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Topic: Shipping Question/Logic/Morals
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I3Iood
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posted July 26, 2011 02:14 PM
      
So I quoted someone a shipping price ($5), to another country, and they paid and everything and I went to ship it and it came out to be $15 shipped (which is 3x what they paid). I understand that I quoted him and do not feel he owes me anything because of my mess-up, but what would you do in this situation? Jason
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nderdog
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posted July 26, 2011 02:17 PM
  
All you can really do is learn from it and move on. You could mention it to them and they may be nice and give more money, but I wouldn't expect it, and you certainly can't demand it.__________________
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Uthaedeol
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posted July 26, 2011 02:20 PM
Kinda depends on the size of the deal. If $10 is a fraction of the total value involved I would take the hit. If the total value is $25, I would think twice. If you really don't wanna go through if you have to pay the $10 extra, just say you're sorry explain the situation to him. Perhaps you can split the extra $10 or perhaps the other person doesn't mind paying $10 extra. It is after all the price for shipping in this situation.__________________
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Timmyhill
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posted July 26, 2011 02:21 PM
Something like this happened to me but it was much more then $15.00, he was nice and did split the shipping with me but was very upset I didnt contact him first to get it oked.If the person is reasonable like in my example just tell them and maybe they will send you a little extra for the shipping. If they dont care then like you say its kind of your fault so just be more careful next time?
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nderdog
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posted July 26, 2011 02:28 PM
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Originally posted by Uthaedeol:
If you really don't wanna go through if you have to pay the $10 extra, just say you're sorry explain the situation to him.
Just keep in mind that if the other person doesn't agree to drop the trade, this would be considered backing out of a confirmed trade and could lead to a valid BTA case and karma smack. __________________
There's no need to fear, UNDERDOG is here!All your Gruul Nodorogs are belong to me. Trade them to me, please! Report rules violations. Remember the Auctions Board!
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Uthaedeol
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posted July 26, 2011 02:53 PM
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Originally posted by nderdog:
Just keep in mind that if the other person doesn't agree to drop the trade, this would be considered backing out of a confirmed trade and could lead to a valid BTA case and karma smack.
Yeah of course. Hadn't gathered that the deal is on MOTL. __________________
Swamps suck. Mountains rock!
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I3Iood
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posted July 26, 2011 03:59 PM
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Originally posted by nderdog:
All you can really do is learn from it and move on. You could mention it to them and they may be nice and give more money, but I wouldn't expect it, and you certainly can't demand it.
Understood. I just wanted to see what everyone else would do in the situation. I pm'd the person and said we are good and this was not about them, just wanted to see what people would say. quote:
Originally posted by Uthaedeol:
Kinda depends on the size of the deal. If $10 is a fraction of the total value involved I would take the hit. If the total value is $25, I would think twice. If you really don't wanna go through if you have to pay the $10 extra, just say you're sorry explain the situation to him. Perhaps you can split the extra $10 or perhaps the other person doesn't mind paying $10 extra. It is after all the price for shipping in this situation.
It was a $70 transaction, and they were awesome about it and offered $5 more to offset my loss. Great person. quote:
Originally posted by nderdog:
Just keep in mind that if the other person doesn't agree to drop the trade, this would be considered backing out of a confirmed trade and could lead to a valid BTA case and karma smack.
I already shipped it knowing the loss. I was in no way backing out or trying to get more money. Just seeing what other people would do in the situation. Thanks for all the opinions on the matter. I would think it would come up more since alot of people ship all over the world. Jason
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majicman
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posted July 26, 2011 06:53 PM
Would suggest in the future that you check your local post office web site for pricing based on options you are offering and the weight of the package. If you sell/trade a lot, maybe a small scale from Walmart may be something you could pick up in the future. Good luck...Greg
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dwiz
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posted July 26, 2011 06:53 PM
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Originally posted by I3Iood:
So I quoted someone a shipping price ($5), to another country, and they paid and everything and I went to ship it and it came out to be $15 shipped (which is 3x what they paid). I understand that I quoted him and do not feel he owes me anything because of my mess-up, but what would you do in this situation? Jason
What did you ship, like 600 cards in a flat rate envelope?
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nderdog
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posted July 26, 2011 06:57 PM
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Originally posted by I3Iood:
I already shipped it knowing the loss. I was in no way backing out or trying to get more money. Just seeing what other people would do in the situation.
I figured that you would have known, I was posting the info for the benefit of others who would be reading the thread that might not know any better.  __________________
There's no need to fear, UNDERDOG is here!All your Gruul Nodorogs are belong to me. Trade them to me, please! Report rules violations. Remember the Auctions Board!
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edsillars
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posted July 26, 2011 07:24 PM
Personally, I would absorb the loss, not mention it to the other party, and chalk it up as a valuable lesson that only cost me $10. I've paid much more for lessons.
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riemann-zeta
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posted July 26, 2011 07:32 PM
the first time i shipped more than a couple cards overseas i told the other party to just send payment minus the shipping and they could send a 2nd payment after i returned from the post office..worked out fine.
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MTDetermine
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posted July 26, 2011 08:08 PM
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Originally posted by dwiz:
What did you ship, like 600 cards in a flat rate envelope?
Doubt so. $70 of cards, $15 shipping means he sent ~10 cards via registered mail. 600 cards in Flat-Rate envelope is possible, but that will mean the cards' average price are $0.10-0.15....UC/C or bulk rares
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dwiz
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posted July 26, 2011 08:21 PM
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Originally posted by MTDetermine:
Doubt so. $70 of cards, $15 shipping means he sent ~10 cards via registered mail. 600 cards in Flat-Rate envelope is possible, but that will mean the cards' average price are $0.10-0.15....UC/C or bulk rares
If he quoted someone $5 on international registered mail, it's his own fault for being clueless about pricing.
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I3Iood
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posted July 26, 2011 08:41 PM
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Originally posted by nderdog:
I figured that you would have known, I was posting the info for the benefit of others who would be reading the thread that might not know any better.
Thanks for keeping the faith!  quote:
Originally posted by dwiz:
What did you ship, like 600 cards in a flat rate envelope?
It was a duel deck and about 25 singles to Austria. The funny thing about it is I sent 2 factory sealed sets to Germany last month and it was $18 for the 2 together. I quoted him $5 with the knowledge I would eat a few $ in shipping.quote:
Originally posted by dwiz:
If he quoted someone $5 on international registered mail, it's his own fault for being clueless about pricing.
It was not that and I think you should be careful who you call clueless when you have no idea what you are talking about. I have shipped many many thing overseas, and I am willing with ebay, librarities, and here, I have shipped much much more than you have overseas in the last year. Thanks for the helpful input. quote:
Originally posted by edsillars:
Personally, I would absorb the loss, not mention it to the other party, and chalk it up as a valuable lesson that only cost me $10. I've paid much more for lessons.
I have also paid much much more that that in lessons.  Also this thread was not about me complaining or asking what to do or even my situation. I just wanted to see what the community would have done. Jason
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flophaus
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posted July 27, 2011 08:08 AM
On an international deal, I would have pre-calculated the shipping. (Taken it down to the P.O. and asked "how much to this addy?")
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dwiz
Member
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posted July 27, 2011 09:45 AM
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Originally posted by flophaus:
On an international deal, I would have pre-calculated the shipping. (Taken it down to the P.O. and asked "how much to this addy?")
You can do that online at usps.com
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