Multiple Purchases
If your bidding or buying more than one, don't pay until you have finished and ask for a combined postage, I post from 300k above Brisbane at Childers. Postage does vary a little on the distance but 2 Dolls are $28 Australia wide so very little to add a second one postage wise. And a 3rd and 4th are dearer and vary by distance but still a saving as one parcel. More than 4 may need to be sent by Sendle as Aust Post gets a bit dearer. Anyway 3 Dolls $34 (Brisbane) and $44 (Perth WA) vary on the distance 4 are between $38 (Brisbane Qld) to $58 (Perth WA). So the most postage would be to anywhere for multiple purchases postage wise is the Perth rate and the cheapest the Brisbane rate and in between will probably vary between the 2.
Terms I use
I
use different terms to describe issue’s with these rather than just say
it’s okay or it’s sealed buy it. I have quit a few hundred to sell in upcoming
months and some I have owned for 12 + years and %90 have been stored in a
smoke, pet free home, but most I bought from some other collectors so
not many are MINT condition but there are a lot of nice sealed ones as
that is what I mainly collected.
And taking pictures of LDD's has
alway's driven me crazy, reflections and what not so I put up the best
pic's I can get, then mark any noticeable dings scrapes etc and mark
with a circle on the last pics. Some marks don't show unless you get
the light reflecting from them and most are not visible from the front
when displayed and most were there when I bought them and many I bought
just had one or two bad low res picture's and a description saying as
new (because it was sealed) Anyway these are decent resolution pictures
so you can better view them. Some pictures will have reflections etc I
am not a profession photographer so if there is something you want a
better picture of let me know.
BLOW HOLES:-
This
is where there is a small hole generally round or oval which has formed
when the doll was shrink wrapped and just forms for various reason’s.
They are often also some in the sealed creases / joints. These are not
like rips or scratches caused by handling. They do however impact on
the overall rating of an item, as it cannot be considered MINT sealed
condition. I have also seen a couple where the blow hole was almost
the size of an egg but not often.
Scritches:-
These
are those small hard to see marks that only show up as you move the box
around to catch the light and I don’t know how they get there but there
is no real depth to them like a scratch or divot. They may just be
caused when being packed into boxes of 5 or 6 which is how most dolls
are shipped to the resellers, just sliding them in and out may do this
even though they have a thin bit of paper between them. Very few dolls
manage to get sold, resold and transported without 1 or 2 or more of
these.
Scratches:-
These
are generally more visible to, who the hell attacked this coffin and
with what. They can also be hard to see if thin but there deep enough
to be felt and may have even broken though the wrap. These I will
circle on another picture at the end so you can see it then find it on
the un-circled picture where it may not even be visible in the picture.
Divots:-
Where
there is almost a puncture where there is a very visible mark into the
wrap and possibly the coffin lid. It may also have just made a small
rip. These I also circle on a picture or put a solid circle that covers
it to show the size. View an un-circled picture to see what it looks
like.
Dint’s:-
Coffins
often have dent’s here and there and may not even show up in pictures
unless you get the correct angle, I will mention or circle these as
well.
Drag Marks:-
These
are similar to scritches but often more visible or wider. I believe
there when people place a coffin lying down and drag it off a shelf of
put another coffin on top and drag it off.
Taped Bit’s
These
are where someone or myself has taped over a rip or tear normally to
stop it spreading or getting caught when moving around.
Local Postage.
She will be sent bubble wrapped with tracking in a box made from 3mm MDF to survive Australia Post. She will also be fully insured.
Overseas Postage
As to overseas sales I will try that out on the rare ones and see how it goes. Gets a little expensive from Australia to some places. All rare and some not rare dolls to overseas will be packed bubble wrapped then into a 3mm thick MDF (Wood) postage box that I use for local post. (I make them on my laser so there pretty strong.) They will carry tracking and insurance for the value purchased and customs papers will show the full amount.
A note on our packing. The parcel will be brown paper wrapped with a heap of clear tape on it, and can be difficult to open. Best way can be to slice it with a blade carefully so you don't cut yourself. It is a 3mm thick MDF wood box and the lid clips in so you wont risk damaging the doll by just say slicing around the middle of the box from one end to another then lift the whole lot off, paper and tape. Or just slide it under the paper somewhere and run it around an edge etc.
The box lid is not glued, just clipped in as it locks in a little because of the way it is made as an interlocking box, and it is held in by a couple of lots of white painters tape. The lid clips in so well that you may think it's glued or removing the white tape may lift it off, just pry up one bit near a corner with a blunt anything like a flat screwdriver blade and once it's up a bit then the rest comes up easy.
The Doll is Bubble wrapped and we use white painters tape that should come off easier and also be wayyy more visible.
Also as the box is laser cut from MDF the corners and edges can be sharp so don't let the kids's play with it. Previously we used to sand the points on the corners and sanded the edges a little but it is a pain so now wrap and post, you can sand it if you want to.
Now enjoy your purchase and if you wish to use the box for something else like posting off a doll it's great as the box is very solid with the lid on and taped up, but just the box with no lid is a bit floppy and we don't go overboard on the glue so an end may fall off and you end up with things falling out if you fill it with heavy tools and want to carry it around.
Thank You
Terry