Pay all of your items together in ONE PAYMENT TRANSACTION! If you pay individually where funds are transferred, then shipping discount doesn't apply.
My Shipping Discount is: 
The
item with highest of the lowest base shipping cost and then ship each additional item for free*
For example:
9 patches that end within 3 days of each other and are paid for together would probably have a
total shipping charge of $1.85. Another example: 3 National
Geographic Magazines/Books would be $3.85 if paid together. if the highest
shipping was 3.85 on one of them - if 2 of them were $3.85 and the 3rd is $3.95,
then it would be $3.95 for all 3. Mugs, 1 mug is $6.95, 2 mugs is $6.95. 3
mugs is $6.95, if the highest shipping is $6.95. If you had a patch with
the base of $1.85 shipping, book is $3.95, and a mug is $6.95 - then it would be
$6.95 for all 3 items.
Other Individual items may be excluded from the shipping discount. - These items will be identified in their listing.
These are generally heavy items or item with extra special handling required.
Items can be combined that end about
10 days within one another. I do file Unpaid Item Reports under the
eBay Resolution Center about 14
days to 21 days. Most cases where I've had to file has been because the buyer's email
filter's are rejecting my email.
Standard Shipping: Items are sent either by USPS Media Mail,
Bound Printed Matter, First Class, Priority Mail®, Parcel Post, UPS
(United Parcel Service), or by FedEx Ground (Residential & Business) or by another Private Courier. Most of the items are sent by USPS First Class by default. Books are by default media mail. For the other forms of delivery, I generally will say in the listing. In most cases items can not be picked up.
I
reserve the right to pack and ship items together as appropriate even though you
have paid separately. I may not refund any shipping charges if this is
the case. I also may pack items separately if you have paid for them
together.
If an item arrives and the recipient doesn't accept the package, and the item is
returned to me than the buyer may be responsible for the additional postage back and
forth.
The buyer / receiver is responsible for any duties or taxes imposed by the local authorities or government on the item they are receiving; should there be any.
International
Shipping (outside of the United
States) has an additional shipping, handling, and insurance charge based on your
address / country. If paying by PayPal I accept funds in US Dollars or in Euros.
PayPal is fastest and easiest for international transactions. For
cross border transactions, I do not collect tariffs and duties directly.
However, buyers maybe responsible for actual, applicable tariffs, and duties as
requested by respective country laws. In other words, you may be
responsible to your postal/government for duty tax that is charged in the
destination country. The buyer is also responsible that an item can be
shipped to their country. Italy and Canada has been my most troubled
addresses. If you are having the item shipped to a Canadian Address please
be aware of Canada Border Services:
http://www.canadacustoms.ca/import/postal-postale/menu-eng.html
Values over USD $2500.00. have
an extremely delayed processing time due to regulation from the US Census Bureau
that became effective September 30,
2008.
In most cases Custom
Declarations are filed electronically and automatically when the item is
shipped. From my experience this has sped up delivery of the item.
The merchandise
value amount reported
to Customs is the amount of the items plus the amount of shipping.
If you have 1 item for
international the shipping is the price that is quoted in the listing, if you
have multiple items let me know and I will send you an invoice for a reduced
shipping fee. Books and Mugs are very expensive to ship.
If
international buyers are using a US address as a proxy (i.e. friend).
Please make sure the address is the confirmed address in PayPal.
"Service Transit Time"
Days are California Business Days and are not Calendar
Days. I am active in Scouting, which means some Fridays I leave at noon
to go camping.
My Cut Off for Next Day is 1:00 pm Pacific Time Zone (eBay
official time) - The worst case scenario is 2:30pm Wednesday and if a
Holiday falls on a Sunday, or Monday, this, would make the "next day" a
Tuesday. Christmas 2005 and New Year's 2006 are these type of holidays.
For Standard, Expedited, and USPS 1st Class, Priority, and Media Mail, the cut
off time is 12:01 pm. Cut off time is 12:00 pm (noon) on Fridays. If
I am available on Saturday I will ship items otherwise Friday afternoon,
Saturday, and Sunday items ship out on Monday.
Get it Fast applies when shipping via
US Postal Service Express Mail® or UPS
Next Day Air® is selected and additional fees paid for. The clock starts
ticking when the payment clears on my side and the payment can be verified.
For example, if in the very rare occasion II can't access the payment
processor's website.
The service transit times for Standard Shipping may be the same as First Class
for small items and for Books and other media it's USPS Media Mail time.
INSURANCE
U.S. Shipping Insurance:
ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED DELIVERY IN
THE USA!. (see link below)
Covers loss and damages during transport of the item from me to you. This may be from the carrier (like USPS) or from another
authorized third party. I typically use endicia.com
(Universal Parcel Insurance Coverage - UPIC), or the carrier's insurance (like
UPS or FedEx). If there is a problem with shipping, you agree when you purchase the item to co-operate with the paperwork handling. Please note: "The
amount of insurance coverage for loss will be the purchase price of the items.
No claim payments are made for sentimental losses or for any expenses incurred
as a result of the loss." International
Shipping insurance also requires that the insurance and shipping postage be
reported along with the price of the item to customs.
.
Below is an old chart for items
listed prior to September 22, 2009. The amount is based on your
total order using the chart below. This is different than USPS fees, but
insurance may be with them anyway or may not. This chart is
for items where the insurance is optional and not included or not offered: (Some
listings show a different amount, for those that is the amount; if you combine,
then it will fall into this chart as well). This is for items within the
United States and for International Destinations (your country must be on the
insurance providers list). I
|
$0.01 to $9.99 |
$0.75 |
$1.60 |
| $10.00 to $49.99 |
$0.75 |
$1.60 |
| $50.00 to $99.99 |
$0.75 |
$1.60 |
| $100.00 to $199.99 |
$1.50 |
$3.20 |
| $200.00 to $299.99 |
$2.25 |
$4.80 |
| $300.00 to $399.99 |
$3.00 |
$6.40 |
| $400.00 to $499.99 |
$3.75 |
$8.00 |
| $500.00 to $599.99 |
$4.50 |
$9.60 |
| $600.00 to $699.99 |
$5.25 |
$11.20 |
| $700.00 to $799.99 |
$6.00 |
$12.80 |
| $800.00 to $899.99 |
$6.75 |
$14.40 |
| $900.00 to $999.99 |
$7.50 |
$16.00 |
| $1,000.0 and up |
To Be Determined |
To Be Determined |
RETURNS
Before
returning anything: All returns
require prior authorization within 7 days of receipt of item before returning.
Instructions will be provided with the authorization. Buyer pays shipping.
Some
listings may be not be returnable such as Store
using Best Offer , Fixed price using Best Offer, and Auctions with high bidder "AS IS."
Unless the specific listing says it's returnable. ALL listings are always guaranteed to their listings
description including auctions. Many listings have items that can be
returned for any reason where the buyer pays the actual shipping back and forth.
If an item arrives damaged by the shipping carrier and shipping insurance was
declined then the item cannot be returned. Items must be returned in the
same condition that they were sent from me.
If an item arrives and the recipient doesn't accept the package, and the item is
returned to me than the buyer is responsible for the additional postage back and
forth.
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