A Note To All USA Traders

[rustyisin]

signature is required for items over $325

Delivery confirmation is required for every item. If it isn't and the buyer files a claim you're out of luck

from Paypal:

Important Shipping Information

Depending on the type of claim or chargeback the buyer files, you will need to provide either Proof of Shipment or Proof of Delivery to get coverage.
If you're responding to an "item not received" claim or chargeback, you'll need to provide Proof of Delivery from a shipping company that meets the following conditions:

• It shows the status as delivered.
• It confirms the date the order was delivered.
• It includes the recipient's address, including a minimum of city & province, or city & country, or postal code (or equivalent).
• For payments of $325 CAD (or local currency equivalent) or more, it includes proof of the recipient's signature to confirm delivery.

[centrehice]

You didn't state $325.00 in your initial post, you only said all items using Paypal.

[Blmdear]

Was the bubble mailer mine possibly?? If so, here lately I have used an out of town post office who categorized them as paperwork and not merchandise so the rate was at or around $2.50 as opposed to the usual $6.55. On the topic at hand, I don't see how traders in the states can quit with you Canadians. I would think trading would be really slow if it was just US based. Its expensive but its not like I'm trading $2 cards either. I make sure its worth my while and that's fine with me. To keep my sales on ebay focused for both US and Canada I charge a $4.00 flat fee. Lets face it, your selling more to Canada than in the states. I have been selling for a while and I would say out of 20 sales 19 are to Canada. Love you guys!!

Hi

I just got 2 packages from the US. The first one was one card in a top loader in a long white letter envelope folded in half . The card was well protected. It cost 6.55. The second came in a fairly large bubble mailer and contained 3 cards all in one top loader. The bubble mailer is about 8x10 . Probably didn't need that big of a mailer. That cost 2.50. Not sure how they got categorized to determine price. But it shows there are ways to get cheaper postage.

Cheers Mike

[camr14]

I have found that at my local P.O.'s the cashiers tell me that the PWE is too thick and non-machinable. I then proceed to buy a sheet of $1.15 first class letter international stamps, stick them on, and drop them in the box on the way out. Works every time. Haven't a problem yet. In fact last month I got a message from another member on here saying that his mail man accidentally dropped my PWE in his neighbor's driveway and it snowed on top of it. He found it 2 weeks later after the snow melted and the card was perfectly fine. I shipped it in a toploader, team bag, and a thin decoy. The envelope had completely disintegrated but the card was dry and in mint condition.

It costs us $6.55 for a 1 oz. bubble to Canada, which is absolute and total robbery. PWE is definitely a good option for thin and low valued cards. But I do not send any GU cards unless very thin, and I tape 2 index cards on either side and tape them together. I had someone last night on another forum tell me he couldn't ship to me from Canada because postage was "too high." I even offered PWE and he still refused....I just laughed and told him he was lucky he didn't live in the States!

[sports4-ever]

centerhice:
thank you for taking the time to clarify and explain the surcharge. I for one, didn't have any idea that the minimum surcharge fee could be responsible for many of the low cost postage letters I have received. I agree with you one hundred percent, in that I've never received a damaged card in a top loader and PWE. Some traders appear to be a little touchy with your previous response, but I don't believe you were condescending or snotty in any way ..... thanks again for the clarification

[Gallinator]

I thought I had my first lost package on a sale I made on HI for a Stickwork card - but it was only good ol' Canada Post taking FIVE weeks to deliver! (Average time is 7 days) I took two DVD sleeves (bought at Wal-Mart as centrehice stated, $4.99 for a 25-pack, even Made In The USA (!)) and mated them together to hold the Stickwork card in its one-touch, with team bag and four decoys (two per side) for protection. It made a pretty thick package but still fit through the test slot. Postage? $3.12 - it was pretty heavy. Could probably fit about 20 regular cards in a package like that, too.

For regular cards (or a few), a Global Forever stamp plus extra stamp for non-machinable has been working great! N-M surcharge is now 21 cents, BTW. Never go to the counter - just drop it in a box and take the leap of faith!

[centrehice]

When I was in sales in Montreal, my product was manufactured in Chicago, Illinois. I had to become very familiar with "Duty Paid goods, Excise Taxation, Duty-Free exempt, and the like.

When the originating product from one country goes into another, …. for example - USA or any other country To Canada. In Canada, we have what is known at all of our International Cities that accept packages and mail from International countries, an "In-Bond" Duty Warehouse/Warehouses.

All packaged goods must have a Custom's Declaration on them, with an adequate description of the goods inside. Objective, fair-value of the goods inside, and total value should some items differ from others.

It is the task of Customs Canada/Douanes, to ensure that these goods of origin from another country actually comply with the text as it appears on the Customs Decalaration, They must ensure that the goods are not Narcotics, Contraband Food Products, or Protected Wildlife anatomical parts, Counterfeit items, etc.

These goods remaning "In Bond" in this warehouse/warehouses in Canadian cities until such a time as it is determined that they are free to either be picked up, duty to be paid, or released to 3rd Party conveyance companies such as Canada Post, DHL, Purolator, Fed-Ex, UPS etc.

This is why your Cards that you sent to Canada with a Customs Form, as a Package (not an envelope) will often sit for weeks at a time, until the decision is made to inspect it's contents, or direct it onward to it's final destination.

When you use a Bubble Envelope or a PWE, and DO NOT use a Customs Form, your envelope stays an envelope and does not become a package, and does not enter the Duty, In-Bond realm of Canada Customs. It goes right to it's destination.

This is why I can send either a PWE or Bubble Envelope to Toronto or Montreal from Oregon and it arrives in 5-7 business days, but if I put a Customs Form on it, it can sit languishing in any Canadian In-Bond warehouse for more than one month, before delivery.

[Gallinator]

I have little doubt you are correct, which is part of the reason I stopped putting Customs forms on my international mailings. This one, for some reason, just took 5 weeks to get to Edmonton from Phoenix.