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Common Poster Subjects => Packaging & Shipping => Topic started by: eatbrie on July 15, 2014, 06:52:18 PM
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So over the past 13 years (when I started collecting), I probably spent the equivalent of a few Carreras in posters and a few Prius in shipping.
And at least one Hyundai in extra shipping I didn't have to pay.
Which is why I'm starting this thread. I'm sick and tired of international sellers charging extra on shipping just because I have no way of checking. But actually I do. We all do. There are enough international collectors on this forum to cover most of the countries we buy from.
For instance, I just spend $40 for one 4sh, one 2sh and 6 photobustas from Italy. It seems like Italy is the most expensive country to ship from in the world. Am I right?
Anyhow, this thread is meant for each one of us to ask other members when in doubt.
T
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My experience is with shipping from the US to other countries and with Paypal's regulations on signatures and insurance, I charge/spend $40-50 sending a single 24x36 print to the UK via USPS Priority/Express mail.
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Those effing Italians...almost as bad as the French. 8)
(Good thread...)
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You can check Australia post on there website calculator. I always lose money when I send to America as they have introduced a fee for security checks done in America that the sender has to pay. 10 years ago it cost me $7 to send a small tube that now costs $20+.
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The problem you guys in the US have is that us in the UK have ever increasing prices.
The Royal Mail for instance is terribly expensive these days.
Fallen is right - if you receive payment via PayPal you have no option other than to send the package via International Signed For postage...even domestic shipping must be sent requiring a signature upon delivery. Well, I say no option, you could send without a signature, but PayPal are really bad as they will always side with the buyer even when you have a receipt for the postage.
I can't talk for any other country, but $40.00 from Italy seems the going rate T as I suspect the posters you bought are vintage, or at least not modern, and so heavier.
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Well, I trashed both posters as they were not in good enough condition for my taste. $40 for 2 posters seems outrageous to me, but if it's the going rate, so be it.
T
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40 bucks,T?....I see that being way too high. Why does everyone see this as normal? $50 to ship a rolled poster to the UK? It was only $50 cuz you used priority/express. If ya shipped regular it woulda been half that. I sent a ,basically, 1/4 inch thick pvc tube to England with heavy insurance and sig conformation, regular shipping, for 37 bucks. If I shipped it priority it woulda been like $85.
Like Ari said, I could ship a poster down under, via the post office, regular shipping, for probably $20-30. Depending on if I use cardboard or PVC.
I used crazy nuke proof pvc. Real thick. If you just use a good, thick cardboard tube, no way it will be $40 bucks to Europe, with regular shipping.
Not sure what this "paypal" regulation is. I've never heard anything about it. They don't dictate how I ship items. If I want sig conformation it gets dun, if I don't, it doesn't.
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$20 to ship 1 rolled poster from Canada to the US... is that right?
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$20 to ship 1 rolled poster from Canada to the US... is that right?
Registered?
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$20 to ship 1 rolled poster from Canada to the US... is that right?
Most likely yes if that's via Canada Post? Our rates up here are exorbitant
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Most likely yes if that's via Canada Post? Our rates up here are exorbitant
Ouch.. crying
its cheaper to mail a tube from the US to the UK!
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I've only been a part-time seller for all my collecting days. There are two reasons for that. The first is that I hate to be a peddler and I hate to sit behind the computer all day spitting out auctions or looking for "bargains". I'd rather use my spare time to put posters on walls. The second reason is much more practical. Have a look at this:
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk227/HazardousOperations/Schermafbeelding2014-10-08om200854_zpsf687cd48.png)
Yes folks, those prices are in euros. For any shipment larger than a still this is it and no escape. Whether it's a quattro foglie or a lobby card, no difference. Since they have privatized the postal sector, small companies have the choice to go the same and only postal carrier they used before for a threefold of the price of five years ago. Good old competition in the marketplace. If you want to know why a lobby card weighing nothing costs around $30 track and trace, it's because they don't fit in the mailbox like a letter. That's Dutch mailboxes of course, and if you haven't noticed yet, the prices are for shipping to non-Dutch addresses. As a courtesy to small-time sellers Ebay has opted to add shipping costs to the price of the item to determine the final value fee.
