Well not 1 but 2 things really pissed me off today when I got the mail. Firstly was a bubble mailer containing 5 Walker cards. Now I use this seller quite a bit through their eBay store to get cheap parallels usually the ones out of 250 etc that arent worth paying $3-4 shipping each. Well he states in his auctions that shipping is $3.50 + $1 for each additional. In the past they have always arrived with a 90c sticker or so on the mailer. He doesnt send invoices but lets you calculate your own shipping. So 5 cards that equates to $7.50. Now I'm not paying that when it costs him the same regardless so I sent the $3.50. I forgot to mention how the cards were packaged......they weren't. Not even a penny sleave! 5 cards in a mailer thats it! AMAZINGLY none were damaged at all. Now is this my fault for not following his rules?
Second was a single card, just in an envelope. Ok if I paid a small postage amount I would have been calm about this but I got his invoice and shipping was $2. So I paid and then got an email saying international is more so pay another $2 or your item won't be shipped. So I did, then it turns up in a damn envelope with 90c postage!!!!
Even at $3.50 he still made money on the shipping! Sure you may think its just a couple of dollars but probably 1000 of my Walker's have come from the net. If your paying $3-4 a card then I'm sure you can do the math and thats just for shipping!
Well not 1 but 2 things really pissed me off today when I got the mail. Firstly was a bubble mailer containing 5 Walker cards. Now I use this seller quite a bit through their eBay store to get cheap parallels usually the ones out of 250 etc that arent worth paying $3-4 shipping each. Well he states in his auctions that shipping is $3.50 + $1 for each additional. In the past they have always arrived with a 90c sticker or so on the mailer. He doesnt send invoices but lets you calculate your own shipping. So 5 cards that equates to $7.50. Now I'm not paying that when it costs him the same regardless so I sent the $3.50. I forgot to mention how the cards were packaged......they weren't. Not even a penny sleave! 5 cards in a mailer thats it! AMAZINGLY none were damaged at all. Now is this my fault for not following his rules?
Second was a single card, just in an envelope. Ok if I paid a small postage amount I would have been calm about this but I got his invoice and shipping was $2. So I paid and then got an email saying international is more so pay another $2 or your item won't be shipped. So I did, then it turns up in a damn envelope with 90c postage!!!!
Regarding your 1st incident - I might be the odd one out when I say this but if the guy states $1 extra per card and you bid knowing this then you should pay it ! If you don't agree with the postage costs try and negotiate BEFORE you bid & win. I am not saying sending the cards without protection is right but I can see why he did what he did.......it doesn't make it right but he could have just refused to send until you paid the extra $$$
Anyways, glad to read the cards arrived OK
PS - 90% of US sellers suck on postage costs - it sucks !
I had the same issue with the same guy! I used to send an email asking for his best price including shipping for the BIN's he has. I usually just put my own amount in there and he sends them anyway. I did notice, the last few packaged had cards in soft sleeves and in a team bag, they always arrived fine, so I wasn't bothered because I got out of paying excess shipping.
Well not 1 but 2 things really pissed me off today when I got the mail. Firstly was a bubble mailer containing 5 Walker cards. Now I use this seller quite a bit through their eBay store to get cheap parallels usually the ones out of 250 etc that arent worth paying $3-4 shipping each. Well he states in his auctions that shipping is $3.50 + $1 for each additional. In the past they have always arrived with a 90c sticker or so on the mailer. He doesnt send invoices but lets you calculate your own shipping. So 5 cards that equates to $7.50. Now I'm not paying that when it costs him the same regardless so I sent the $3.50. I forgot to mention how the cards were packaged......they weren't. Not even a penny sleave! 5 cards in a mailer thats it! AMAZINGLY none were damaged at all. Now is this my fault for not following his rules?