OK, I went to the well once and it seemed ok. Now I bought a number of items from the Cougar, all at once, and he is saying £40 to ship the items below. Is this what I should expect as an accurate shipping cost? I have bought other items from the UK and not paid so much. If it is way out of line would someone be willing to act as a relay shipper for me?

8782893784  CHARACTER RECORDS SHEETS VGC CASSIOPEIAN EMPIRE  1   GBP 0.99  
8785866148  HIGH FANTASY A D&D FORTRESS ELLENDAR S/W MINT NEW  1   GBP 0.99  
8785866196  HIGH FANTASY A D&D MINT NEW RPG BAGGED  1   GBP 0.99  
8785867270  KNIGHTS & KNAVES SKIRMISH COMBAT MIDDLE AGES MINT  1   GBP 0.99  
8785870559  OLYMPICA MICRO GAME 7 U.N. MARS RAID 2206 MINT  1   GBP 0.99  
8785871503  THE UNIVERSAL FANTASY SUPPLEMENT MINATURE WARGAMING VGC  1   GBP 0.99  
8785871875  TSR AD&D BIRTHRIGHT PLAYERS SECRETS STJORDVIK 3127 S/W  1   GBP 0.99  
8785871926  TSR AD&D BIRTHRIGHT PLAYERS SECRETS OF BINSADA 3119 S/W  1   GBP 0.99  
8785872006  TSR AD&D BIRTHRIGHT PLAYERS SECRETS OF HALSKAPA 3122 SW  1   GBP 0.99  
8785872047  TSR AD&D BIRTHRIGHT PLAYERS SECRETS OF KHOURANE 3123 SW  1   GBP 0.99  
8785872120  TSR AD&D BIRTHRIGHT PLAYERS SECRETS TUARHIEVEL 3124 S/W  1   GBP 0.99  
8785872229  TSR AD&D BIRTHRIGHT SWORD OF ROELE 3118 ADV 5-8TH S/W  1   GBP 0.99  
8785872572  TSR AD&D PLANESCAPE CONSPECTUS VGC  1   GBP 0.99  
8785872869  W.H.A.T.? RPG, CHARACTERS, MAGIC, CREATURES RRP$11 VGC  1   GBP 0.99  


      
Subtotal:   GBP 13.86  
Shipping and handling via Sellers Standard International Rate:  
 GBP 40.00  
Shipping insurance (Optional GBP 1.00):   --  
   
Total:   GBP 53.86

£40.00 sounds like a nice big round number.  

I do not know much about that Birthright stuff - if they are hardback books or box sets, it will be expensive.  If all that stuff is slim old style  module-sized then it is too much.

You might want to make sure you pay the insurance price.  Otherwise Cougie will "Pull a Kitty" on you and the items will get lost, of which he won't be responsible since you didn't buy insurance...

Mike B.

I got the following from him:

air mail
I only use surface when requested as it takes 6~8 weeks,
is sometimes uninsurable
if things lost /delayed people blame me
any loss/ damage is buyers risk
I can do surface with above understandings for  £25
PLEASE STATE SURFACE WITH PAYMENT IF CHOSEN
--dave

Any input or advice would be welcome.

Marlith wrote:Any input or advice would be welcome.

As before, ask him for the total shipping weight to compare with the printed paper rate.
If he's using a straightforward addition, the quote for surface compared with airmail indicates a packing weight just over 3kg and a packing/handling charge of £10 or so, but that's just a guess.

(And yes, no harm in holding that threat of a neg for overcharging on postage & packing, just in case).

Marlith wrote:OK, I went to the well once and it seemed ok. Now I bought a number of items from the Cougar, all at once, and he is saying £40 to ship the items below. Is this what I should expect as an accurate shipping cost? I have bought other items from the UK and not paid so much. If it is way out of line would someone be willing to act as a relay shipper for me?

