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Iron Clad Lou said:
So I have an offer on a card from someone in Canada.

I would like to accept the offer as they have 2,500+ positive feedback, but have no idea about how i post this to Canada.

Would I simply buy an Australia Post International Standard 500g satchel and fill out a customs form?
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Have sent singles overseas a few times. Package well in to a standard bubble mailer. Fill out the customs dec on your phone, take a screencap of the QR code once done. Lodge in person at Auspost and they'll ask for the QR code. Will also give you a few options re regular/express post etc. Should be fairly painless m8. I can't accurately recall shipping costs, might be ballpark $20 from memory.
 
Iron Clad Lou said:
So I have an offer on a card from someone in Canada.

I would like to accept the offer as they have 2,500+ positive feedback, but have no idea about how i post this to Canada.

Would I simply buy an Australia Post International Standard 500g satchel and fill out a customs form?
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I can't add anything other than I did a high value card to USA via fedex and it was $150 I think for a $2k usd card so it depends on if its worth that otherwise get the International AusPost one - with insurance I'd say it'd be about $40-50 anyway at a guess depending on the priority - let me know how much it ends up costing if you go that way I'd be curious
 
GarnettFan4Life said:
I can't add anything other than I did a high value card to USA via fedex and it was $150 I think for a $2k usd card so it depends on if its worth that otherwise get the International AusPost one - with insurance I'd say it'd be about $40-50 anyway at a guess - let me know how much it ends up costing if you go that way I'd be curious
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I'm going to go the standard 500g satchel + sig for $30.
 
Just found out I've been charged 16.3% in fees on my recent eBay sales...

I needed to move them quick otherwise they would have just been on the MERQARY marketplace.

It was a good test as I can now accurately say the MQ marketplace is approximately 13.7% cheaper than eBay even after you pay the Stripe fee on MERQARY! (Stripe fees are 2.6% + $0.30 per transaction and we're looking at ways to reduce this).
 
SharpysSports said:
Just found out I've been charged 16.3% in fees on my recent eBay sales...

I needed to move them quick otherwise they would have just been on the MERQARY marketplace.

It was a good test as I can now accurately say the MQ marketplace is approximately 13.7% cheaper than eBay even after you pay the Stripe fee on MERQARY! (Stripe fees are 2.6% + $0.30 per transaction and we're looking at ways to reduce this).
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yep I had a $38.50 fee they took from a $285 sale - so crazy!
 
GarnettFan4Life said:
I can't add anything other than I did a high value card to USA via fedex and it was $150 I think for a $2k usd card so it depends on if its worth that otherwise get the International AusPost one - with insurance I'd say it'd be about $40-50 anyway at a guess depending on the priority - let me know how much it ends up costing if you go that way I'd be curious
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So I went with the satchel and sig for $31.40.

The bloke at the PO said don't use the Aus Post International satchel, but use a blank satchel or something like that and it's only $19.95.

https://www.stanleypackaging.com.au...kIr6FJwYAHmGnUrwwZ1LTguLT1dV-20BoCufAQAvD_BwE

I think my old lady has a bunch of these blank ones so i will use those next time

I put my card in a few bubble mailers and then in a box, which was only 130g, so he said do that next time and save 6 bucks!
 
Iron Clad Lou said:
So I went with the satchel and sig for $31.40.

The bloke at the PO said don't use the Aus Post International satchel, but use a blank satchel or something like that and it's only $19.95.

https://www.stanleypackaging.com.au...kIr6FJwYAHmGnUrwwZ1LTguLT1dV-20BoCufAQAvD_BwE

I think my old lady has a bunch of these blank ones so i will use those next time

I put my card in a few bubble mailers and then in a box, which was only 130g, so he said do that next time and save 6 bucks!
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did they say estimated delivery time?
I guess it also depends on what speed you need too and what the buyer wants to pay for
 
I ship o/s all the time. It's actually easier now with Aus Post than it's ever been.

I send singles on a toploader, team bagged with cardboard. Then inside a 00-sized bubble mailer, then I put that inside another bubble mailer from Aus Post for like $1.25.

Fill out a customs form online and show the QR code in the confirmation email. They just print the forms and attach to the parcel.

Standard parcel shipping o/s is like $21 - give or take a couple bucks depending on area of the world. Then I usually add insurance for every $100 of value over $100.

I've had like 2 parcels go missing out of hundreds I've sent o/s. I've had a higher percentage of local shipments go missing actually.
 
1980bust said:
I ship o/s all the time. It's actually easier now with Aus Post than it's ever been.

I send singles on a toploader, team bagged with cardboard. Then inside a 00-sized bubble mailer, then I put that inside another bubble mailer from Aus Post for like $1.25.

Fill out a customs form online and show the QR code in the confirmation email. They just print the forms and attach to the parcel.

Standard parcel shipping o/s is like $21 - give or take a couple bucks depending on area of the world. Then I usually add insurance for every $100 of value over $100.

I've had like 2 parcels go missing out of hundreds I've sent o/s. I've had a higher percentage of local shipments go missing actually.
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I had to ship out 5 items last week all for the USA and not having done so in a while it was actually a lot easier process now. Fill out the CN23 Customs form online and print it out.

They sold me a pack of 10 plain satchels for $2.50 or something close and I simply walk in and hand them the package and the printed out form and select the type of freight you want (Standard/Express/Courier).

Only issue I had was that cause the eBay buyers didn't provide a phone number, they had to go standard which is 6-10 business days to the US.

The Post person said that if it goes express/courier when the local delivery company accepts it they may refuse if it doesn't have a phone number.

But for $20 tracked on 6-10 business days I may have to start listing some more items!
 
1980bust said:
I ship o/s all the time. It's actually easier now with Aus Post than it's ever been.

I send singles on a toploader, team bagged with cardboard. Then inside a 00-sized bubble mailer, then I put that inside another bubble mailer from Aus Post for like $1.25.

Fill out a customs form online and show the QR code in the confirmation email. They just print the forms and attach to the parcel.

Standard parcel shipping o/s is like $21 - give or take a couple bucks depending on area of the world. Then I usually add insurance for every $100 of value over $100.

I've had like 2 parcels go missing out of hundreds I've sent o/s. I've had a higher percentage of local shipments go missing actually.
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God where were you yesterday!

Thanks for this! Bloody awesome
 
Iron Clad Lou said:
Got my first INR coming up I think.

Sold a non card item via express post that was "delivered in a safe place" and now the buyer says it's missing.

Looks like I'm shit out of luck. The key is always purchase sig on delivery
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Any idea if people wait a certain amount of time to do an INR? Bloke never got back to me and no INR yet?

Maybe he found my package
 
Iron Clad Lou said:
Got my first INR coming up I think.

Sold a non card item via express post that was "delivered in a safe place" and now the buyer says it's missing.

Looks like I'm shit out of luck. The key is always purchase sig on delivery
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Why would a delivered item be your problem? Surely once it states delivered you are no longer liable for it?
 
Iron Clad Lou said:
Got my first INR coming up I think.

Sold a non card item via express post that was "delivered in a safe place" and now the buyer says it's missing.

Looks like I'm shit out of luck. The key is always purchase sig on delivery
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Although you may want to help, it's not on you the minute it's been marked as delivered.
 
Well it happened.

I finally sold a card on Ebay that i must have sold to someone else on FB.

Devastated :(

I am going to refund and send another variation of the card i sold and a bunch of other cards....but damn i feel bad :(
 
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