Hi David
I have just done some checking and you are correct. eBay charges a percentage
fee out of the VAT or Sales Tax that they collect. I sold a poster to a
customer in the UK recently for 24.99 plus postage. My international postage
charge is the actual cost. eBay's fees for the transaction
What I do is charge a flat shipping fee of $15 on ebay. for US orders and use
the global shipping option for international. I then take my poster to the
USPS down the street and pay about $10 - $12 for priority mail and the rest
covers the cost of the tube. This way you avoid the over
Hi John
Yes, that's absolutely correct, at least for me, a collector who's a
non-participant in any eBay promotional selling programs for high volume
dealers. I had to go to THREE (3) DIFFERENT PAGES to get screen shots to
figure out what eBay is doing. And I've assembled them onto one image
Hi David
Are you saying that eBay is including the VAT that they collected when
calculating the Final value fee? My understanding was that they calculated
their final value fees on the total of the sale of the item plus postage. They
then add a small "international" fee. I didn't think that
Hey Sue -
Yeah, it's incredible. In my case - I'm not a dealer hence I don't bulk buy
shipping tubes. I just recycle tubes I have. I'm not going to use a power saw
to get "standard" 32 inch long one-sheet tubes down to under the surcharge
maximum. What was nutty is when I posted the Louise
Hi Dave,
I am stupid right along with you..until Helmet questioned "why are you
using a 32" tube for a 24" poster", it didn't even dawn on me to cut the tube
down.
I do cut my 32" tubes in half all the time for inserts which still gives me a
little room for end padding. I just use a
Hi Helmut -
The short answer to your question is I am STUPID. I used a standard 32 long
tube typical for 27 inch wide one-sheets to leave a 2 1/2 inch buffer on both
ends - hence my 32 inch tube left a 4 1/2 inch buffer on both ends for a 23
inch wide A1 poster.
The long answer to your
Hey Dave,
I hear your pain.so, I ship a lot of tubes and I wasn't notified that in
January UPS changed the fees for shipping a tube. I have cases of 32x3x3
tubes. So, I got
hit with $15 additional fees on my UPS invoice for all the tubes I shipped in
January and February. I wasn't
David,
no offense, but why ship a poster that is only 23" long in a 32" tube???
Since the Covid mess started, pretty much all of my US shipments (which are not
too many anymore) go with UPS or DHL Express. Both companies bill by volume
weight, and extra size costs serious money. So I always
[https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5bcovers/recurring/subtypeid-11/type-i/2.jpg%5d,sizedata%5b200x257%5d=url%5bfile:cover.chain%5d]
Featured this week - Heritage is proud to present a Great selection of very
desirable Rare and Original posters, lobby cards, photos, and more - 296
Three days after posting this on MoPo - My Louise Brooks poster (see preceding
email below) - sold for $50 yesterday. I knew about the USPS and UPS
surcharges for poster tubes - but for some stupid reason - I thought eBay - for
those of us who aren't part of its global shipping program - are
11 matches
Mail list logo
