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Originally Posted by keithsky
Buy the card from one of the major auction companies and it would be 15.00 shipping plus 20% buyer's premium
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Keith, I won a single, graded card for $99.60 (with BP) in last week's Mile High Auction, and I was invoiced $11.10 for shipping. I have asked Mile High to revisit this charge and mentioned that their out-of-pocket cost for First Class Mail with insurance should be no more than $5-6. No response yet.
Others may disagree, but IMHO, an auction house should charge only its out-of-pocket shipping cost (USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc.), with the cost of in-house labor being covered by its BP. I applaud those auction houses - Sterling, LOTG, and others - that appear to me to do this. Even better is REA, where shipping costs are fully covered by the BP.
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, W575-1 E. S. Rice version, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also T216 Kotton "NGO" card of Hugh Jennings. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo.
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