Legendary Winnings

[Exhibitman]

Here's an idea: offer cheap people like me the option to use USPS. They could cram most of the items here into priority mail flat rate envelopes or small boxes with delivery and/or signature confirmations and private insurance at half the price of a private carrier.

And don't give me that nonsense about pilferage. UPS is far worse than USPS for theft. I ship and receive hundreds of collectibles every year via USPS and I've had maybe one or two items go missing over the years, and one of them was an overseas shipment sent registered that went missing in the customs house in NY. And if you don't want USPS insurance I know for a fact that private insurers cover USPS shipping as long as there is a tracking method, because I have it.

[cubsfan-budman]

We base the shipping fee based on three data points;

1. weight,
2. value of the invoice
3. zip code of the ship to address.

seems unlikely that these are the only three points that influence the price of shipping, imho. i ship a ton of stuff and receive a ton of stuff. I just sent 2 baseballs to a guy and it was under 10 dollars. one graded card for 18 dollars is silly.

from legendaryauctions.com:

21. All invoices include shipping and insurance charges. The shipping charge is based on calculated FedEx Ground service (with signature required) and includes a $5 handling fee. The insurance is calculated based on the value of the material, 30¢ per $100, and adjusted after each $1,000 increment to the next $1,000 level. Therefore, $1,000 invoice has an insurance charge of $3, and an invoice over $1,000 has an insurance charge of $6, and so on.

[calvindog]

Guys, the top execs of Legendary are under indictment for ripping you off for more than your shipping costs -- I'd be less concerned about losing a few bucks down that avenue.

Sorry to ruin all the fun.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Guys, the top execs of Legendary are under indictment for ripping you off for more than your shipping costs -- I'd be less concerned about losing a few bucks down that avenue.

Sorry to ruin all the fun.

Party-pooper.


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[batsballsbases]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Guys, the top execs of Legendary are under indictment for ripping you off for more than your shipping costs -- I'd be less concerned about losing a few bucks down that avenue.

Sorry to ruin all the fun.

Jeez Jeff that just ruined my whole day!

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Guys, the top execs of Legendary are under indictment for ripping you off for more than your shipping costs -- I'd be less concerned about losing a few bucks down that avenue.

Sorry to ruin all the fun.

Yes but it still hurts.

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Here's an idea: offer cheap people like me the option to use USPS. They could cram most of the items here into priority mail flat rate envelopes or small boxes with delivery and/or signature confirmations and private insurance at half the price of a private carrier.

And don't give me that nonsense about pilferage. UPS is far worse than USPS for theft. I ship and receive hundreds of collectibles every year via USPS and I've had maybe one or two items go missing over the years, and one of them was an overseas shipment sent registered that went missing in the customs house in NY. And if you don't want USPS insurance I know for a fact that private insurers cover USPS shipping as long as there is a tracking method, because I have it.

+1

[tbob]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Here's an idea: offer cheap people like me the option to use USPS. They could cram most of the items here into priority mail flat rate envelopes or small boxes with delivery and/or signature confirmations and private insurance at half the price of a private carrier.

And don't give me that nonsense about pilferage. UPS is far worse than USPS for theft. I ship and receive hundreds of collectibles every year via USPS and I've had maybe one or two items go missing over the years, and one of them was an overseas shipment sent registered that went missing in the customs house in NY. And if you don't want USPS insurance I know for a fact that private insurers cover USPS shipping as long as there is a tracking method, because I have it.

+1

[packs]

I recently shipped a baseball I sold for $2,000 to a fellow board member. With priority shipping, insurance, and delivery confirmation shipping costs came close to $40. It gets expensive even at the post office.

[oldjudge]

Postal insurance is over 1% of the value of the items shipped, unless you go registered mail. If you do it takes forever for packages to get anywhere. Adam, if you won $500 worth of cards and they were shipped in a priority mail box the insurance and shipping would probably be over $10 if it was the smallest box and over $20 if it was a bigger box.