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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1354 Posts |
I have someone interested in a coin I have for sale on ebay. It is $150 and the person lives overseas. Shipping cost without tracking is $11. Cheapest Shipping with tracking is $50.... Not good. Here is my question... If you state in your auction or with correspondence with the buyer that if he wants no insurance he is on the hook for all costs if lost or damaged and the buyer is in agreement with that will ebay back you? Or are you still on the hook? It sucks as a canadian trying to sell items with our expensive postal rates. |
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Pillar of the Community
917 Posts |
No ebay will not side with you. |
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Valued Member
United States
230 Posts |
LGuy is correct. ebay rules trump anything you and your buyer agree on. How much do you trust the buyer? $150 worth? I learned this the hard way! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
500 Posts |
Either the buyer is willing to pay the $50 shipping, or you have to pass and only sell to countries with reasonable fees. That is why most sellers won't ship internationally - PERIOD. Unless you are so desparate to sell it you'd risk being out the whole amount!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2124 Posts |
To be covered by eBay/Paypal you need tracking (although no insurance). If the buyer has 4 digits feedback could worth the risk (and if the country is safe).
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4227 Posts |
 with what's been said above and also feel you pain about having to put up with our high shipping rates  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5417 Posts |
There needs to be tracking. As I've heard from some of the experienced sellers, I myself just started selling. Just skip on the sale, if they live overseas you also encounter the issue of chargebacks with dishonest buyers. Even if you ship the coin, buyer accepts risk and you show proof of shipment, they are still free to open a case against you and they will win. Just politely decline IMO.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7840 Posts |
Pass on this sale. I would not take the risk...again.  Edited by oih82w8
05/15/2014 8:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
872 Posts |
First of all, I don't sell overseas just for these reasons, its too complicated, expensive, custom delays and more.
Tracking is necessary, or at least insured for its value.
If the person wants the coin bad enough, let them know that you need exact postage, and will show them the invoice receipt of the shipping costs (minus any personal info).
If they want it bad enough they will buy it.
I don't know if you have any good friends in the USA. You could ask them to send the coin out for you via Priority Mail International.... with tracking and insurance...Just a thought.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
298 Posts |
Holy moly, 50 CAD? Is that really the cheapest signed for international shipping option for Canadians? I thought the UK's postal rate were crazy compared to the rest of europe but even I can send a tracked letter for £6.47 or parcel for £8.20.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2124 Posts |
Depend where the package is going..... for US it starts like in $8.5 aprox, depend the country, the weight, etc... $50 it's too expensive, maybe weights more than 2 kgs.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3733 Posts |
for the future you can send a coin cheaper, a letter up to 200gram, can be shipped for around 10$, then you get it registered for 16.50, so for less than 30$ you can send a coin with tracking. just put the coin in a flip and attach it securely to a letter.
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Valued Member
Netherlands
173 Posts |
If somebody will buy something in my eBaystore and the value of the coin is 50 dollars or higher, I always send with trackingnumber... This is about $22 overseas and in europe $14 (small package).
With Products beneath 50$ the seller can choose between standard (no trackingnumber) or with trsckingnumber.
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Posted 05/15/2014 5:27 pm
