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Topic: to all who sell films on UK ebay
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Osi Osgood
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Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted September 10, 2007 10:57 AM
One thing that really helps take the sting out of overseas shipping is what reputable dealers are able to offer, that the ebayer quite simply cannot, the VAT tax reduction.
Derann, for instance, takes off 15 % off the listed price. Take your used sale list, Derann takes off 15% in VAT tax off of a 50 pound film ... that brings that title down to around 42 pounds, which helps to lesson the blow of shipping.
It is a major problem. I believe that sellers over in the UK (as well as around the world) ought to raise a major outcry and go public with it. Take actual figures and show these blokes in the post just how much actual sales are being lost to old Britannia (for instance) in overseas sales. It might wake them up.
That and the cursed difference in the $ and pound. When I re-started my collecting about 3 and a half years ago, it was One pound = 1.68 american. Now it's about one pound = 2.05 american.
That's a big jump in just three or so years, and it DOES make a difference when buying overseas.
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted September 11, 2007 12:00 PM
This shipping problem is many faceted. I recently made two sales to an australian collector. The first package was three and a half pounds. The shipping came to 18.00 dollars american.
Not too bad.
The collector then wanted a second package. This package came to just four pounds and three ounces in weight. that's just 11 ounces more, not even a pound.
It had to ship for 38.00 dollars. Why?
Because the higher shipping starts up right at four pounds, so, even if it is a mere ounce over four pounds, even a fraction of an ounce, it is an additional 20.00 dollars!!!
The buyer still wanted the films, and paid the 38.00 dollars shipping, (which is, what ... almost 60 dollars Australian?)
But that's damned outragous!!
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Tom Photiou
Film God
Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted September 11, 2007 12:36 PM
ive recently got a small sting, sold a 400footer to a US custoemr, (no problems) and i was informed that would i ship to the US? I replied i would but P+P would be £8 GPB,
He replied that he recently bought a 400footer on ebay and P+P+ was £4.00, like a ding a ling i agreed and guess what??
The postage was indeed £7.90 GPB, although i was happy with sale i was extremly P***d off at having to fork out £4.00 xtra myself, i'll know next time and will always stick to my qoutes,
If you dont wanna pay dont bid,
overall though im surprised to say ive found e bay not the big bad boy i thought it was, as long as your careful and honest, but anyone is ok to buy, just be careful with carrage, ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Sorry Kev/Doug, you may want to move this to the e bay subject ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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If the buyer is willing to pay the shipping and handling fees then why not sell it to them? I have been selling world wide for six years and the Postal rates have gone up several times, but people keep buying world wide with no complaints! I buy from other countries too. If you cannot afford these international prices, don't make the purchase. That's what I do. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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