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Old 06-01-18, 04:32 PM
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Okay, I think a charge of £8 is above and beyond for something that is valued at £15, unless, he has clearly stated a method of delivery that was not 1st or 2nd class by RM.

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The online seller is 'endicimilitaria' (who also sell on ebay as just 'endici'). The single button was valued at £15.00 and the exact postage method was not specified at the checkout. The £8.00 was only referred to as a 'Delivery Charge' if I remember correctly.

Given the relatively low value of the button a 'Signed For' service (1st or 2nd) would have been more than adequate. As I said before, difficult to justify an £8.00 delivery charge in my view.

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Hello Frank

The online seller is 'endicimilitaria' (who also sell on ebay as just 'endici'). The single button was valued at £15.00 and the exact postage method was not specified at the checkout. The £8.00 was only referred to as a 'Delivery Charge' if I remember correctly.

Given the relatively low value of the button a 'Signed For' service (1st or 2nd) would have been more than adequate. As I said before, difficult to justify an £8.00 delivery charge in my view.

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I noted the same seller (and emailed him about it), has now lowered his postage costs to a more reasonable £3,50 for a single badge/button (within the UK). I'm not sure if it was the seller who wanted £8 or a glitch/mis-configured website.

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Old 06-01-18, 05:28 PM
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I noted the same seller (and emailed him about it), has now lowered his postage costs to a more reasonable £3,50 for a single badge/button (within the UK). I'm not sure if it was the seller who wanted £8 or a glitch/mis-configured website.

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Hello Steve

Thanks for that, very interesting. I have just checked the 'Delivery Charges' again and for the button I am interested in they are still showing as £8.00 for delivery within the UK! Worth an email to them perhaps but if it is a simple website error it must be putting a lot of people off.

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Old 06-01-18, 06:19 PM
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Roger, just checked and on Chrome and Internet explorer it shows £3.50 delivery in the UK (in fact anywhere in the world appears to be £3.50) add a second button and it jumps to £8, might be worth clearing your cookies out and trying again or emailing.

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Old 06-01-18, 06:28 PM
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It is certainly interesting to note that this particular seller charges from £0.95 on ebay and £3.50 on his own website for delivery of a button, notwithstanding, I very much doubt if a particular button sold on ebay for more than the published level of compensation incurred through theft or other loss, the charge of £0.95 would be very considerably greater.
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My point, in my last post, was that a dealer was going to charge me the standard rate of postage to send one badge and as I also won four more badges on his site he wanted to charge an extra UKP5.00 per badge on top of the postage. Each badge only cost UKP5.00 each. I agree with you, if a badge cost more than UKP200.00 then the postage would reflect that.
I feel that one or two dealers do take advantage with postage rates.
Most of the dealers I buy from are very helpful regarding postal costs.
It is a bit frustrating when a badge is only worth a few dollars, and they want to charge UKP11.00+ for one badge.
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Old 07-01-18, 12:29 PM
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Mike I will not attempt to refute your self justification I will leave your record of greed, lies, deceit, threats, and foul language do it for me chris
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Mike I will not attempt to refute your self justification I will leave your record of greed, lies, deceit, threats, and foul language do it for me chris
My lies Chris ? I havent cut and pasted the messages to fit the story. But i have them all .
Its funny ,the same weekend Gus Gemma (Ritchie Birch) politely asked about combined postage. He got his refund with his badges.
I hope you arent trying to imply ive lied Chris ,if youd have asked in a decent manor about it ,youd have got it . Unfortunately you didnt. It says a lot when dealers are saying they are very reluctant about having you as a customer. So got and sit in your rocking chair in front of the mirror and have a good long look at yourself.
Oh btw,it should be "let" not "leave" and you are crying over £5 maximum not £500. Id hardly call that greed,certainly not enough to retire on.
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Forum members, whilst I may not be the fountain of all wisdom regarding the selling or identification of British and Commonwealth cap badges, collar dogs, and titles cloth or metal I have been doing this for the past sixty plus years.
I am in the process of selling off part of my sixty plus years collected badges, when I sort them out and I will offer them first on this forum.
I cannot wonder but why people get problems with dealing online auctions, buy from forum members, it's easier . . !

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Forum members, whilst I may not be the fountain of all wisdom regarding the selling or identification of British and Commonwealth cap badges, collar dogs, and titles cloth or metal I have been doing this for the past sixty plus years.
I am in the process of selling off part of my sixty plus years collected badges, when I sort them out and I will offer them first on this forum.
I cannot wonder but why people get problems with dealing online auctions, buy from forum members, it's easier . . !

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Got any Oman cloth sleeve badges?

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Old 07-01-18, 06:59 PM
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There is certainly something in buying at retail, in it's various forms, quite frankly, I think a lot of people like the "thrill" of an auction, perhaps the chance of getting something cheap, but, with it, comes the chance of being disappointed.
I much prefer to buy of an individual who you know and trust, he states how much he wants and you simply pay him.

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Forum members, whilst I may not be the fountain of all wisdom regarding the selling or identification of British and Commonwealth cap badges, collar dogs, and titles cloth or metal I have been doing this for the past sixty plus years.
I am in the process of selling off part of my sixty plus years collected badges, when I sort them out and I will offer them first on this forum.
I cannot wonder but why people get problems with dealing online auctions, buy from forum members, it's easier . . !

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Forum members, whilst I may not be the fountain of all wisdom regarding the selling or identification of British and Commonwealth cap badges, collar dogs, and titles cloth or metal I have been doing this for the past sixty plus years.
I am in the process of selling off part of my sixty plus years collected badges, when I sort them out and I will offer them first on this forum.
I cannot wonder but why people get problems with dealing online auctions, buy from forum members, it's easier . . !

Rob
While were at it any Middlesex Regt going ?

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