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Box Size | USA | Worldwide* | Canada** |
SMALL Flat Rate Box 8-1/2" x 5" x 1.5" 21cm x 12cm x 3.5cm (About the size of an old VHS tape) | $6.96 | $26.95 (24 +/- Euros) | $21.95 cad |
SMALL/MEDIUM Priority Box 7" x 7" x 6" 17cm x 17cm x 15cm (Domestic & Intl. 2#/1kg limit) | $10.88 | $54.95 (49 +/- Euros) | $32.95 cad |
MEDIUM Flat Rate Box 5" x 8" x 11" 12cm x 20cm x 27cm (International 10#/4.5kg Limit) | $13.87 | $66.25 (59 +/- Euros) | $45.25 cad |
LARGE Flat Rate Box 5"x 12" x 12" 13cm x 30cm x 30cm (International 20#/9kg limit) | $17.97 | $86.25 (77 +/- Euros) | $59.75 cad |
*This supersedes the shipping chart above in the listing.
If you want combined shipping PLEASE
email us,
BEFORE PAYING.
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Box Size – USPS PRIORITY FLAT RATE |
USA |
Canada* |
Worldwide* |
SMALL Flat Rate Box - Priority |
$6.96 |
C$37 |
32euro |
SMALL/MEDIUM Priority Box (About the size you could ship a tea cup in) |
$10.88 |
C$61 |
53euro |
MEDIUM Flat Rate Box -Priority (About the size of a child’s shoe box) |
$13.45 |
C$67 |
70euro |
LARGE Flat Rate Box - Priority (About the size of 10 dinner plates stacked up) (50% Larger than a Medium) |
$18.75 |
C$88 |
88euro |
NEW POSTAL RATES AS OF 01-17-2016 These are guidelines.
*Canada ($1usd = +/- 1.45cad)
**Worldwide
$1usd = +/-1.08 euros ( exchange rates change hourly)
NEW INTERNATIONAL USPS First Class Rates – First class (not a true or good name) takes 60 to 90 DAYS to get to you, MINIMUM. I do not care what eBay says, They are WRONG. This is a new service from the US post office USPS and a real bad idea. Yes it takes 60 – 90 days!!! No there is nothing I can do to speed that up. IF you want faster delivery, please chose USPS Priority shipping. However if you insist on the lowest price, we reluctantly offer it… IF YOU chose this First Class service, I do not want any emails asking, “where is my package.” Sorry to sound like a grump, but you need the truth to make an informed decision.
NEW International First Class Service USPS rates |
Size |
CANADA shipping* |
INTERNATIONAL shipping in EUROS** |
SMALL Envelope/Box |
1 to 7 ounces |
14cad ($9.50usd) |
13euros ($13.50usd) |
MEDIUM Box |
8 ounces to 2 pounds |
23cad ($15.50usd) |
21euros ($22.50usd) |
LARGE Box |
2 pounds to 3 pounds |
36cad ($24.50usd) |
32euros ($35.40usd) |
LARGEST Box ALLOWED |
3 pounds to 4 pounds |
53cad ($36.50usd) |
53euros ($57.25usd) |
*Anything larger than 4 pounds has to ship Priority Mail. Box and packing add at least 50% to item weight.
If you want combined shipping PLEASE
email us,
BEFORE PAYING.
International shipping - There are over 200 countries in the world. The USPS
has a different rate for each country. So for a $10 item, we would have
to do 200 different shipping entries for each item, which is ridiculous.
It would take us 2 days just to calculate shipping on one $10 item.
Luckily the USPS has Flat Rate
Shipping Boxes. Motto - "IF it fits, it ships."
Great for shipping heavy rocks around the world. Sizes and prices are in
the chart above. Yes I know that it may seem high sometimes, however we
have to assume that it goes to the most expensive country. And more
importantly in the Flat Rate Box. You may go to USPS and verify
these prices. That is what they charge.... We make no money on shipping,
in fact it cost us money sometimes....
EXACT International Shipping to your country - We will be
more than happy to give you an "actual" shipping price for the exact
item to your country. Just email us thru ebay. Remember to include
the 4 or 6 digit item number in the title. "And the country you live
in". EBay does not tell us, where you live. We will be happy to give you the actual
shipping. So you may make an "informed decision" before buying.
We would like to save you some money. We don't want you to pay anymore
than you have to....
It is usually cheaper in the Flat Rate Box, but not always. The USPS
charges by size AND weight in regular boxes. So light items and smaller
items can save you money sometimes. Why not simply ask?
International shipping Customs – shipping can take 21 to 30 days MINIMUM with USPS Priority. New First Class International takes 60 – 90 days. Your country's customs can keep and inspect packages as long as they darn well like. And they do sometimes. We CANNOT do anything about that.
Canadian customers - we no longer ship United Parcel Service - UPS. Yes initially UPS is slightly cheaper, however we have had terrible problems with UPS making customers get a customs broker. This has cost the customer over $100 extra. On two other occasions they have sent back packages, because the address was street instead of drive (the customer inputs the address, not us). So we no longer will ship UPS. For some reason the US postal service does not do all this.