So, I'm already pissed off - despite my good and cheerful nature- by the fact that I have no hope in hell selling single lobby cards to US, Australia etcetera.
I get even more pissed by annoying twerps - and let be state right now that I don't mean anyone on this forum, you've all been perfectly civil - nagging me that my shipping and/or prices are too high for no other reason than to scrape the barrel. I say to them, "Good riddance!" I pride myself on having a rather eclectic collection and I have problems letting things go, so leave me in peace. If on the other hand you show real enthusiasm for a poster or film or whatever, you'll find you can always make a deal.
This has been a public service announcement with guitars from the M.I.A. headquarters
http://www.hazardousoperations.com/movie-ink_wp/movieinkblog/ (http://www.hazardousoperations.com/movie-ink_wp/movieinkblog/)
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the rates from Canada or no diff than the rates from here to Canada.
a solid tube weighs almost a pound with tape, wrapping paper & peanuts etc. you slide the poster in, it's just over a pound and that costs about $16 in shipping a;one. cost of tube, supplies & labor.. my rate to ship to Canada is $19
postage costs are one of the things we have no control over & once the Republican party is successful in eliminating the post office so private industry can make the profits, rates will skyrocket to those shown by Wim and mail order business will evaporate faster than a puddle of water in Death Valley in July
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$20 to ship 1 rolled poster from Canada to the US... is that right?
Sounds about right, T. I've shipped from near Montreal to variosu locations in the US at between $16 and $24 (california)
Its brutal. By the way, i'll gladly act as your (or anyone's) Canadian middleman! Even if you're shipping to Nunavut! thumbsup.gif
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Sounds about right, T. I've shipped from near Montreal to variosu locations in the US at between $16 and $24 (california)
Its brutal. By the way, i'll gladly act as your (or anyone's) Canadian middleman! Even if you're shipping to Nunavut! thumbsup.gif
What a guy! Personal delivery by dogsled?
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What a guy! Personal delivery by dogsled?
Oh just me little compact car...
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DiOkhLENk74/ULo0L_LPxKI/AAAAAAAKb-E/kUTI9hGCb2M/s1600/Fiat-Panda-4x4-32%25255B4%25255D.jpg)
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I could use that to get up my street in about 1.5 months!
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Wow, shipping costs have increased. :o
I was seeing what the shipment would be for a normal tube weighted 1lb and less.
Shipping within Canada would be $25 ( I always go for delivery confirmation and signature Option)
Shipping to US- $35!! (with delivery confirmation and signature)
Shipping to Europe (quoted Italy)- $50 regular mail (NO confirmation NO signature)
$70!!! shipped with delivery confirmation and signature option!
:o
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-Just received a poster from Poland. It cost the seller the equivalent of $11.92 USD to send with Delivery and Signature confirmation
-Just sent a poster to Spain 1st Class with tracking and Delivery confirmation for $15.08 USD
Bigmike I checked out Canada Post pricing just now and OUCH! I see they will only let you do Signature confirmation on "Xpresspost." and choosing "Expedited Parcel" (no sig conf) the cost is $22.40 CAD. They stick it to you if you want the Signature Confirmation dont they? and an extra $1.50CAD charge if you use a tube...dang. So if you put the tube in a poster box you save money or what?
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So it's still at least $20 to send out a poster from Canada now. I had some sellers complain about the shipping costs. I said there is nothing I can do, go and take a look at Canada Post if you don't believe me. I sold some posters under $10 bucks before and took a loss. Wasn't even worth it to list them. (unless someone was to buy multiple posters)
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..and an extra $1.50CAD charge if you use a tube...dang. So if you put the tube in a poster box you save money or what?
