And you have no idea what you're talking about, since I made not one penny on the shipment to the UK. FRANC
-----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of lovenoir2 Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:13 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Well said, Helmut, and your examples of what it has cost you to both ship and receive items to Germany certainly shows that the high shipping prices, discussed by others, DO NOT need to be charged to clients. It's simply another way for sellers to line their pockets with additional cash, especially when no secondary, cheaper shipping methods are offered. 40.00 to mail a single lobby card to the UK?? THAT is absurd and beyond unwarranted. It's no different than the seller in Canada who charges a flat 25.00 (even to the US) to mail what could potentially be a folded, 99 cent poster. Outrageous. -KL On 12/12/11, Helmut Hamm <texasmu...@web.de> wrote: >> Last winter we shipped some posters to the UK during >> the extreme inclimate weather by First Class Mail. These items were >> hung up for over two months. > > Dear Kirby and Freeman, > > within the last month, I received a significant number of packages > sent First Class, not a single one took longer than two weeks, some > got here within less than ten days, all of them were delivered > straight to my mailbox. > > USPS claims that Priority Mail takes about 7-10 days or so. In my > experience, this is NONSENSE: I had TWO packages shipped Priority Mail > recently: The first one shipped a full month ago and I just got notice > from customs that I can pick it up, so I'm going to waste half a work > day on that one. (And we're talking about a value of merely US-$50 > here.) The other package was apparently shipped mid-November, no trace > of it so far and as it seems, the seller has lost the tracking number. > I do not doubt that he shipped it, but it's been a month and it's no > here yet. If agreed upfront, and if I feel confident about the seller, > I'm perfectly happy to cover the risk of an actual loss. With this > seller, I would have been happy to do so in this case, all I would > have requested is postage at actual cost and the said Certificate of > Mailing, and he wouldn't have any worries. On the other hand, when I'm > made to pay for Priority and the seller can't show the tracking > number, I will obviously file a Paypal claim, if my order has not > arrived after a month. > > In over 15 years of mail order business, I think I had less than 10 > items that were actually lost in the mail system, and that counts for > both incoming AND outgoing mail. I lost a lot more money to sellers > who never actually shipped my order. > > To each his own, but as I said before, in my personal every-day > experience, Priority Mail holds NO advantage for me, it costs a lot of > my money AND my time through the now inevitable customs hassle, so > unless I'm really crazy about something and/or it's an irresistible > deal, I more and more avoid sellers who are unwilling to work with me > on this. > > Helmut > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
