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Mars
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:25 pm

I still check if they will ship to Canada. The shipping to Canada is usually not listed even if they do ship here so I always inquire what its going to be too.

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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:02 pm

aia wrote:and auctions like this drives me crazy:

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why should i buy 3 tons of paper just to have the only 2 books worth in it??? (don't even ask anymore if it possible to split the lot... it's useless...)

Actually, when I clicked on the link I thought, "Hey! A nice set and a reasonable starting price!"

But....hit the shipping "Calcola" button and you'll see what the seller is actually up to.

Mark

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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:06 pm

I wonder if the "US Only" thing just means that the shipping prices quoted only apply to the US.

I have queried a number of UK sellers about similar lanuage and they all say essentially, "Yes, I ship worldwide...but its either big dollars or weeks before you see it."

Point is...they were willing to ship international...just not at the quote US price.

Ask.

Mark

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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:06 pm

ExTSR wrote:I'm also quite sure that it was shrinkwrapped when new; I have one in that condition.

Yep, it was shrinked, I have a Classic Warfare in that condition too.

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:32 am

a holmes version with counters instead of dice (the last i saw was on sale by frank and it explained in the description that it was called "prisoners edition"):

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...and moreover the same seller has "maze of the riddling minotaur" w/pen!!!

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6 hours to go for this:

http://cgi.ebay.it/AD-D-Red-Steel-Campa ... dZViewItem

no bids and only 5 USD starting price!!!

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:35 am

aia wrote:6 hours to go for this:

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no bids and only 5 USD starting price!!!

If anyone needs the Red Steel or Savage Coast audio CDs, I can, uh, give you a, errr, backup copy. I know that the missing CD was a dealbreaker for me when I was searching for those two supplements.

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:33 am

uhhh... i'm down...

aia wrote:...and moreover the same seller has "maze of the riddling minotaur" w/pen!!!

got a reply from that seller about the riddling minotaur (i.e. i asked him S&H for a combined shipping of 2 d&d modules)... here's the text:

for the 2 adventures its about $21.50 Economy (Surface) Letter Post and about $30.00 Airmail Letter Post both with registerd mail and signeture, if you dont use paypal it's much less, but if it get lost, its gone forever with no refund

i would say that it fits fine in the shady dealer topic... isn't it? :cry:

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:59 am

Those prices seem fairly close to what I would expect. I sent a package of 5 modules to the UK and the shipping for small packet with tracking was around $29 from Canada. This was the cheapest airmail method and tracking was an added bonus. I think in the US to track a letter post package you need to send it registered mail which adds $8 to the cost of shipping. But maybe someone in the US knows more about this than I do, I am primarily a buyer.

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:06 pm

aia wrote:uhhh... i'm down...

got a reply from that seller about the riddling minotaur (i.e. i asked him S&H for a combined shipping of 2 d&d modules)... here's the text:

for the 2 adventures its about $21.50 Economy (Surface) Letter Post and about $30.00 Airmail Letter Post both with registerd mail and signeture, if you dont use paypal it's much less, but if it get lost, its gone forever with no refund

i would say that it fits fine in the shady dealer topic... isn't it?

With padded envelope it should run $21 I believe if over a pound for airmail but shouldn't need registered mail, etc. My shipments to Italy thru PayPal/Ebay can be tracked - least one that I checked I was able to, haven't tried it with all the shipments to Italy (course that was printing through them, if have to go the the PO I don't know)
'Much less if don't use Paypal' means he's charging handling for Paypal, but the bit about it being lost must mean he's going thru the PO instead of printing out a shipping label (or clueless)

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:20 pm

I figured that "much less if don't use paypal" means that it could be sent by a method that wouldn't be trackable since paypal requires some method of tracking.

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:41 pm

Mars wrote:I figured that "much less if don't use paypal" means that it could be sent by a method that wouldn't be trackable since paypal requires some method of tracking.

uhhh??? really?!?! ...anyway, the usual fee to italy for one or two modules via surface is between 6 and 10 USD...
if you're talking about airmail delivery, the usual fee is 10/12 USD for one module...
sometimes could happen that i pay 15 USD for an airmail delivery... but i've never paid 21 USD for a surface shipping for a booklet of 32 pages!!!

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:22 pm

aia wrote:
uhhh??? really?!?! ...anyway, the usual fee to italy for one or two modules via surface is between 6 and 10 USD...
if you're talking about airmail delivery, the usual fee is 10/12 USD for one module...
sometimes could happen that i pay 15 USD for an airmail delivery... but i've never paid 21 USD for a surface shipping for a booklet of 32 pages!!!

I've shipped a module for $17 airmail to Italy thru Ebay (and which also happened to be the one I checked on with tracking wise - so maybe the usual $8 tracking was included in that price, don't know)

ShaneG.

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:36 pm

Really nice looking, and according to our recent poll, apparently rare 5th print White Box set:

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Let mirth prevail!

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:08 pm

Entirely reasonable BIN (by recent standards) for an OCE. It's nice to see some moderation creeping back in.

http://cgi.ebay.com/OD-D-Original-Dunge ... dZViewItem

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:12 pm

deimos3428 wrote:Entirely reasonable BIN

BIN <= box? ^^

(Good to see two digits, anyhow!).

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:19 pm

faro wrote:BIN <= box? ^^

(Good to see two digits, anyhow!).

Ok, ok, I just posted that to see if you were online, David. Who had 4 minutes? :lol:

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:43 pm

deimos3428 wrote:Entirely reasonable BIN (by recent standards) for an OCE. It's nice to see some moderation creeping back in.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Free shipping as well!!

Games can get you through times of no money but money can not get you through times of no games!!

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:20 pm

Hey Folks,

Thanks so much for all your comments & suggestions! Very much appreciated.

Believe you me, I totally understand the benefits of PayPal, and after giving it some thought I set myself up for a paypal premier account so I'll be adding that to the auctions. I need to dig a little on the overseas shipping thing and see exactly what kind of costs/procedures it will require. I do not exactly trust my. local Post Office to know about and/or do things correctly (sad, huh?)

Best Regards
Jeff

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