MISM's Shipping Charges Updated

  

Thank YOU for reading this blog post about our shipping charges and policy update!

 

This is an UPDATED Shipping Policy AND Explanation of Shipping Charges as of 02-17-08, which are in effect until we are forced to change them! As of right now, USPS is planning an increase in postage costs as of May 12th, 2008, so we may have to revise our shipping charges at that time.  Until further notice via our blog or the individual listings... feel free to use this blog post as reference!

 

First of all, there are many different shipping solutions on eBay at this time. We don't subscribe to the thought of running auctions/fixed price/store format listings for a low price and then charge individual shipping on each and every item! We do have a minimum shipping charge, but allow our customers to add on to their first purchase in most cases to be more cost effective for them.

 

We COMBINE shipping where possible to save our customers on combined shipping charges. Currently we are still running the "unlimited shipping" feature for certain items and to certain locations. Please read carefully the below paragraphs that explain our shipping to charges for the items you buy and to where you want them shipped!

   

Also please Note:  eBay's check out program cannot handle combining our comics, magazines, dvds, toys etc together when it "invoices" you. There is a 'discount line' at the bottom of the items, shipping, insurance etc. If you can't use the 'discount line' to reflect the correct shipping amount, please let us know, and we'll be glad to send you a combined shipping invoice!

 

SHIPPING COST TO USA Addresses:

 

SHIPPING COST FOR NON-CGC COMIC BOOKS:

The FLAT RATE Shipping is for NON-CGC graded comic books only!  (NO magazines and NO CGC encapsulated graded comics!) We will ship unlimited non-CGC graded comics to USA addresses only at the special $4.99 shipping cost!  Whether you buy one or three or ten or even more comics! 

 

SHIPPING COST FOR MAGAZINES:

We also sell Magazines, but they are odd-sized and varied in number of pages so they cannot be sent via the 'unlimited shipping' rate, sorry! We will combine shipping where we can, but please email us first for shipping cost BEFORE you click to buy multiple magazines!

 

SHIPPING COST FOR CGC GRADED COMICS:

CGC graded comics come in plastic holders and are shipped only via a Priority BOX so as to protect the holders.  We can place 1 to 2 CGC graded comics in the Flat Rate Priority Box for $9.99 to USA addresses only! 

 

SHIPPING COST TO CANADA:

FLAT RATE Priority International Shipping is for NON-CGC graded comic books only!  We will ship 2 to 9 non-CGC graded comics to CANADIAN addresses only at the special $9.99 shipping cost!  Sorry, no magazines and no CGC graded comics at this rate! 

 

If you want to buy JUST ONE NON-CGC comic, (no magazines), then the shipping cost would be $6.67 for FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL.

 

PLEASE NOTE: We will ship up to 25 single standard sized non-slabbed comics in a Flat Rate Priority Box to Canadian addresses for $25.00 USD.

 

For those in Canada that are interested in magazines, this will be the only way we will ship them, in a Flat Rate Priority Box for the $25.00 USD as magazines are different sizes and page counts and cannot be be figured out how to ship AFTER being purchased.  Please contact us first, as our magazines are NOT listed for shipping outside of the USA at this time. The listings would have to each be revised to allow you to purchase them individually. We will be glad to do so after we communicate with you on the costs and how many would fit in the box! 

 

For CGC Comics - We have been hesitant to ship these internationally, but are now considering shipping them to Canadian addresses. On an individual buyer basis only. Please email us if you have interest in our CGC listings. The CGC encapsulated comics would have to be shipped via Global Priority Flat Rate Box for the $25.00 USD Shipping Charge PLUS Insurance. We can place from one to two CGC encapsulated comic(s) in each Flat Rate Box. E-mail us via eBay's email program to discuss further....

 

SHIPPING COST TO UNITED KINGDOM & AUSTRALIA:

FLAT RATE Priority International Shipping is for NON-CGC graded comic books only!  We will ship 1 to 9 non-CGC graded comics, (no magazines) to the UK or AU/NZ for $11.99 as that is what the Priority International Envelope will hold with cardboard insert for protection. 

 

SHIPPING COST TO OTHER COUNTRIES:

For countries that are NOT listed above, or listed in our eBay listings, we may be able to ship to YOUR country! There are multiple reasons why we don't universally show that we ship to your country, but we encourage you to e-mail us with your question as to shipping charges for your country.

 

Items like comic books are relatively easy to ship via USPS Global Priority Flat Rate Envelopes, but unfortunately they don't ship everywhere via that rate yet!  And eBay doesn't separate out several countries in 'Europe', only United Kingdom and Germany from the other countries.  There are some countries that we just can't ship to because of their postal systems mishandling packages... Please e-mail with your question as to if we can ship and what the charge would be to your country!

 

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For the listings of all the comics on auction or in our eBay Featured Store, just click here!

Thanks for reading this blog post... Usually we blog about pop culture - comics - comic books - or related items. This was a update so we can add it as a link to our e-mail correspondence starting 02-17-08!

Michael and Tina

 

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale! We attend several  pop culture and comic books conventions during the year to replenish our inventory for resale!

 

 

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Smoke Free Comics??? 

Was asked again this weekend if our comics are 'smoke free'?

My answer was and remains... Not UNLESS the seller has been the original owner of the collectible and bought it off the newstand or from the comic book store when it was first published and stored it away properly.

Last year I checked out another eBayer's comic book listings which I had found by accident.

The comics were just added as a sideline ('other items') to this seller's eBay Store and the eBayer used their usual listing template stating that their items were from a 'smoke-free home'.

That could get the eBayer seller into a situation with a buyer who believes that statement, and purchases the item(s) thinking they are smoke free.  

Trust me on this one folks, paper collectibles will pick up smells during the years even if they are stored!!

As a matter of fact one of the largest comics dealers in the world that I know of, loved the distinct smell of old comics that come from the Midwest area of the USA!  He could tell what section of the country they come from!

So be careful if you are thinking of listing comics as being 'smoke free' to your other eBay sales! I keep seeing more and more comics listings where the template says 'smoke free' environment, or home, etc.

For our back issues of comics which DID NOT all come from a smoke free environment, as we are purchasers of collections as well as collectors ourselves... just click on the top left comic book cover to see our listings! And No, We don't smoke, but don't advertise as such.

Thanks for reading this popular culture - comics - comic books blog post!

Michael

Once Again

Laura Vandervoort

Is Hot!

Each day I check our blog stats for what archived blog posts our blog readers are viewing and it seems it goes in cycles!

Usually out of the latest 100 blog readers, 10% have viewed our 'Notorious Bettie Page' Blog Posts, and then another different four blog posts get 5% or more of the traffic each....

For the last two days our archived blog posts views have been topped by the posts on Laura Vandervoort! So she must be appearing at some convention again?!

For those that don't know, Laura was added as 'Kara Kent', Clark Kent's Kryptonian cousin, in the 7th Season of Smallville.

Laura is a 23 year old Canadian who has previously been on CSI, The Dresden Files, Instant Star and other shows prior to her Smallville appearances.

For those of you that can't make it to whatever Con she is next appearing at... We have an ongoing comic book convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and new listings of items for sale! Just click on the pic at the top left to see our listings!

Thanks for reading this popular culture - comics - comic books blog post !

Michael

Thanks for reading this popular culture - comics - comic books blog post!

Michael