Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
09:46:42pm
EDIT: I found a couple on HipStamp that were reasonable so I'm down to 76 now. But I still saw some sellers asking 10 times as much as others for the same stamp in the same condition. Wouldn't it make sense to check what others are asking before you list a stamp? But maybe I'm being way too logical!
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Remember the old adage "Buyer Beware".
To expect every seller to have the same price for identical stamps is asking the impossible.
Expecting to pay the same price or near enough the same price from say a collector selling their duplicates and comparing it with a company say like Gibbons with their massive overheads is questionable.
I bet you a pint of milk from Walmart is cheaper than a pint of milk from Harrods!
We have a saying in Old Caledonia "You pays your money and you takes your choice".
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11:38:19am
All great points Ian and as always, very well said! Have a great week!!!
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These are a couple of my last letters to Russia, I wonder if it is the same way from Russia to the US, I haven't got any mail from Russia in quite a while.
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With regards to "high" prices for Russia stamps it was inevitable that the prices would increase from 500 days ago.
Look at your history.
When the "Falklands War" started the price of all Falkland stamps increased. The same happened with Vietnam stamps in the late 50's and 60's and through to the early 70's. Even Grenada stamp prices increased thanks to the American invasion.
Yup! Wars affect the prices of stamps. Look at the price of the stamps/souvinir sheets/ FDC's of that Ukranian soldier standing telling the Russians to "go away".
Once the conflict scales down or finishes prices then revert to some kind of normality.
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09:43:20pm
Ian, I must be really dense, that never even occurred to me! Duh!! Or as Homer would say, Doh!!
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....interesting: "...absolutely idiotic shipping price..."
You know, today delivered from Israel to USA, "R - Par Avion", few shipment with one or two set inside, total value around 6.00 US$,
and shipping cost are exactly 10.00 euros per shipment - that is price that Postal Company want.
So, how to charge big envelope, protective material inside, time to spend "in waiting" inside Post Office Branch....?
Regarding "Service Suspended", here in Israel, from beginning of war there, it was some "private" sanctions imposed in mail to Russia,
where postal worker will refuse mail without reason, or ask just cash payment for postage, or will tell that no service to Russia
available .... after two weeks (personally checked), when people inside Central PO ask for official notice "to the public" about this
matter, all service resumed as nothing happened!
From Russia to Israel, no feeling that something is going wrong, probably one week more than usually time need.
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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
12 Jul 2023
09:46:42pm
Except for the really odd BOB stuff in my Minkus album there are only 78 stamps I am looking for. Some of these are very expensive but there are about 30 or so that should be OK as long as I don't try to get too many in a short time. It wasn't that long ago that I was doing just that, but now... It seems that most E-Bay sellers are asking absolutely ridiculous amounts for Russian material. And if I do manage to find one reasonably priced there's an absolutely idiotic shipping price. I'm starting to get really ticked!! I haven't looked on HipStamp lately though. I'll let you know later!!!
EDIT: I found a couple on HipStamp that were reasonable so I'm down to 76 now. But I still saw some sellers asking 10 times as much as others for the same stamp in the same condition. Wouldn't it make sense to check what others are asking before you list a stamp? But maybe I'm being way too logical!
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11:17:18am
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re: Russian stamps outrageous on E-Bay
Remember the old adage "Buyer Beware".
To expect every seller to have the same price for identical stamps is asking the impossible.
Expecting to pay the same price or near enough the same price from say a collector selling their duplicates and comparing it with a company say like Gibbons with their massive overheads is questionable.
I bet you a pint of milk from Walmart is cheaper than a pint of milk from Harrods!
We have a saying in Old Caledonia "You pays your money and you takes your choice".
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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
13 Jul 2023
11:38:19am
re: Russian stamps outrageous on E-Bay
All great points Ian and as always, very well said! Have a great week!!!
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re: Russian stamps outrageous on E-Bay
These are a couple of my last letters to Russia, I wonder if it is the same way from Russia to the US, I haven't got any mail from Russia in quite a while.
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07:49:19pm
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re: Russian stamps outrageous on E-Bay
With regards to "high" prices for Russia stamps it was inevitable that the prices would increase from 500 days ago.
Look at your history.
When the "Falklands War" started the price of all Falkland stamps increased. The same happened with Vietnam stamps in the late 50's and 60's and through to the early 70's. Even Grenada stamp prices increased thanks to the American invasion.
Yup! Wars affect the prices of stamps. Look at the price of the stamps/souvinir sheets/ FDC's of that Ukranian soldier standing telling the Russians to "go away".
Once the conflict scales down or finishes prices then revert to some kind of normality.
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This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
13 Jul 2023
09:43:20pm
re: Russian stamps outrageous on E-Bay
Ian, I must be really dense, that never even occurred to me! Duh!! Or as Homer would say, Doh!!
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re: Russian stamps outrageous on E-Bay
....interesting: "...absolutely idiotic shipping price..."
You know, today delivered from Israel to USA, "R - Par Avion", few shipment with one or two set inside, total value around 6.00 US$,
and shipping cost are exactly 10.00 euros per shipment - that is price that Postal Company want.
So, how to charge big envelope, protective material inside, time to spend "in waiting" inside Post Office Branch....?
Regarding "Service Suspended", here in Israel, from beginning of war there, it was some "private" sanctions imposed in mail to Russia,
where postal worker will refuse mail without reason, or ask just cash payment for postage, or will tell that no service to Russia
available .... after two weeks (personally checked), when people inside Central PO ask for official notice "to the public" about this
matter, all service resumed as nothing happened!
From Russia to Israel, no feeling that something is going wrong, probably one week more than usually time need.
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