8mm Forum: Postage / Shipping costs for Super 8 Features Sold Via Ebay.

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Posted by Rob Young. (Member # 131) on August 21, 2010, 11:48 AM:

Hello all,

I am considering parting with some of my treasured 8mm features and am thinking about putting them on ebay.

On ebay I prefer to state postage and although this is easy to calculate within the UK / EU, I appreciate that there are a lot of worldwide Super 8 collectors out there (here!) with whom I would potentially love to sell.

Guys, I need advice on what sort of postage / shipping / insurance you, as collectors, would prefer and the sort of cost you would reasonably expect to pay in addition to the film itself; also your prefered shipping company as I have little experience posting outside the UK and would really appreciate your advice on this.

That way I can look at the options and present a reasonable and preferable postage / shipping cost when I put the films up for auction.

Thanks everyone! [Smile]

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on August 21, 2010, 06:45 PM:

Rob,

From UK, I always expected the cost shown on Royal Mail "Small Packet International". It is cheap, fast, reliable and insured to amount that more that the value of general 8mm films.

cheers,

Posted by Steven Sigel (Member # 21) on August 21, 2010, 10:34 PM:

If you do your shipping using the actual weight of the item, and using ebays "calculated" shipping, it will figure out the cost no matter where it's going....

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on August 21, 2010, 10:44 PM:

YEs, that is right Steve,

But sometimes Ebay choose the most expensive service available (e.g at USPS it will go with Priority Mail) while there is actually cheaper service such as Media Mail or Parcel.

cheers,

Posted by Glenn Brady (Member # 715) on August 22, 2010, 06:54 AM:

quote:
. . . sometimes Ebay choose the most expensive service available . . .

The seller chooses the kind of shipping offered, not eBay. Unless a seller specifies fixed price shipping, the shipping cost calculation is automatic, so getting an accurate weight for an item (packed for shipment) is important.

Posted by Greg Marshall (Member # 1268) on August 22, 2010, 09:30 AM:

Rob, please let us know when you begin listing, and what your user name is.

Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on August 22, 2010, 12:24 PM:

Rob,

Why not stick a list up here.

Posted by Rob Young. (Member # 131) on August 25, 2010, 02:46 AM:

Hi all,

Winbert, looks like Royal Mail is the way to go. UPS seems very expensive. Thanks everyone.

As soon as I get around to checking the prints I'll hopefully start to list them.

Posted by Bart Smith (Member # 780) on August 25, 2010, 07:01 AM:

Hi Rob,

As a rule of thumb RM will normally be cheapest for packages weighing under 2kg, and couriers such as UPS will normally be better for anything heavier than that...

The are some countries that I would only consider sending stuff using International Signed For (another £4 or so on top of the price)...

Anything sent by RM is in theory insured for £39 so long as you keep the certificate of postage, but in practice getting them to pay out can be like getting blood out of a stone.

Posted by Rob Young. (Member # 131) on August 26, 2010, 03:17 AM:

Thanks Bart,

need to sort out the exact weight of each film.

I agree, I think signed for is the only way to go; I'm thinking that some of the features may be worth in the region of £100, so I need to sit down and work out a shipping price that includes decent insurance.

I want the films to arrive safely, but I understand that people don't want to pay crazy shipping costs either.

Posted by Dan Lail (Member # 18) on August 26, 2010, 12:22 PM:

Wnbert wrtoe........

quote:
But sometimes Ebay choose the most expensive service available (e.g at USPS it will go with Priority Mail) while there is actually cheaper service such as Media Mail or Parcel.

Winbert, when setting up the Ebay shipping calculator, you have a choice or choices of the type shipping you prefer to calculate. This is done with each individual listing.

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