Mile High Wins

[Edwolf1963]

Originally Posted by Jeff_cvc

Sorry Ed, I missed your post. It was unusual, as I feel Mile High usually gets great prices.

Hey Jeff, no worries .. kidding on the frustrated consignor quip. I agree, unusual to get bid up that late, but I have seen it. I've gone to bed seemingly late into the game (2am or thereabouts) thinking I was good, no overtime action on the cards I was in the lead on in quite some time - - then wake up to find otherwise.

I know some auctions go well into the next-day morning hours. I recall reading a few on the forum saying they were outbid at 6, 7am the next day! I'm not sure how many auctions allow the overtime to extend that long? I know much depends on bidders of course, size of the auction, compelling nature of what's being offered, continuous bidding throughout the night and resetting the 15 mins clock, etc. I believe a few auctions have trimmed back the potential for all-nighters - limiting resetting of the clock after a certain time, final warnings, things of that nature. That's been discussed many times on the board.

Anyway, some nice cards won/displayed. I picked up an E97 common (which many of that set are) and another card. Only thing that I keep in mind with Mile High is the league-leading 21.5% buyer's commission and higher s/h rates. Nothing extreme, but nickel & diming on top of high commission leaves bad taste (shouldn't be $10+ for 2 cards at less than $200 even w/ins.)

[ValKehl]

I won the blank-back T204 (lot #270) for $92 plus the BP for my type collection.

Ed, I hear you re the high s/h handling charges. When I received my Mile High invoice, I felt the shipping charge was too high - so I sent this email to Brian:

"Hi Brian,

Congrats on another successful auction.

I am pleased to have won this card, but I am not pleased with the $10.15 shipping charge. I occasionally sell single, graded cards on eBay, and the cost to ship one regular-size card via First Class Mail is about $6.00, including USPS insurance. A little over a year ago, I won a larger, more expensive card that was in a much larger, heavier slab, and your shipping charge was a reasonable $7.75 - here's the link to that MHC invoice: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

This old retiree will be happy if you can see your way clear to charging no more than the same $7.75 for this auction winning.

Thanks in advance for your consideration,
Val Kehl
Manassas, VA"

A few hours later, I received a new invoice via email from Mile High which shows a more-reasonable s/h charge of $7.50. This approach doesn't always produce a positive result, but it's worth a try.

[Jeff_cvc]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

I won the blank-back T204 (lot #270) for $92 plus the BP for my type collection.

Ed, I hear you re the high s/h handling charges. When I received my Mile High invoice, I felt the shipping charge was too high - so I sent this email to Brian:

"Hi Brian,

Congrats on another successful auction.

I am pleased to have won this card, but I am not pleased with the $10.15 shipping charge. I occasionally sell single, graded cards on eBay, and the cost to ship one regular-size card via First Class Mail is about $6.00, including USPS insurance. A little over a year ago, I won a larger, more expensive card that was in a much larger, heavier slab, and your shipping charge was a reasonable $7.75 - here's the link to that MHC invoice: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

This old retiree will be happy if you can see your way clear to charging no more than the same $7.75 for this auction winning.

Thanks in advance for your consideration,
Val Kehl
Manassas, VA"

A few hours later, I received a new invoice via email from Mile High which shows a more-reasonable s/h charge of $7.50. This approach doesn't always produce a positive result, but it's worth a try.

Living in Denver, and my work being under ten minutes from the offices of Mile High, I've become friends with one of the gentlemen there. While I don't know Brian well, I will say he is always very friendly and welcoming. The other folks at Mile High are simply awesome. They always make time to talk cards with me, show me some cool consignments, and basically shoot the shit. Even when I overstay my welcome, they are gracious and share our passion for cardboard. With that said, I don't ever pay for shipping as I pick up my items, but when I feel that welcome and I see how much they care for the hobby and their customers, I don't mind paying a little more buyers premium. Just my two cents.