The punch to the stomach that is international postage
Hi guys!
I recently broke a long standing pledge that I had made not to deal with Heritage Auctions and threw a few dollars at a couple of daybills that I thought looked good. Hammer down, got 'em for a price I was happy with (even with BP) and I thought things were looking ok for me and HA again.
WRONG!
Just received an email to let me know that my two itty bitty folded daybills have been quoted at just shy of $110 USD to post! Their website doesn't list prices for international, however within the US their site suggests that it would be less than $12 USD to post - so apparently the extra $90 is to...um...well...
Frankly, I have no idea!
Australia Post Shopmate will send it for maybe $25 US, so I've asked HA to let me know how to get it sent there instead.
I recently broke a long standing pledge that I had made not to deal with Heritage Auctions and threw a few dollars at a couple of daybills that I thought looked good. Hammer down, got 'em for a price I was happy with (even with BP) and I thought things were looking ok for me and HA again.
WRONG!
Just received an email to let me know that my two itty bitty folded daybills have been quoted at just shy of $110 USD to post! Their website doesn't list prices for international, however within the US their site suggests that it would be less than $12 USD to post - so apparently the extra $90 is to...um...well...
Frankly, I have no idea!
Australia Post Shopmate will send it for maybe $25 US, so I've asked HA to let me know how to get it sent there instead.
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The item is under $250. I won't be paying more than $100 for postage.
Coincidentally i traveled past their building less than two weeks ago, too bad the item finished this week. I'm hoping for a positive and easy outcome, though I'm not confident.
So I've asked them to ship to Shopmate in Oregon; at least they'll probably only charge around $30 to post it.
Yeah, I recently bid on a couple things from HA...again against my better judgment...it's just one of those things that if you decide to bid there, you unfortunately have to cop the craptastic shipping.
Good luck!
One thing HA does that is vexing is "pushing" payment by check. They make it moderately difficult for buyers to pay by PayPal/credit card.
What they DON'T tell you is that payment by check will delay shipping by two weeks while the check clears. PayPal/cc payments clear immediately so shipping commences immediately too.
Oh really? I actually find it easy to pay via paypal...just set it up as a preferred option ages ago.
I wonder if it is more of an issue for US customers...
I'm personally travelling over and paying in $1 bills for that one...
Hands up the collectors of aussie paper...actually doesn't really matter.
Hands up who would have kept it had they been the lucky finder of the Metropolis daybills?
ShopMate shouldn't charge much more than that to send it here, so I'm looking at less than $50USD instead of HA's initial $110!