and wait for cards to be uploaded to inventory
5. Not real clear on import charges (I think if it's over $1000, I will be charged. Maybe declare a much lower value)
6. Also, not real clear on insurance and how much I should insure for. (Maybe insure cards for actual value)
7. Not real sure on postage cost either. (Currently looking at buying around 60 cards. Could very well double to 100-120)
8. Use Fed Ex
9. From the ebay seller, cards cost around $600 (AUD). Shipping is at around $220 (AUD). GST is at around $80 (AUD). (This is for approximately 60 cards). That's shipping to my actual address.

How am I going so far?

Cheers for everybody's help

 

[Bronco79]

So, what would be an ideal amount to put in as store credit straight up. Probably gunna get sent between 60-120 cards?
Is that in AUD or USD?

Cheers

 

[BJD]

So, what would be an ideal amount to put in as store credit straight up. Probably gunna get sent between 60-120 cards?
Is that in AUD or USD?

Cheers

No idea about SMC, only COMC sorry mate.