all
payments are processed electronically through PayPal / pay
directly from your PayPal balance, from your bank account, or charge
your purchase to a major credit or debit card / payment
is expected within three days of auction close or date of purchase
note: in
the rare
instance
when an item is not paid for and/or contact cannot be made with
the
winning bidder, we reserve the right to file an unpaid item report with
eBay as soon as four (4) days after the auction closes or purchase is
made,
and to take other
appropriate actions including but not limited to permanently
blocking the user's bidding privileges on
Gladstone Fine Arts and other sites we control and hiring the services
of a third party collection agency
Gladstone Fine
Arts
ships
promptly via USPS Priority Mail to US destinations and USPS Priority
Mail International worldwide
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shipping
to all addresses in the
United States is free, always |
international
customers: you pay only the actual shipping cost as charged by the
carrier with no additional packaging and
handling fees of any kind
artwork is
shipped
the same or next business day (Monday-Friday) that
payment is received, and is expected to arrive at your US destination
within three business days after shipment (international transit times
vary, ask us for an estimate) / you will receive an email
confirmation when your package is shipped with a tracking number /
determine the shipping cost to your international location by clicking
the shipping
and
payments tab above the item description on any listing
page, or
please feel free to contact us for an exact quote
note these
additional
terms and conditions for international customers: we
welcome international bids subject to the following
conditions (in
addition to Gladstone Fine Arts' store policies outlined above):
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- payment is to be
made promptly via PayPal only
- we
will only
ship
artwork by USPS Priority Mail International or better
alternative (no 'economy' services)
- import duties,
taxes and charges are NOT included in the item price or shipping
charges. these charges are the buyer's responsibility / please check
with your country's customs office to determine what these
additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying / these charges are
normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when
you pick the item up, do not confuse them for additional
shipping charges / we do not mark merchandise values below value or
mark
items as 'gifts' as US and international government regulations
prohibit
such behavior
we are
always
happy to combine items for a shipping discount
in order
to
qualify for our multiple item purchases shipping discount, please pay
each invoice as it is received and include instructions to 'hold' the
item until future purchases are made, at which time we will adjust the
second and subsequent invoices to reflect the savings
note: we
reserve the
right to temporarily block bidders with more than US$300.00 (three
hundred dollars) in outstanding invoices until the balance is paid in
full
artwork may be
returned for store
credit
only provided that we are notified that the item is being
returned
within
seven days of receipt
credit
toward
future purchases will be issued for the original purchase
price less shipping charges, and return shipping will be at the
purchaser's expense / items should be returned in the same
or similar
packaging, and store credit will be issued subject to Gladstone Fine
Arts' receipt of the artwork in its original condition / a full refund
request will be granted only in the case that we are shown to have
substantially misrepresented the item / other refund
requests due to special
circumstances will be considered but granted at our sole discretion
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