Hi John and Wim, when Christies London still had their bi-annual poster auction I used to buy from them quite frequently, but I ONLY bid when I was in London and able to pick the posters up in person. Even back in the 1990s, the shipping company they used had absolutely ridiculous rates.
I won quite a few non-poster items from an auction house in the Midwest earlier this year, that also works with a third party shipper. Eventually, I paid about $800 to the shipper, about $220 of this were the actual USPS shipping costs. $580 for two cardboard boxes, packing materials and maybe two hours time for the actual packing and handling still seems pretty ridiculous to me. Helmut > Hi Wim > I always thought that if a large auction house wants international bidders > they should at least try and organise a decent shipping option for their > customers. I used to buy quite a bit at auctions in London and usually was > able to pick them up in person. However, on one occasion I had to have it > sent and I couldnt believe the quote I received to send one poster to > Australia. It meant that future bidding was just not possible because the > cost of getting the item sent was so high. Its good that Heritage has their > own shipping department and that is obviously a much better option than > having to arrange postage through a third party. > Regards > John > > JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA > Feedback from my customers: > http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=johnwr&ftab=AllFeedback > http://feedback.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=moviemem&ftab=AllFeedback > Mailing Address: > John Reid > PO Box 92 > Elanora > Qld 4221 > Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Wim Jansen > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 6:29 PM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] NT Delivery times on Posters > > "However, some auction houses do not have shipping departments at all. They > leave it up to you to arrange shipping, despite the fact that they encourage > interstate and international bidders. I recently bid on an auction interstate > and it was considerably cheaper for me to pay for a flight and accommodation > rather than pay the ridiculous fee that the third party packing agent wanted." > > John, that is a real SOB to find out. Had the same experience with auctions > in Canada and Italy. Actually I have the problem right now. Ecxellent > communication until I asked for the shipping arrangements. Now they are also > closed for the Season. Sure hope I don't have to pay for a fight, usually I > have a 4" height advance over Italians. > > Wim > > Wim > Op 20 dec 2013, om 09:13 heeft JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia het > volgende geschreven: > >> However, some auction houses do not have shipping departments at all. They >> leave it up to you to arrange shipping, despite the fact that they encourage >> interstate and international bidders. I recently bid on an auction >> interstate and it was considerably cheaper for me to pay for a flight and >> accommodation rather than pay the ridiculous fee that the third party >> packing agent wanted. >> > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
