Hi guys,
Just at work. Got a bit of free time so I thought I'd share my stupid situation that I encountered today.
Auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8722257408&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
Since the auction stated that he only ships to the U.S., I thought I'd enquire.
My enquiry:
Hi mate. What a card. I'm a BIG Allen Iverson collector and I'm highly interested to participate on your auction for this card. Unfortunately, I'm currently residing in Sydney, Australia. Are you able to deal internationally? You can trust me if you're ever worried because I'm located internationally. I have 100% feedback on my eBay account and I have some trade references. I hope to hear from you with the good news. Thanks.
His reply:
I guess I could but it looks like rates to ship this to Australia is anywhere from $10 to $22 and that is not with insurance or any kind of delivery confirmation. I guess it depends upon how quickly you want it and how much you want to pay?
My counter-reply:
I appreciate that you took your time to reply to my enquiry.
Re: Shipping cost $10 to $22 USD to Sydney, Australia is totally absurd. For comparison, I can get 5 units of 1:400 scale diecast models to Sydney for that amount of money. And we are talking about one piece of cardboard here.
Are you using USPS for shipping worldwide? Perhaps Global Priority would be secure enough? Even Registered Post will only cost $11.00USD at most.
Please re-check your shipping quote again.
His blast-off:
Just forget it. i changed my mine I'm not going to sit
and argue with you about this. I will only ship in the
U.S. No Foreign shipping. Now that's absurd! Right!
My ending:
Who's arguing? I was questioning your wrongly quoted shipping price. I guess you don't like to be corrected, which is fine by me.
It's your loss, not mine! I could've place a nice bid seeing as I'm a big collector of Allen Iverson.
I guess I should be proud that I handled this matter in a calming manner and to leave it at that, but I do look forward to his next reply, if he was to reply.
Just at work. Got a bit of free time so I thought I'd share my stupid situation that I encountered today.
Auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8722257408&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
Since the auction stated that he only ships to the U.S., I thought I'd enquire.
My enquiry:
Hi mate. What a card. I'm a BIG Allen Iverson collector and I'm highly interested to participate on your auction for this card. Unfortunately, I'm currently residing in Sydney, Australia. Are you able to deal internationally? You can trust me if you're ever worried because I'm located internationally. I have 100% feedback on my eBay account and I have some trade references. I hope to hear from you with the good news. Thanks.
His reply:
I guess I could but it looks like rates to ship this to Australia is anywhere from $10 to $22 and that is not with insurance or any kind of delivery confirmation. I guess it depends upon how quickly you want it and how much you want to pay?
My counter-reply:
I appreciate that you took your time to reply to my enquiry.
Re: Shipping cost $10 to $22 USD to Sydney, Australia is totally absurd. For comparison, I can get 5 units of 1:400 scale diecast models to Sydney for that amount of money. And we are talking about one piece of cardboard here.
Are you using USPS for shipping worldwide? Perhaps Global Priority would be secure enough? Even Registered Post will only cost $11.00USD at most.
Please re-check your shipping quote again.
His blast-off:
Just forget it. i changed my mine I'm not going to sit
and argue with you about this. I will only ship in the
U.S. No Foreign shipping. Now that's absurd! Right!
My ending:
Who's arguing? I was questioning your wrongly quoted shipping price. I guess you don't like to be corrected, which is fine by me.
It's your loss, not mine! I could've place a nice bid seeing as I'm a big collector of Allen Iverson.
I guess I should be proud that I handled this matter in a calming manner and to leave it at that, but I do look forward to his next reply, if he was to reply.