xraygord wrote:
I hear ya! I  had my eye on a module that was up for auction by an Acaeum member. The shipping was $12.00 to Canada from the U.S. I cannot justify paying that much.

I am assuming this was me. Mark is right, my shipping to Canada would have actually been $10($12 for outside North America) for Priority Mail or if you would have wanted I would have shipped it First Class for like $5 or $6. You should have asked.  

bclarkie wrote:

I am assuming this was me. Mark is right, my shipping to Canada would have actually been $10($12 for outside North America) for Priority Mail or if you would have wanted I would have shipped it First Class for like $5 or $6. You should have asked.  

BC makes a good point...sometimes when I see ridiculous shipping, I ask them if the rates are set in stone and if they will combine shipping for multiple orders. Almost always they will help me out, I've got some really good deals on stuff I wouldn't have normally bid on because the shipping looked really high.

Mike B.

It's all moot if sellers follow eBay's advice and start providing 'free' shipping (the modern thing to do, don't you know?). Everything will just start at $big bucks or more instead of 99c and the handling fees are going to be harder to determine because they'll blur with arbitrary opening prices. Plus that price will include eBay's new FVF cut.

xraygord wrote:Beleve me I DO NOT agree with the way ebay is going and i'm mostly a buyer. When I do sell its not to make money, although it never hurts  its usually just to get rid of stuff I have that is collecting dust.

Shipping costs money, it shouldn't be free, I'm referring to exceptionaly high shipping prices.
i.e. seller A ships for $1.00 while seller B charges $7.00. The exact same shipping service and packing materials used by both

Yeah I know you are, sorry but when I get a bee in my bonnet I bang on and bore the crap out of people. It's my way. Actually I used to charge fairly high shipping prices, for several reasons. First, Royal Mail is damn expensive and they've put that 25mm max depth rule in to ensure that anything over a size 3 Jiffy goes small packets rather than large letter. Third - I always used new packing materials because I hate getting decent RPG stuff in scribbled out, half worn envelopes that already took a battering first time around. And C - I took every step to ensure the item ended up in the buyer's hands in the same condition it left me, so that meant plenty of bubble wrap, bags, boards and so on. I worked out my costs carefully, to the penny, and figured how much materials cost to charge. Worked out 70p for the first item and 30p per item thereafter with postage costs by weight added. But nobody ever complained because they always got their stuff in tip-top condition. What with eBay and Paypal fees I had to pass this cost on or else I would have made negligible profit. Mind you, when I did clear a decent return I always dropped the additional charges and sent at cost. I think as long as the intentions are good then shipping costs can be justified. When shipping turns into a scam I agree, that's the time to complain.

Sooo.....

Is there any interesting item s up?  

vgc mono  
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also has lost caverns  
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bclarkie wrote:I am assuming this was me. Mark is right, my shipping to Canada would have actually been $10($12 for outside North America) for Priority Mail or if you would have wanted I would have shipped it First Class for like $5 or $6. You should have asked.  

I recently paid $12 for a gaming book to be shipped from the US to Canada.  I had assumed at that price, it would be in a flat-rate Priority envelope.  These cost $9 to Canada, assuming the weight is under 4 lbs.  (Even so, the guy was tacking on a bit of a handling fee.  Whatever, I wanted the book.)

However, it showed up in a flimsy First Class envelope without any padding.  It cost him about $6 to ship, so he was charging another $6 shipping and handling.  He only got four stars on "shipping and handling charges".  I know some of you probably think that's a horrid thing to do, but I don't -- that's exactly what it's for.  (He got five on the rest of the star ratings, and he got a positive as the book showed up in the condition described.)

Back to the main point -- International Priority Mail just isn't worth it for single, mid-grade modules.  Ask the seller to ship it via First Class unless you're buying two or three at a time.  (Or if the modules are of a higher grade than VG!)

Anyone got any idea what these are?




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What's got me confused is the page counts, which, in my experience, don't match up with the pictures. The seller confirmed the page counts too.

g026r wrote:I'm thinking that they're some of the books from the Complete Starter Set.

Can't say for certain, but the page counts match three of the books listed as being in there.

Ah, thank you. I think you're correct.