That's true but unlike USPS.com, stamps.com charges a monthly fee in additional to the cost of postage. That's fine, if you get a lot of foreign orders and need to avail yourself of this service but for one or two foreign orders a month, it doesn't pay to do this, especially since buyers like Helmut and lovenoir2 would object if you attempted to amortized this fee in connection with the shipping fee for their orders. FRANC
-----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of peter contarino Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:33 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Use stamps.com. you can ship First Class Int and get insurance and tracking. Peter Contarino From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Kirby McDaniel Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 11:50 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron I'm basically on the same page with Franc on this. Domestic shipping is a breeze for now. What happens if and when the FEDS hand over the Post Office to UPS or FED EX is anybody's guess.* We use USPS for most shipment. International shipping has gotten very expensive. It not uncommon for the dollar amount of the shipping to outstrip the value of the poster. Yet some international buyers do not balk at paying the money. 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. Fortunately and finally, all of these items but one finally arrived. We go to our local post office every day, so we do not have the same strictures as those who do business on USPS.com . * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the "free" markets think. Kirby McDaniel www.movieart.net On Dec 12, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Franc wrote: Helmut ---- You can not pay for First Class Mail on-line at USPS.com in the US and to my knowledge you also can't buy a Certificate of Mailing on-line in the US as proof of shipment. Nor so I believe Ebay or PayPal will accept this as proof of shipment because they both insist on proof of delivery. If a US seller ships Ebay sale items overseas the only protection that the US seller will be offerred by Ebay and/or PayPal is through Priority International which tracks delivery and is outrageously expensive. It costs almost $40 to ship a lobby card from NY to England by Priority International. I have to insist on it however for all purchases over $150 in value in connection with buyers that I do not know because I have been burned too often by foreign buyers who lie and claim they did not receive my parcels when I have sent them by First Class International Air Mail which does not provide tracking. One such liar based in Italy named Giluvi even had the audacity to turn around and sell the items he claims not to have received from me on Ebay and Ebay would do nothing about it. So Ebay sellers are nopt trying to cheat you when they insist on Priority International Postage. They are only trying to protect themselves from frauds. FRANC -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Helmut Hamm Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 7:16 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron 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 <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320802002865> &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. I do not refund postage. thank you. 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