Wow!   



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Did anyone think it would go for that much?

Holy Crap!!!!  Over 3K!

How many people will sell theirs now?

Sea-to-sky-games wrote:
If someone wants to pay 3K for my copy.. SOLD!

with shrink warp?

Sea-to-sky-games wrote:
Sadly no. But I do have Roslof's copy    

I have some documentation of this fact (e-mails, pictures), but not as much I would have liked.

better to read not worry about module rolling into a tube

Original Clyde Caldwell painting of Castle Ravenloft from a fairly low feedback seller

Nice, but $85 for shipping.  

Xaxaxe wrote:The latest media mail chart I have actually ends at about $25.50 ... and that's for 70 pounds of material.

If that's not a typo of some other kind of mistake, we're looking at a listing that practically redefines "excessive shipping."

I reported both auctions. I think I'm going to make it my personal mission to start reporting excessive shipping in the D&D section.

For example, I was looking through the D&D mini's last night and some people have $7.00 for a single plastic miniature.

I'm tired of it.

Busman wrote:
I reported both auctions. I think I'm going to make it my personal mission to start reporting excessive shipping in the D&D section.

For example, I was looking through the D&D mini's last night and some people have $7.00 for a single plastic miniature.

I'm tired of it.

Shipping is a funny thing. After mailing stuff for 14 years, I can pretty much look at an item and tell you if the shipping is over the top or not.  In a lot of cases what seems to be high may not be, depending on the method of mailing.  Unfortunatley a lot of buyers (I'm not pointng to you Busman by any means, just making a generalization) think that ANY shipping cost is too high. I've actually had buyers underpay shipping, and I took up the difference, to have them complain the shipping was STILL too high.....

The artwork is going to have to be shipped in a wooden crate and insured for $1000 AT A MINIMUM.  The final price for the piece may end up being even more, which would require even more insurance. That one might be about right. I don't have that much experience with expensive artwork; plus maybe the seller was covering his bases in case a foreign buyer purchased the artwork.  If they were to put a low shipping price, an overseas buyer might initially pay that without realizing that shipping to Asia requires additional costs.

For the D&D minis, it depends on the size.  I ship all my D&D minis in a small priority box, which typically runs $4.60 to $6 for a single.  If it's a larger mini like a medium sized dragon, giant, or the like (which would require a bigger priority box), $7-$8 isn't out of the question. Thus, if the $7 mini is being shipped in a padded envelope or small plain package, $7 is probably too much.  If it's being shipped in a priority box, or it's a larger mini, that's not over the top to ask $7 for shipping. It depends on the specific item.

The media mail one seems a bit padded....I don't think I've had a media mail shipment come out to above $20 in my life.  Not to mention he could use flat rate priority box mail on that lot and it would come in at HALF the total.

I've stopped reporting excessive shipping totals merely because it plays into Ebay's hands.  They have gone on record saying they want sellers to give out free shipping and make up for the price difference by having the seller tack on the extra charges to the price of the item....a transparent ploy to take money OUT of the sellers pocket and put it INTO their pocket (because Ebay makes money on the FVF and not the shipping cost). In other words EBay has absolutely no problem with anyone overpaying for something, as long as they get a piece of it...which is why they've made every effort to crack down on "excessive" shipping, yet done nothing for years to stop sellers like Cougar from pissing on people.  I'd much rather pay higher shipping and help out someone trying to make a living than give another cent to the greedmongers that are ruining EBay at the moment.

Mike B.

Busman wrote:
Totally agreed, Mike.

But, for every guy like you who is trying to keep things reasonable, there is a guy taking a 4oz module, shoving it in a grocery bag and stuffing that in a 40 cent yellow envelope and writing do not bend on the envelope; and charging $4 for S&H. (One of my latest purchases)

I generally don't bat an eye at anything $4 and under for shipping, even on small things.

I've shipped stuff for the last 14 years or so as well for my job and I know that you can ship things cheap if you want, and people often do. Or you can very nicely package things and put them in a nice box with a nice wrapping of bubble wrap.

If something is shipped well, I don't mind paying for it. $8-$10 for something wrapped in bubblewrap and put in a nice box. Totally worth it. $8-$10 for that same box set just thrown in a cardboard box? Not worth it.

It's why I mention in each of my feedbacks about the shipping quality if it's good. Well shipped items mean I'm a repeat customer.

Yeh I have had the guy who took a pulp magazine 50 years old, wrapped brown paper around it, slapped an address and stamp on that, and charged me priority shipping.    Did he get a postive feedbck? Noooooooo......

I also recently had another magazine disaster...which is why I'm always throwing caution to the wind when I buy mags (after promising myself I wont' ever buy mags through the mail again!). Then again I just had a box full of mags arrive from Bspaul in PERFECT shape...so I know it can be done.  

I guess what I meant to say is that I don't mind paying for shipping...even overpaying...as long as I get the product in the condition it was packaged in.  So I don't like to judge a lot of the "excessive" shipping until it gets to me and I can see if they charged me $10 for a priority box or $10 for a grocery bag and duct tape......

The lesson I suppose is ask before you bid..."Do you use priority boxes, or is my paperback going to arrive coverless in a reused plain white envelope?"

Mike B.

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