Combined shipping - You can save quite a bit by buying several items and shipping them together (in a flat rate box). So send us a list. We will give you our best price AND the actual shipping.
MULTIPLE ITEMS – We can save you a lot of money on shipping by starting you a box. Ebay requires that we ship within 24 hours after you pay. However we can start you a flat rate box, as long as you don’t pay. Ebay does not get the idea that you want to save money on shipping. So what we do is send you a ‘special invoice’ with your first item. I charge you the full shipping amount and mark it “local pickup”, just to get eBay off our backs. I know you will not be crossing the ocean to pick it up. This will bypass eBay’s stupid rules. With over 13,000 transactions and over 4,000 positive feedback, I am not a jerk. Just trying to save you money on shipping multiple items in one box.
Tracking- go to USPS d o t c o
m. Insert the tracking number in the top
left of the website. This will show you
every stop your box makes. Some English
speaking countries continue the tracking in your country, some do not. That is up to your country, NOT the USPS or
myself. You MAY be able to use ‘the
tracking number’ to track it in your countries postal website. However many countries, do not offer this
service.
Your address - Please, Please make sure that your address is
correct in paypal and in ebay. They are two separate companies
now. We have no idea of where you live. Nor of your address.
We now have 8 returned international shipments for wrong addresses: France
(though he put Belgium in the address.
He should know what country he lives in.), 2 for Spain, Italy, UK,
another France, Singapore and Dubai. These all were returned by the home
country post office, not USPS. Some come back in 45 days. One took
2 years, not kidding. So we cannot refund any money until we get the item
back. We do not have any control over your local post office and your
customs. Your customs office can hold
your package as long as they darn well please. In addition, if we send it
back out, you will have to pay the postage again....
So PLEASE make sure your address is
Correct.
Room
in the box - For simplicity sake we have gone
to 4 box sizes. You need to add a minimum 1" (2.5cm) to EACH side
of ALL minerals for bubblewrap. 1"inch bubblewrap
top, 1" bubblewrap bottom, and 1" on each side. So a
2"x2"x2" mineral becomes 4"x4"x4" with bubblewrap.
Insurance - Insurance is now included with the shipping price. And may be added to the above shipping price depending upon how fragile and/or expensive items.
Parcel post - US customers, we no longer ship parcel post. It saves a few pennies sometimes, however it now takes 8 to 10 days to get your shipment- Which is too long for most customers to wait.
Combined shipping - If you want combined shipping PLEASE email us. WE have no way of knowing when you are finished bidding. Ebay sends automatic invoices. Ebay will charge the maximum shipping PER item, if I do not override the invoice. So bid all you like, but let us know "You want combined shipping." And we will send you a combined invoice, the next day to pay.
If you want combined shipping PLEASE email us
NEW Photograph information- In an effort to have more accurate
photos, we started photographing in a indoor "photo studio cube" with
a white background, as of June 2015.
Advantages -
-Better detail of crystals.
-More consistent photos.
-Weather - It is sometimes 5 degrees (-17 Celsius) in Texas. Sometimes
110 degree (43 Celsius). Both make it unpleasant to photograph outside
under natural daylight.
-No clouds distorting picture color...
-Hard to photograph in the rain too.
Disadvantages -
-Never wear a pink shirt. My daughter found out the hard way, camera
picks up the reflection of your clothing, sometimes on one half of the
ammonite. Sometimes the other. Depending where you stand...
-Tends to show translucence more than the actual ammonite. (you can back
light it if you like the effect.) This occurs on thin yellow areas
sometimes.
-Browns look a little more red. Depending on how we edit.
We are working on this, and it is a work in progress.
Keep in mind different monitors display colors
differently. We edit with item "in our hand", so we can
get as close to the correct color as possible. However when we move
the very same laptop from living room to office, sometimes the colors look
slightly different, even on the same computer. Your color monitor WILL
VARY. IF you don't like the item just send it back. No problem. We have a “14 day unconditional return
policy”.
Returns - We try to be fair. One return -was because it did not match her drapes – not kidding. So in that case, she paid both shipping fees. We don’t guarantee to match drapes.
Rarely we shipped the wrong item (less than 1 per year), which never happen since we are supposed to match the item number AND match the picture before shipping. But say we sent the wrong item, we pay both shipping to and from the customer. IF we miss measured by more than 10%, we pay both shipping fees. Most of the time, and we rarely get returns, we pay one way, the customer the other. IF we made a mistake, we will only pay the original amount of shipping on the listing OR the actual shipping whichever is lower. IF someone wishs to add other fees that would be at their expense.
OFFERS – On items over $100, we do accept offers. Just email us here thru eBay. Keep in mind sale prices and fossils are already low margin items. As we say in Texas, “there is not much meat left on the bone.” Ridiculous offers will not get a response.
New paulstaberminerals website is under construction. We are working on our website, it is not operational yet. This will save you and I eBay’s 10% commission. Yes they charge us both.