During the beginning of 2009 at Ribitz we are having Free Shipping within the
USA for most patches, pins, and other selected items at random. Most mugs,
a few very heavy items, and some books are excluded. The good news is that
free additional shipping is still available for those items. 1
Mug or 3 Mugs is the same price for shipping if you pay in one invoice.
Another example 4 patches, 3 pins and 2 mugs would be the shipping of the 1 mug.
For all items insurance may or may not be included, each listing will say if the
insurance is optional or included. Below is an explanation in more detail.
Pay all of your items together in ONE PAYMENT TRANSACTION! If you pay individually where funds are transferred, then shipping discount doesn't apply.
My
Shipping Discount for those item not in the Free Standard Shipping is: 
The highest shipping cost for the first item and ship each additional item for free*
For example:
9 patches that end within 3 days of each other and are paid for together would probably have a
total shipping charge of $1.85. Another example: 3 National Geographic Magazines/Books would be $3.85 if paid together. if the highest shipping was
3.85 on one of them.
Other Individual items may be excluded from the shipping discount. - These items will be identified in their listing.
These are generally heavy items or item with extra special handling required.
Items can be combined that end about
13 days within one another. I do file Unpaid Item Reports about 15
days. Most cases where I've had to file has been because the buyer's email
filter's are rejecting my email.
Standard Shipping: Items are sent either by USPS Media Mail,
Bound Printed Matter, First Class, Priority Mail®, Parcel Post, UPS, or by FedEx Ground (Residential & Business) or by another Private Courier. Most of the items are sent by USPS First Class by default. Books are by default media mail.
Magazines are typically USPS Bound Printed Matter. For the other forms of delivery, I generally will say in the listing. In most cases items can not be picked up.
I
reserve the right to pack and ship items together as appropriate even though you
have paid separately. I may not refund any shipping charges if this is
the case. I also may pack items separately if you have paid for them
together.
The buyer / receiver is responsible for any duties or taxes imposed by the local authorities or government on the item they are receiving; should there be any.
International
Shipping (outside of the United
States) has an additional shipping, handling, and insurance charge based on your
address / country. If paying by PayPal I accept funds in US Dollars or in Euros.
PayPal is fastest and easiest for international transactions. For
cross border transactions, I do not collect tariffs and duties directly.
However, buyers maybe responsible for actual, applicable tariffs, and duties as
requested by respective country laws. In other words, you may be
responsible to your postal/government for duty tax that is charged in the
destination country
Values over USD $2500.00. have
an extremely delayed processing time due to regulation from the US Census Bereau
that became effective September 30,
2008. This few minutes gained by the USPS creates an extremely long
and costly process for the shipper.
In most cases Custom
Declarations are filed electronically and automatically when the item is
shipped. From my experience this has sped up delivery of the item.
I do offer International
Shipping Insurance, please read below.
"Service Transit Time"
Days are Business Days and are not Calendar
Days
My Cut Off for Next Day is 1:00 pm Pacific Time Zone (eBay
official time) - The worst case scenario is 2:30pm Wednesday and if a
Holiday falls on a Sunday, or Monday, this, would make the "next day" a
Tuesday. Christmas 2005 and New Year's 2006 are these type of holidays.
For Standard, Expedited, and USPS 1st Class, Priority, and Media Mail, the cut
off time is 12:01 pm.
Get it Fast applies when shipping via
US Postal Service Express Mail® or UPS
Next Day Air® is selected and additional fees paid for.
The service transit times for Standard Shipping may be the same as First Class
for small items and for Books and other media it's USPS Media Mail / Bound
Printed Matter time.
INSURANCE
U.S. Shipping Insurance: Covers loss and damages during transport of the item from me to you. This may be from the carrier (like USPS) or from another
authorized third party. I typically use endicia.com
(Universal Parcel Insurance Coverage - UPIC), or the carrier's insurance (like
UPS or FedEx). If there is a problem with shipping, you agree when you purchase the item to co-operate with the paperwork handling. Please note: "The
amount of insurance coverage for loss will be the purchase price of the items.
No claim payments are made for sentimental losses or for any expenses incurred
as a result of the loss." The amount is based on your total order using the chart below. This is different than USPS fees, but insurance may be with them anyway or may not. This chart is for items where the insurance is optional and not included or not offered: (Some listings show a different amount, for those that is the amount; if you combine, then it will fall into this chart as well).
This is for items within the United States and for International Destinations
(your country must be on the insurance providers list)
|
$0.01 to $9.99 |
$0.75 |
$1.60 |
| $10.00 to $49.99 |
$0.75 |
$1.60 |
| $50.00 to $99.99 |
$0.75 |
$1.60 |
| $100.00 to $199.99 |
$1.50 |
$3.20 |
| $200.00 to $299.99 |
$2.25 |
$4.80 |
| $300.00 to $399.99 |
$3.00 |
$6.40 |
| $400.00 to $499.99 |
$3.75 |
$8.00 |
| $500.00 to $599.99 |
$4.50 |
$9.60 |
| $600.00 to $699.99 |
$5.25 |
$11.20 |
| $700.00 to $799.99 |
$6.00 |
$12.80 |
| $800.00 to $899.99 |
$6.75 |
$14.40 |
| $900.00 to $999.99 |
$7.50 |
$16.00 |
| $1,000.0 and up |
To Be Determined |
To Be Determined |
RETURNS
Before
returning anything: All returns
require prior authorization within 7 days of receipt of item before returning.
Instructions will be provided with the authorization. Buyer pays shipping.
Each
listing should have a return policy stated. In
general, anything where a BUY IT NOW was used may qualify for a return for any
reason. Most items can be returned for full refund minus the shipping back
and forth. This includes store, fixed price, and auction listings where
buy it now was used.
Some
listings may be not be returnable such as Store
using Best Offer , Fixed price using Best Offer, and Auctions with high bidder "AS IS."
Unless the specific listing says it's returnable. ALL listings are always guaranteed to their listings
description including auctions.
If an item arrives damaged by the shipping carrier and shipping insurance was
declined then the item cannot be returned. Items must be returned in the
same condition that they were sent from me.
If an item arrives and the recipient doesn't accept the package, and the item is
returned to me than the buyer is responsible for the additional postage back and
forth.
PayPal
may offer the buyer an additional "Money Back Guarantee Policy". Please see their
website for details. As of September 14th 2006 this program was
discontinued.
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