I gave up listing coins with international shipping a while back.
Mainly because some buyers (always US buyers) grizzled about the time and costs, I have had to do refunds via paypal on a few occasions because the coin hasn't got there in a week.
Hell I normally have to wait 7-10 days to get stuff from the Eastern states , let alone overseas.
Sometimes I got my money back when the coin eventually turned up, But not always.
I relented and allowed a buyer in Germany to bid on one of my items today simply because of this email I received from Him ;
Good morning Jim,
thanks for your kind offer. I have very good experience with shipping the coins in the plastic capsulas and without the box. This would significantly reduce the weight and thus the shipping costs. And I am a coin collector, not a box collector. I have plenty of empty coin boxes laying around. A bubble or cartboard envelope would do, whatever you have at hand. Registration costs would be no problem.
I just had to re-write the whole thing, as I in between placed a bid on the set to see, if it was accepted. It worked, but I lost my text.
Regards.
My kind of Collector :wavemulticolor:
The shipping costs went down from $44 to $14
Some Post Office staff will tell you that international "letters" can only contain paper/documents. This is not strictly true -applies to express post and registered post letters but not standard letters.
This can keep postage costs quite low. Letters can be up to 500g weight, which is a reasonable number of coins.
Note: "letters' containing other than paperwork must have a customs declaration (form CN22) attached.
Jeff
Just your type of collector, eh?
QuoteAnd I am a coin collector, not a box collector
:yahoo:
Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='28352' dateline='1379285327'Some Post Office staff will tell you that international "letters" can only contain paper/documents. This is not strictly true -applies to express post and registered post letters but not standard letters.
This can keep postage costs quite low. Letters can be up to 500g weight, which is a reasonable number of coins.
Note: "letters' containing other than paperwork must have a customs declaration (form CN22) attached.
Jeff
Yes that is a pain in the bum, But I would rather spend a few seconds filling in a customs form and saving someone $30 than not :ok:
Those Germans, don't mention the war. :taunt:
I collect coins and put them in saflips (eventually) but I still like to have the boxes, they in turn are in cardboad boxes at the back of the garage. :haha:
Quote from: 'r9453' pid='28359' dateline='1379287826'Those Germans, don't mention the war. :taunt:
I collect coins and put them in saflips (eventually) but I still like to have the boxes, they in turn are in cardboad boxes at the back of the garage. :haha:
Little boxes Little boxes
And there all made out of ticky tacky
Little boxes Little boxes
And they all look just the same
HeHe Nuvver earworm for ya:angel:
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.
got me!
And the people in the houses
All went to the university
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same
And there's doctors and lawyers
And business executives
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
Quote from: 'r9453' pid='28359' dateline='1379287826'Those Germans, don't mention the war. :taunt:
Quote from: 'r9453' pid='27044' dateline='1378387051'Sorry, but I don't think this Irish 'Paddy' nonsense is funny anymore. :( Its 2013 you cant do this shite anymore. No more jokes about paddys mussies reffos dwarves coin collectors or minority groups. :ok:
My father in law is Austrian ......... he'll be back!
(Guess which side his father fought on?)
My wife has grandfathers that fought each other. I'd reckon there'd be many people in that situation.