god dammit!

[gung-hoeddie]

i was preparing myself for a snipe effort at the 1987 star duster figure this evening, everything was in place, with seven seconds to go i went to confirm my bid and the computer froze!! My bid didn't go through and i lost it, i'm not happy.

[ODB]

I saw that one is that the going rate for one? Also I'm watching some other stuff from that seller so

[gung-hoeddie]

i'm afraid so, as mail away figures go he's quite rare.

[gung-hoeddie]

i've started buying from the states the figures you never see on uk ebay, i'm trying to work out the postage up to $10 seems fair enough but some charge around the $35 range, please enlighten me?

[Sundance]

i believe that factors in insurance and some kinda speedy next-day-delivery thing.

i won't pay more than about $20 for a figure inc. shipping.

and don't forget, you'll probably get charged by the bank for the currency change...

[gung-hoeddie]

i'm not to bothered about the bank charges i just don't see why it costs £25 approx to send 1 figure.

[Sundance]

welll, i know when i was looking at a US seller of a Barbecue figure, with high postage, insurance was mentioned.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GI-JOE-Figure-Com ... 286.c0.m14

ah, this one's offering priority mail, express mail and first class international, plus insurance...

*shrugs*

[tintinlostsnowy]

Just a heads up,
I would be wary of buying anything from onetofivedayauctions as there is loads of threads in the Watch Out section on rebelscum warning peolple about that guy.
onetofivedayauctions

[ODB]

Don't buy off onetofivedayaunctions as he is a notorious scammer from the Star Wars world. I've brought loads off Ebay US over the years and sending loose figures shouldn't be more than $5, in fact the last lot I brought was for 3 figures and the P&P was only $4. The current bug bear is shipping on vehicles, there are a couple of vehicles I'd like, not huge by any means and all the sellers want $40-$50 on P&P I feel like they are ripping me off.

[gung-hoeddie]

i'm choosing the sellers very carefully, i can't be doing with being ripped off, he sounds like an interesting chap this onetofivedayauctions, i shall avoid.