This is one of
dozens of die cast metal models I have for sale, including VWs, vintage/classic
car models, planes and various NASCAR racers. Most still have their original packaging.
At any given time, I might have die cast listings from Ertl, Racing Champions, Johnny
Lightning, Gearbox, Hobby Masters, Danbury Mint, Burago, Jada, Dub City, Franklin Mint, Maisto, Corgi, Precision
Motors, Matchbox, etc. Some are the smallest 1:64 scale size (your traditional
Hot Wheels & Matchbox), others are much larger, like 1:24 or 1:18 scale.
US shipping
only, sent by insured Priority Mail. Have many other items (1,100+ listings typically)—home décor, jewelry, repurposed tin birdhouses, music, books—nonfiction,
self-help, Christian, mystery, suspense, biography, historical, sports, a
handful that are autographed, several by bestselling authors; audio books; home
décor; garden flags; dozens of carousel-related items; lighthouse-related; variety
of Coca Cola items; train / railroad items; sports related; Disney pins;
Elvis-related, and misc. listed and to list –so please check back or favorite
me as a seller to easily locate in the future.
Because of the
volume of items I’m listing (most from trying to downsize), returns are not
accepted.
Happy to
combine shipping (except books, which go by media mail---books can be combined
together OR all other items can be combined together via first class or
priority mail, depending on total weight). Please let me know BEFORE checking out so I can apply
shipping discount to the invoice.
SHIPPING
NOTE: most of my items
(unless books or weighing less than 6 ounces) are set up to do calculated
shipping. This means, based on the weight AND size of the item, plus your
unique zip code, eBay will come up with and show your shipping fee. Be aware
that anything over 12 inches gets dinged a bit on price (goes up a good bit)
and every few inches, the tier increases significantly. This means you will pay
a lot more for a package of the same weight if it is 21” long vs 14” long. I
try to be extremely fair on shipping, unlike some eBay sellers who charge
outrageous fees and pocket the difference. I had to start setting up calculated
shipping because the same package traveling 300 miles away costs far less than
if it goes 1,200 miles away. Buyers come from all over so I don’t know in
advance where it will need to be shipped. As a result, I ate dozens of partial
shipping costs (i.e. it cost me more to ship than whatever flat rate I had on
my listing), ranging anywhere from $1 to about $7. Enter calculated shipping to
eliminate that issue!
Part of why I
am telling you all this, is I have gotten several emails lately from potential
buyers asking about a high shipping fee. In a couple instances, the ship fee
was MORE than the item they were buying! It’s the calculated shipping, NOT what
I would prefer to charge for shipping. Shipping fees have gotten pretty crazy,
but there is really no way to work around that. FYI, anything 1 pound or
heavier cannot go by first class, which has a 16 oz limit. That almost always
means it will need to go by Priority Mail then, unless it’s books which ship
via the cheaper media mail rate.
2021: Additional
note on shipping times—shipping length has increased significantly for ALL
classes of mail. This is what happens when politicians tamper with the way the
post office is run. Please do NOT leave negative feedback based on how long it
took the item to arrive as I have absolutely ZERO control over that. Ditto if
an item that I have carefully wrapped gets broken in shipment. Contact me about
a broken issue, send me photos and we can proceed from there. If you are on a
deadline for getting an item (e.g. if it’s a birthday gift), do NOT expect
Priority Mail will get it there in 2 days as it has in the past. Priorities are
sometimes taking 4 days to a week or more now. Media mail, which was never
designed to ship fast, has gone from taking like 4 days to 2 weeks, to easily
taking a week to 3-4 weeks. Mind you, I am giving you best and worst case
scenarios based on how long I’m seeing packages I ship take to arrive these
last 4 months or so. Most likely, your shipment will fall somewhere in between
on those timelines.