8782893784  CHARACTER RECORDS SHEETS VGC CASSIOPEIAN EMPIRE  1   GBP 0.99  
8785866148  HIGH FANTASY A D&D FORTRESS ELLENDAR S/W MINT NEW  1   GBP 0.99  
8785866196  HIGH FANTASY A D&D MINT NEW RPG BAGGED  1   GBP 0.99  
8785867270  KNIGHTS & KNAVES SKIRMISH COMBAT MIDDLE AGES MINT  1   GBP 0.99  
8785870559  OLYMPICA MICRO GAME 7 U.N. MARS RAID 2206 MINT  1   GBP 0.99  
8785871503  THE UNIVERSAL FANTASY SUPPLEMENT MINATURE WARGAMING VGC  1   GBP 0.99  
8785871875  TSR AD&D BIRTHRIGHT PLAYERS SECRETS STJORDVIK 3127 S/W  1   GBP 0.99  
8785871926  TSR AD&D BIRTHRIGHT PLAYERS SECRETS OF BINSADA 3119 S/W  1   GBP 0.99  
8785872006  TSR AD&D BIRTHRIGHT PLAYERS SECRETS OF HALSKAPA 3122 SW  1   GBP 0.99  
8785872047  TSR AD&D BIRTHRIGHT PLAYERS SECRETS OF KHOURANE 3123 SW  1   GBP 0.99  
8785872120  TSR AD&D BIRTHRIGHT PLAYERS SECRETS TUARHIEVEL 3124 S/W  1   GBP 0.99  
8785872229  TSR AD&D BIRTHRIGHT SWORD OF ROELE 3118 ADV 5-8TH S/W  1   GBP 0.99  
8785872572  TSR AD&D PLANESCAPE CONSPECTUS VGC  1   GBP 0.99  
8785872869  W.H.A.T.? RPG, CHARACTERS, MAGIC, CREATURES RRP$11 VGC  1   GBP 0.99  


      
Subtotal:   GBP 13.86  
Shipping and handling via Sellers Standard International Rate:  
 GBP 40.00  
Shipping insurance (Optional GBP 1.00):   --  
   
Total:   GBP 53.86

Marl

i wouldnt personally have thought they would come to that, but not really got time to look atm though.

tell you what, if youre willing to go along with it, ask Dave to mail them to me and then i will ship them for whatever the shipping is. i dont have a clue what it is mind, but i'll sort it if you want to be 100% sure from that perspective.

your choice my friend....

Al

Yes, would probably be stating the obvious
Think we're just trying to help a fellow collector who thought the kitty wouldn't bite.

(Would use the standard "received wisdom" about cougars always being wild animals, tho' that's not my own line on the topic ).

=
Good luck, Marlith, and if the worst comes to the worst try to write it off against some of those excellent wins you've had before.
(And make that neg a concise work of art, if required!)

bclarkie wrote:I know I am probably stating the obvious here and I am not trying to be a d**k, but why would you buy from Coug in the 1st place?  Its not like it hasn't already been documented thoroughly about his tactics.

ooch...that hurt...here let me roll over so you can kick the other half of my ribs      Short answer must be that I am an idiot....

In another life I must have been from Missouri. One of those things where you think the liver can't taste that bad or the battery shock on your tongue is not that bad....I bought one item and it went well so I thought I would test the waters a little deeper and now I see the surface is calm but the water is near boiling, just to fool the unsuspecting.

Given that confession if I can still get someone there to accept a package from him I will try and workout a deal where he ships local and then I pay the further shipping with something for the effort. Better I pay more and someone good gets something out of it.

Has anyone here ever bought and refused to pay his shipping costs? I am wondering about the ramifications to my eBay account and feedback rating?

faro wrote:

Marlith wrote:Given that confession if I can still get someone there to accept a package from him I will try and workout a deal where he ships local and then I pay the further shipping with something for the effort. Better I pay more and someone good gets something out of it.

Trouble is (as noted by lokiwookie, above), by the time you've paid local shipping within the UK, plus shipping to the US at cost, the total is likely to be fairly close to his £40 quote.
Al might be able to carry that off, but wouldn't hold out any great hopes for massive savings.

You could always see whether he's willing to write-off the items at half-cost. (:roll:)

Marlith wrote:Has anyone here ever bought and refused to pay his shipping costs? I am wondering about the ramifications to my eBay account and feedback rating?

This is the kitty from whom I received a neg after having rounded up a £4.50 purchase to ~£8 since I thought it had gone too cheap. Didn't save me from having to put up with the mis-described item faults and (as he did back then) incessant demands for feedback.

Anyone can kill your feedback rating: best not to stress about that, IMO!

I would rather give it to the postal service than line the pockets of someone who is gouging me on shipping.