That's exactly it because I was told "the tubes roll around in the truck" Wtf? Most of the Canada Posts are now located inside Shopper's Drug Marts in Canada (aka Walgreens or CVS in the US). So the employees are not Canada Post employees but actually Shopper's Drug Mart employees trained to process the mail. Can you believe that? Its like one monopoly, the crown corporation that is Canada Post, in cahoots with the biggest drugstore chain in the country. What a farce. And yes, while gas is at its lowest in 6 years now, there aren't removing the "fuel surcharge" anytime soon. spew
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Our Canada Post, uses cars or vans as well. Small Canada Post sign on their vehicle (car, truck, suv, whatever) That's how it gets delivered...
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Strange people down south.
I had two sellers with things I wanted in Argentina.
Was going to organise both send to one local address and have that fwd to me.
thin it would be cheaper?
Apparently its $20 to send within Argentina, and $20 to send to Australia.
One said that was because my local address was 700kms away so its the same.
Now I DO believe them, as both explained to me the same way, so not sellers fault.
But here, I could send a similar item to Sydney for $7 or $20 to Argentina.
and Sydney is 4000kms away
Anyways.
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Strange people down south.
I had two sellers with things I wanted in Argentina.
Was going to organise both send to one local address and have that fwd to me.
thin it would be cheaper?
Apparently its $20 to send within Argentina, and $20 to send to Australia.
One said that was because my local address was 700kms away so its the same.
Now I DO believe them, as both explained to me the same way, so not sellers fault.
But here, I could send a similar item to Sydney for $7 or $20 to Argentina.
and Sydney is 4000kms away
Anyways.
It's obvious Matias is to blame here. We will wait his apology for his country's idiosyncrasies
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I won't apologize when there's a logical explanation.
Ari's providers and my bunker are 700 kms. away IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
All roads in Argentina are like these:
(http://wallpapertube.com/file/29416/600x338/16:9/landscape-curvy-road-wallpaper.jpg)
eyeroll
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Strange people down south.
You bet! :D
But here, I could send a similar item to Sydney for $7 or $20 to Argentina.
and Sydney is 4000kms away
You lucky bastard!
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Its OK, I was just surprised.
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We're full of surprises down here! ;)
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I won't apologize when there's a logical explanation.
Ari's providers and my bunker are 700 kms. away IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
All roads in Argentina are like these:
(http://wallpapertube.com/file/29416/600x338/16:9/landscape-curvy-road-wallpaper.jpg)
eyeroll
I should have known!
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You bet! :D
You lucky bastard!
:)
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Oh yeah I just love when I get a package in the mail, and the little shipping cost sticker is 15 euros less than what I paid >:( Luckily I've managed to get the excess refunded everytime I call them out on it.
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Oh yeah I just love when I get a package in the mail, and the little shipping cost sticker is 15 euros less than what I paid >:( Luckily I've managed to get the excess refunded everytime I call them out on it.
This is one reason I don't sell my stuff.... The cost to send an item involves postage and labour (handling). I couldn't cope if people contacted me wanting refund on that cost. I'd only be into selling them individually rather than consign if my extra work to do it was covered by the handling component.
I don't know your arrangement with the seller , sounds like he was only charging the actual postage.
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I guess I would just assume that the money for the handling would be considered in the profit made from the sale of the item. I don't think a seller should misrepresent the shipping cost, if they are adding a handling fee into the shipping charge they should mention that. Also this was 15 euros extra to what the actual postage cost(according to the sticker), I don't think throwing the poster in a tube with a few packing peanuts is really worth that. I can understand the hassle of handling, especially if it's actually packaged well and it's obvious they put time/effort/money into it, then by all means I don't mind paying a little extra than the postage costed.
And to clarify I only asked for a refund for the excess amount(I also double checked with him that I was right, which he admitted), he still got the amount that it really costed him to ship it. He seemed pretty aware he was kind of in the wrong.
