ebay requiring insurance
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Kharlamov17
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Perhaps the tadly high BIN?
I'd offer free worldwide shipping on that puppy if it was mine.
I'd offer free worldwide shipping on that puppy if it was mine.
penguinfan
Verified Trader,
I am getting an offer of 1250.00 but they want me to send it fedex with signature...value 20.00
Kharlamov17
Verified Trader
$20 with Fedex? That's potatoes. That's nearly what it costs me to send registered outside Europe with regular swedish mail.
penguinfan
Verified Trader,
the 20.00 what he wants me to put on the customs form...I have no idea of the exact cost of the shipping through them
MIKEYSLEAFS
Verified Trader
because if he is from canada and you don't use a 20.00 value he will be hit with huge fees to the point where his turds must be made of gold to pay them,by the time customs is done with it and with brokage fees on that value of 1250.00 wow it would be hundreds
slappy69
Verified Trader,
with all the high end stuff coming out I would have grabed that offer you pulled it right, thats alot of profit
IMO
IMO
drearick
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This may seem a tad simplistic, but since it is a redemption card ... you could always offer to send the code for him to redeem by email and avoid mail altogether. The buyer may not be comfortable with that, but it's just a thought - unless he's buying it to flip it himself :devil:
penguinfan
Verified Trader,
I was a little wary about sending without insurance but as long as I am covered from chargebacks with a signature I am pretty much willing to do it
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sgazi
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I've never had to deal with it, but what happens if your card "gets lost" somehow and you try to put in an insurance claim on a card like this, but you only put $20 value? You're screwing yourself, no?
penguinfan
Verified Trader,
Well once it is out of my hands as long as I send with a signature and tracking I should be ok
dburzyn
Verified Trader,
you are fine... it wont get lost with tracking, and since you got signature you would be fine from a chargebackk
and mike is right... is you put the actual $1200+ value on the package, the buyer would be hit with hundreds of dollars of taxes if they are outside the US
Dave
and mike is right... is you put the actual $1200+ value on the package, the buyer would be hit with hundreds of dollars of taxes if they are outside the US
Dave
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quincy
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Dude, $1250 and he wants Fedex with Signature - you kick it in for FREE at that price.
US Mail Express with $1000 insurance will only cost you about $25 - and for that I would waive the price to the buyer.
The problem is that it will have to say $1k on the postal form - and sorry my friends to the North - that is not penguinfan's problem. He cannot insure it for one value and list a lower value on the customs form - against the postal rules. And with a card of this value - I would not even think about sending un-insured.
There is a way around this that I use when selling Hi-Value cards across borders:
1) I never include a Paypal receipt.
2) I always include a note thanking the other person for the trade - and to let me know
when the item arrives - or I put something about sending this gift to them. While they may still encounter a Customs issue - they will have some degree of proof to try and get
a refund from Canadian Customs should they get the big fees.
3) Please remember that Registered mail can only be insured for up to about $35 or so - so you have to send it Express or Parcel Post (and I think that has to weigh a certain amount).
4) And last of all - to our neighbors to the north - please remember it is not OUR system that is causing this problem. While I am happy putting a gift on that nice little green customs form for the $1-$75 transactions that I commonly do - I am not inclined to ask the Postal Clerk to commit fraud by insuring an item for $1000 and having them put $20 on the Custom's Form.
$1250 - straight out for the card - is a great sale. Take it and run. If the buyer has great feedback (and I mean over 599+ transactions and maybe 1 or 2 negs) I would ask them if they would like to avoid the problem by exchanging the code after they leave you a positive for the transaction.
bruce
The problem is that it will have to say $1k on the postal form - and sorry my friends to the North - that is not penguinfan's problem. He cannot insure it for one value and list a lower value on the customs form - against the postal rules. And with a card of this value - I would not even think about sending un-insured.
There is a way around this that I use when selling Hi-Value cards across borders:
1) I never include a Paypal receipt.
2) I always include a note thanking the other person for the trade - and to let me know
when the item arrives - or I put something about sending this gift to them. While they may still encounter a Customs issue - they will have some degree of proof to try and get
a refund from Canadian Customs should they get the big fees.
3) Please remember that Registered mail can only be insured for up to about $35 or so - so you have to send it Express or Parcel Post (and I think that has to weigh a certain amount).
4) And last of all - to our neighbors to the north - please remember it is not OUR system that is causing this problem. While I am happy putting a gift on that nice little green customs form for the $1-$75 transactions that I commonly do - I am not inclined to ask the Postal Clerk to commit fraud by insuring an item for $1000 and having them put $20 on the Custom's Form.
$1250 - straight out for the card - is a great sale. Take it and run. If the buyer has great feedback (and I mean over 599+ transactions and maybe 1 or 2 negs) I would ask them if they would like to avoid the problem by exchanging the code after they leave you a positive for the transaction.
bruce
