Chanters on eBay

PJ · Post by PJ » Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:08 am

Couple of nice chanters on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... =WDVW&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... =WDVW&rd=1

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:50 am

Good luck to you Seth.

ausdag · Post by **ausdag** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:58 pm

What's with only supplying to the US and Canada? There's a huge market out there beyond the US of A and Canadia.

Cheers,

DavidG

PJ · Post by PJ » Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:14 pm

I think it's just to keep the shipping costs under control. A few months back he was selling some bellows "US only". I emailed him and told him I'd like to bid. He opened up the sale to Canada, no problem. I'm pretty sure if you email or PM him he'll open up the sale to the Wallabies (nice win against the Springboks BTW).

MikeyLikesIt · Post by **MikeyLikesIt** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:33 pm

Beautiful looking work there Seth!

Particularly the grain on that Rosewood chanter. Stunning! Wish all the best on the auctions.

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:48 pm

ausdag wrote:What's with only supplying to the US and Canada? There's a huge market out there beyond the US of A and Canadia.

Cheers,

DavidG

Perhaps Seth is trying to cut down on the risks of selling on ebay.

Mukade

texasbagpiper · Post by **texasbagpiper** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:54 am

I would like to sell out of the country, but It's tracking issues that worries me, and also shipping prices... You never know how much to charge for shipping overseas and with UPS its usually very expensive..... I need to check I think UPS can be tracked worldwide.....

I have potential buyers in Italy and Germany , but cannot make up my mind on doing International bussiness just yet.....

No E · Post by **No E** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:27 am

You can track UPS internationally. You can get very reliable estimates of shipping costs, as long as you know the destination and the weight and DIMENSIONS of your parcel. Many people run into trouble because frieght forwarders use "dimensional weight," which can be a real shock when shipping bulky but not-so-heavy items. Don't be afraid of doing business intenationally--it takes some careful planning, but it's well worth it.

No E

texasbagpiper · Post by **texasbagpiper** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:37 am

Thanks, Mister E

, I know it would help business....

Jessica Ventura · Post by **Jessica Ventura** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:50 pm

You might also check with the United States Post Office. They also offer a thing called Global Express that provides tracking. Quite a bit less costly than UPS.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:16 pm

Jessie wrote:Quite a bit less costly than UPS.

Quite a bit more reliable than UPS, as well. I don't know how Agent Brown is in the US, but delivery to Canada is atrocious. If you don't want to go with USPS for some reason, I would recommend Fedex.

djm

PJ · Post by PJ » Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:58 pm

Not much time left for the Rosewood chanter - 20 hours. At $200 someone's going to get quite the bargain.

The bloodwood chanter still has 2 days to go.

Jim McGuire · Post by **Jim McGuire** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:25 pm

You can use the USPS web site for planning: http://www.usps.com/ . Tracking, insurance, it's all possible.

UPS does not have its own offices worldwide. Both UPS and FedEx end up using agents in foreign countries. DHL has office presence all over the world and is considered easier to use for the the importer and exporter.
Canada enjoys easier Customs rules than shipments going outside of North America. Having said that, I just shipped something to Canada and had to put my first name on the package, not just my initial - a new rule from Canada.

TheKingPrawn · Post by **TheKingPrawn** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:55 pm

It doesn't say who the maker is. Any ideas?

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:13 am

He has posted to this thread a couple of times.

Mukade