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When I look at what mailing packages cost in the rest of the world, it makes me understand why the USPS is continually struggling to maintain solvency.
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I guess I would just assume that the money for the handling would be considered in the profit made from the sale of the item. I don't think a seller should misrepresent the shipping cost, if they are adding a handling fee into the shipping charge they should mention that. Also this was 15 euros extra to what the actual postage cost(according to the sticker), I don't think throwing the poster in a tube with a few packing peanuts is really worth that. I can understand the hassle of handling, especially if it's actually packaged well and it's obvious they put time/effort/money into it, then by all means I don't mind paying a little extra than the postage costed.
And to clarify I only asked for a refund for the excess amount(I also double checked with him that I was right, which he admitted), he still got the amount that it really costed him to ship it. He seemed pretty aware he was kind of in the wrong.
Good to read that you found a seller that was willing to refund that excess. We probably have all received a parcel where what we paid and what the sticker shows are very different.
Just last week, i mailed two rolled US OS from Los Angeles to OH, (carefully packaged and padded). The total weight was about 14.5 oz. If something weighs under 13 oz, the parcel can be sent First Class. Over that, Priority Mail has to be used. (Both come with a tracking number at NO additional cost, also).
My total cost to mail this tube, USPS Priority, 2 day mail: $4.75
So when i see sellers /ebayers in the US asking for $10, 12 (or more dollars) to ship one rolled poster, (to another US address), they are doing nothing but totally gouging the buyer and throwing that extra cash into their own pocket. And that is a seller ripping the buyer off, plain and simple. moron1
And as you said, getting a poster, hastily thrown into a tube with a handful of peanuts (that do nothing to protect the edges), is also not worthy of any handling fee. If someone is going to sell a poster, that is part of getting it sent to the new owner/buyer.
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In the UK it's not just the weight, but the size, since the new changes...
Now when I go in with a tube and they need to measure the length and girth, as well as weight to get the cost..... bet it was a woman who came up with that system.... ;)
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In the UK it's not just the weight, but the size, since the new changes...
Now when I go in with a tube and they need to measure the length and girth, as well as weight to get the cost..... bet it was a woman who came up with that system.... ;)
Parcel size applies here in the US, too, Paul (always has). I should have made that clear in my post above. ;)
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On the flip side, tho, I also did mail a parcel (tube) to Chris (CSM), in Ontario, Canada a couple years ago. I looked for and found the receipt, so I could be accurate here.
I always look for the best way to ship (price and time frame), and confirmed how it would be sent.
This particular parcel weighed 11.9 ounces. It was sent, using Express Mail International (and if I recall, the other options were even more $$)
The tube arrived to him in just a few days.
Total shipping cost (July 2013 price quoted here, from LA to Ontario), was $37.35
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I hope i'm not outing this for anybody
http://www.ebay.com/itm/371650567421?rmvSB=true
I noticed the bottom - anyone know if this is true? Please note that as of June 2015, the USPS is charging a $10 "special handling" fee for packages marked Fragile. We will not mark any box fragile, but rest assured, your item will be packaged very well. If you need the box marked fragile, you must let us know before you pay, and we will then send you an invoice with a $10 added charge. John 3:30
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There is a 9.95 Fragile handling fee that can be paid for certain items.
As explained on the USPS Site (https://www.usps.com/ship/preparing-domestic-shipments.htm):
The USPS® Special Handling and Special Handling-Fragile service is required for unusual items that are not sent by normal mail such as live poultry and bees and can only be arranged at a Post Office™ location. USPS Special Handling service takes extra care in shipping treatment, transportation, and delivery, but it is not the same as insurance.
I think a poster is just a little different than live bees or poultry?...... hmmm.gif
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thanks Jeff. So yeah, either the seller is nuts or he's knowingly out to screw his buyer an extra 10 bucks.