Helmut is correct. I ship First Class oversees and find it typically arrives close to the 6-10 days Priority claims to. Significantly cheaper. Interestingly, I find foreign buyers for the most part to be more reasonable and patient for their material than domestic.
Peter -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Freeman Fisher Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:10 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Overseas Shipping Helmut, As many know I do the shipping for another dealer on MOPO and overseas sales are a big part of the biz. I made a decision to always send overseas via Priority Mail (also size and weight come into play frequently therefore one has no choice.) Either way Priority Mail gets to the buyer consistently faster and by a significant shorter window of time. I have tried to send simply first class and damn it can take up to three to four weeks for delivery. By that point the buyer is freaking out as only Europeans can do, wondering where their purchases are. You can just see their hands gesticulating in the air as they type out their emails as if their talking about whose soccer team is the best. But Germany does seem to be a problem. For example that delivery to you of a rolled poster without the end cap because it was inspected at customs....and the inspector didn't have the courtesy to re-plug. My guess is it rolled under their Mercedes. We Americans can only do so much on this end by sending to you and your countrymen the fastest way (save for Express Mail which is prohibitive) to get to you before something weird happens to the parcel. freeman On Dec 12, 2011, at 4:16 AM, Helmut Hamm wrote: > Rich, > > frankly, if I were to complain about a $5 overcharge in shipping, I could post here every other day. For some reason, a vast number of eBay sellers feel entitled for a $5 to $10 extra for shipping international, sometimes even more. > > If I were to leave negative feedback for this, I would probably neg about 50% of my eBay sellers. > > And don't even get me started on the people who insist of shipping International Priority, which has NO advantage for me whatever. If you buy First Class Mail International postage online, you can purchase a Certificate of Mailing for a mere $1.15 or so. This way you have a proof of shipping for Paypal, and everybody could be happy. But no, I HAS to be Priority Mail. > > Almost anything I buy can be shipped for no more than $12 with First Class, yet I constantly find myself confronted with guys asking $30 and more for Priority Mail. How does an $18 overcharge sound to you? > > Add the fact, that ANYTHING shipped Priority Mail is inevitably stopped by customs these days, regardless of declared value. So evertime this happens, I go on a three-hour round-trip to pick the darn thing up. > > How's THAT compared to your $5 loss? > > Cheers, > > Helmut > > > Am 11.12.2011 um 21:44 schrieb Richard Halegua Comic Art: > >> so I buy an Ocean's 11 lobby card from a guy on ebay >> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320802002865 >> >> his shipping says $8.00 and clearly indicates it will be shipped Priority Mail >> >> Package arrives, with the flimsiest of cardboard but amazingly the card got here undamaged >> >> however, this moron did not send by Priority mail, he mailed it 1st Class for $1.68. >> >> so I send him a message: >> Buzz >> two things >> #1 fortunately the card did not get folded in shipping, but if yuo don't use some sturdy cardboard, you're courtig danger >> #2 you charged me $8 for Priority Mail shipping and yet you sent it first class for $1.68 >> I'm expecting a partial refund of my shipping.. $5 will be fine >> >> his response: >> Hello: >> >> The shipping is for postage and handling and it was sent expedited. 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