jbacunn Posted January 21, 2023 Posted January 21, 2023 10 hours ago, jmdt said: Has anyone generated a label through USPS (priority mail), dropped it off at the post office (in the back where it is apparently monitored by camera 24/7) and then the package is lost? I shipped something on Saturday and just realized it is not in the system at all. I now realize that I should have taken a picture. Is there anything I can do? It is insured but if it not in the system am I screwed? Update: apparently the USPS system was wrong. I was thankfully just informed that it arrived. Whew! The tracking on the USPS site is often wrong or incomplete. If you are ever in doubt you can get a clerk to lookup the tracking number on their computer. They have a completely different tracking system that shows a lot more detail. I had a package being returned to me one time and the tracking on the website was showing the package was in a city on the other side of the country. The clerk told me the tracking on the website is junk half the time. My package was in a completely different city and was coming back to me. 1 Quote
scratchdesk Posted January 21, 2023 Posted January 21, 2023 I just found out about the CapitalOne Shopping widget. I got an offer today in my email for 30% back on some oddball set on Lego. I clicked through but ultimately didn't want that item. But now the widget shows 30% on every on Lego.com. Is this normal? What the timeframe for having the Cash Back approved for CapOne? Appreciate any input/ insight for those that have been using it. 1 Quote
MotorCityMuscle Posted February 14, 2023 Posted February 14, 2023 On 8/2/2022 at 11:01 AM, redcell said: I looked at this issue years ago when I was buying more from overseas sellers. I cannot recall the specifics, but I do know that I never worried about import duties and ordered from overseas pretty freely. The largest orders I placed were in the $4k-$5k range and I was never assessed any import duties. anyone have any further experience with customs fees? what to expect? when you are actually assessed fees? trying to understand this myself. i cannot find much info nor a calculator. is there some sort of threshold? Quote
ISO8T0 Posted February 14, 2023 Posted February 14, 2023 On 1/21/2023 at 3:31 PM, scratchdesk said: I just found out about the CapitalOne Shopping widget. I got an offer today in my email for 30% back on some oddball set on Lego. I clicked through but ultimately didn't want that item. But now the widget shows 30% on every on Lego.com. Is this normal? What the timeframe for having the Cash Back approved for CapOne? Appreciate any input/ insight for those that have been using it. Pretty sure you mean 3%, not 30. If you click on the extension on your browser it will take you to the Capital One Shopping website. There you will see: "Today's Featured Offers" Then you'll see offers based on the company: After you create an order from one of the site and have activated the offer the money (3% in this case) from the sale will be added to your Capital One account. You can use that to purchase gift cards to the offered companies. Rakuten is another 'must have' extension. Quote
scratchdesk Posted February 14, 2023 Posted February 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, ISO8T0 said: Pretty sure you mean 3%, not 30. No, I mean 30%. Generally these are emailed the day after you view the item on Lego. I don't know how long they last or much about the cap1 shopping widget at this point, still in the learning process. Quote
cmartin33 Posted February 15, 2023 Posted February 15, 2023 13 hours ago, MotorCityMuscle said: anyone have any further experience with customs fees? what to expect? when you are actually assessed fees? trying to understand this myself. i cannot find much info nor a calculator. is there some sort of threshold? This is all from memory so could be incorrect but here goes. I have ordered from Canada shipping to the US with Fedex (not entirely sure it was Fedex) and got charged customs fees. Got a call from a border agent. If I had to guess off the top of my head, the fees were roughly 35% of the shipping costs so I would just expect that. I think import taxes are free up to a certain amount though....would could potentially be exploited. I bought a lot from Dutch sellers this year. Never got charged import taxes, even though I think I was supposed to. I was expecting the import taxes to be about equal to the shipping costs. I think most shipped DHL. I would just experiment to be honest, and be careful about buying from Canada. Quote
MotorCityMuscle Posted February 15, 2023 Posted February 15, 2023 7 hours ago, cmartin33 said: This is all from memory so could be incorrect but here goes. I have ordered from Canada shipping to the US with Fedex (not entirely sure it was Fedex) and got charged customs fees. Got a call from a border agent. If I had to guess off the top of my head, the fees were roughly 35% of the shipping costs so I would just expect that. I think import taxes are free up to a certain amount though....would could potentially be exploited. I bought a lot from Dutch sellers this year. Never got charged import taxes, even though I think I was supposed to. I was expecting the import taxes to be about equal to the shipping costs. I think most shipped DHL. I would just experiment to be honest, and be careful about buying from Canada. that's helpful. I see US doesn't charge VAT, but obviously state sales tax, so I'm expecting that. i just cannot find anything that says what i should expect to pay in customs. would be nice if there was just a flat percentage of incoming products. Quote
jmdt Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 How do you manage shipping to a new buyer? I'm selling a set for $1200 and it makes me nervous that the buyer has an account that isn't even an hour old and it is shipping to a business office . . . Quote
gmpirate Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 1 minute ago, jmdt said: How do you manage shipping to a new buyer? I'm selling a set for $1200 and it makes me nervous that the buyer has an account that isn't even an hour old and it is shipping to a business office . . . why would a business office make you nervous? Quote
jmdt Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 It's probably because it is the first set that I have sold at this price. Any suggestions (beyond insuring and documenting) that I should take? Quote
gmpirate Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 You didn't give much details, but follow all the requirements per the platform you are using and require a signature. If something feels fishy cancel the transaction. 1 Quote
jmdt Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 It's through brickowl. I have had good experiences there so far (knock on wood). They would either pay through paypal or stripe. Quote
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