HELLO and thank you for taking the time to read this shipping information!   Any emails received regarding shipping questions - will be referred to this page!

USA Post Office raised their rates in May 2007 and May 2008, and will go up again in 2009.   EVERYTHING Increased!   International Shipping - options have been discontinued - and has been effected the most by this increase.

PLEASE - if buying 2 or more items, - please let me send you a Combine shipping invoice to pay from.   Each SINGLE item is weighted when posted on ebay - so the more you buy - Ebay features keeps adding all the package materials and etc.   I shipped based on your Zip Code or Country.  SO LET ME weight your items correctly for you! :-)

Just email when you are done shopping and request a total to pay from.

If you pay for your items seperately - then I can no longer give a shipping discount - since Paypal fees are much higher on small items!

PAYPAL fee's are TWICE as high for International payments accepted then USA Paypal payments.

Paypal fee's are higher for the seller to accept when a customer pays with there VISA.   The Fee's are a bit lower when paid by Paypal Balance transfers and Bank transfers.

October 20th, 2008 Ebay now will only let buyers pay through Paypal only!  Sellers have until January 15, 2009 to fixed - end - or revise their auctions.

Buyers with less then 25 in feedback - NO ECHECKS through Paypal - only Instant Transfers - and it doesn't matter - if you pay me through a Credit Card, your bank account or Paypal balance - JUST INSTANT PAYMENTS ONLY.

Canadian and Internional Bidders:  NO ECHECKS - Only Instant Payments.   Payments are due within 7 days of auction win or purchase of a item.   Echecks for International Customers take 10 to 14 days to clear!

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USA Mail - I  always mail items daily Monday thru Friday!  Unless it is a Holiday or I am taking time off - which will always be posted ahead of time!

Minnesota is Central Time Zone:  I have always mailed items ASAP and will continue to humanly do so.  Please keep in mind the time zone differences.    My mail is picked up daily around 10:00 a.m.  So I get alot of packages done the night before.    Items not mailed the day they were paid for - will ALWAYS be mailed the following business day - ALWAYS!

MY MOTTO HAS ALWAYS BEEN:

BUY NOW IT NOW - PAY FOR IT NOW - AND I WILL SHIP NOW!

I don't like waiting for my items I buy off the Internet and I would surely NOT make any one wait for theirs.

This Motto does not apply to auctions ending on Monday nights!   It does not apply when you have waited 5 to 7 days to pay me thru Paypal.  Those items will be mailed the following business day.   Echecks clearing at all times of day, those items are mailed the following business day.

Canadian and International Bidders:  NOW that I am able to print all my shipping labels here at home and NO more trips to the post office;  items are mailed daily.  Mondays can be the most difficult day to get everything out once the weekend has past.  BUT Tuesday for sure I am totally caught up and all International mail is sent.

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USA Bidders - Shipping Options:  With ALL the features that Paypal has added for shipping - Ebay Shipping Life got so much simplier!   

As part of Paypal Seller Protection - all items are mailed through Paypal with Delivery confirmation.

YOU WILL ALWAYS RECEIVE AN EMAIL THRU PAYPAL WITH THE TRACKING NUMBER!!!.  PLEASE SAVE THIS EMAIL UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR PACKAGE.

Please remember if you choosen First Class Mail - that can take up to 10 days!  Verses Priority Mail is 2 to 3 days.

If you have choosen First Class Mail - and you received a tracking number thru Paypal.  PLEASE wait 10 days before emailing me if you have not received your package yet.  I can not file a claim at the Post Office until 14 business days have passed since the item was mailed!

USA BUYERS:   I prefer to ship Priority Mail - because its the FAST way and I get the boxes FREE from the post office.   When I have to buy boxes, bubble wrap and Tyvek envelopes for other shipping methods - this is all included in the handling fee.

NO USA OR INTERNATIONAL PACKAGED HAS EVER EVER EVER BEEN LOST!  DELAYED - BUT NEVER LOST!   AND I am sticking with that Motto!

UPS GROUND:  Options are also available for heavier items.  Please ask - since I do not have those options posted on many auction pages.  Delivery Confirmation and Insurance is automattically included.

US Postal PARCEL POST!  Sorry I never ship anything with this method!    The post office has told me - even if the box is insured - its silly - because the boxes from one pound to 70 pounds are all tossed together and smaller boxes really take a beating!

EXPRESS Mail Overnight Mail for USA buyers.   Only 90% of the USA Cities offer this - and I do NOT have a list of these cities, nor does the post office.   SORRY - since I no longer drop off my mail - I can NOT get any packages to the post office before NOON - which is the cut off time for over night packages.

INSURANCE:  Is optional on all items.   I will still run the shipping label through Paypal and you will still have Delivery Confirmation Number.

INSURANCE:  $1.70 is for up to $50.00 in value

                          $2.25 is for up to $100.00 in value

                          $2.75 for up to $200.00 in value

Then add $1.00 for each $100.00 increment.

PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE - AS THE POST OFFICE RAISES RATES!

CANADIAN AND INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS: 

You must email for correct shipping costs before you pay!  ANY heavy items - DOLLS and etc. - PLEASE email before Bidding or using BUY IT NOW.   You really need to know what the costs could be and if the auctions are not posted with the shipping costs

I AM TRYING to have all International shipping posted now for all auctions!  To save everyone time.

INTERNATIONAL  First Class Mail:  1 ounce to 4 pounds.   USA charges for every ONE ounce to 8 ounces.  Then its every 4 ounces until 4 pounds are reached.   4 USA pounds - not the EURO pounds.

Typically takes 5 to 7 days.  But can take up to 14 days!  NO tracking number and NO insurance.

International Global Priority:  Typically 7 to 10 days.  Insurance and tracking number included.   More expensive shipping method for light weight items.   The first shipping rate starts at ONE USA Pound.

GLOBAL EMS:  Express Service - 5 to 6 days!  Automattically Insured for $100.00 and Tracking number included.  OR the Insured amount is what ever lesser amount is put on the Customs Form.  Additional Insurance is available above the $100.00.  

GLOBAL EXPRESS - depending on the Country - normally is a much better way to go when the packages are 5 pounds or more.  Anything  4 pounds and UNDER - is really expensive!!!