This might not seem like a major inconvenience but as a point of 
principle I find it very annoying, mainly because it just seems to be a 
bit of bureaucracy for bureaucracy's sake.  
Does anyone agree with me, or am I just being picky?

Tommy, all I can say is, Heritage really knows how to treat their clients!!


Todd 

Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:44:23 +0100
From: [email protected]
Subject: [MOPO] International shipping.
To: [email protected]

I have bought posters from several dealers and auction houses in USA without 
problems, yet time and again I find Heritage Auctions and myself at odds. The 
latest point of dissension concerns shipping to UK. Everyone else provides me 
with a quote; I accept by email; I pay; they ship. HA always had to have their 
International Shipping Instructions form signed with acceptable methods and 
scanned and emailed to them, which they then held on file. 
My latest shipment, however, they tell me they cannot send because they require 
a new ISI form signed with just one shipping method accepted. If I decide to 
have a different method in future it will require a new ISI. Why? Can they not 
just accept an email as everyone else does? They have given me various reasons 
for this, none of them actually believable. The first was that this would 
'ensure safe delivery',  the latest being that the form is physically sent to 
the shipping department. Really? Are HA so lacking in technology that they have 
pieces of paper circulating between departments?
Furthermore, why do they insist that all orders over $250 paid by credit card 
or PayPal must be sent by Fedex or UPS? Most everyone else is happy to use the 
cheaper options of USPS, and I have just received a couple of shipments from 
Bruce using first class email which arrived swiftly and securely. Besides, how 
else would I pay?
This might not seem like a major inconvenience but as a point of principle I 
find it very annoying, mainly because it just seems to be a bit of bureaucracy 
for bureaucracy's sake. Their T&Cs simply state that, 'Successful international 
Bidders shall provide written shipping  . . . to the Auctioneer for any lots to 
be delivered outside of the United States.' I would have thought that an email 
is a written instruction. Does anyone agree with me, or am I just being picky?




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