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« on: April 01, 2019, 01:05:44 PM »
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« on: March 31, 2019, 08:40:39 PM »
Your girls are adorable! Especially your Nachtlight! 
Thanks! I think Nightlight is my fave of teh bunch! They are all really cute! I really like your Baby Mimic, too.
Thank you! I actually forgot I had made her believe it or not! Applejack does look great in that pose! The others are cute as well. 
Thanks!! They look like they came straight from the factory
Wow that's a supreme compliment!n thank you so much!!!
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« on: March 30, 2019, 02:32:59 PM »
Here are some of my customs in that pose, they're from a few years ago, and Applejack isn't my best work, but I love having her in that pose  Also including my Baby Mimic I found in my travels as well visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or login
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« on: March 18, 2019, 12:31:28 PM »
@heftysmurf, I understand your perspective now. I am fine with anyone not wanting to ship abroad because you personally don't want to. It's up to you. I just resent when the hassle word comes into it because I've had so many people be really rude about me being outside the US over the years.
For the record, this applies to UK only sellers, too - I hold them in the same contempt when they make the same excuses.
As for hassle, hassle is having to have an item shipped to a friend and pay double shipping because the original seller won't ship abroad :/ It happened with a pony recently - the one that went to Bangladesh and Dubai over Christmas - and it basically cost me 2x the pony cost to get her to me and took almost 4 months. That's hassle. And the GSP? That's also hassle.
In any case, all of it is easier now because you can do so much online. When I started I had to wait for people to send me $US - in CASH, argue with them when they sent me a MO that I couldn't cash, and entirely deal in an alien currency at high risk to transact overseas. As a result going to PO, signing a form and sending a pony after receiving a paypal payment seems pretty easy 
...Maybe I'm just getting old...
I'm glad we cleared that up I think I am getting old too, but I'm sure you have comparably LOADS more experience than me selling, especially when it comes to ponies. I will admit that I get easily overwhelmed by forms and procedures, its part of my anxiety issues, so I try to avoid extra complications at all costs...In any case like I said I do my best when it comes to other close-knit communities and friends for shipping overseas, its random ebay strangers that I'm not keen to go out of my way for...
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« on: March 18, 2019, 01:33:42 AM »
I think this is probably a discussion for another thread, but basically everything you just said is what offends me about US only shipping.
I never understand why some US sellers believe they have to go through more hassle than anyone overseas does shipping internationally. We do all the same things, plus currency conversion as well. USPS is no more complicated or more unreliable than Royal Mail is, either. I mean, USPS has sent my ponies to Bangladesh before, and Royal Mail has sent them to China, so I'd say they're about the same really.
Also, as buyers, we pay the high shipping costs and the custom fees, so they're our problem, not yours. (Unless you falsify the custom form, of course, which is never advisable).
I can't imagine you think we never have timewasters for whom we get a quote and then they vanish? I'm sure you don't. And the most trouble I've had over the years, buying and selling, has been with the US. But I tend to assume that's because I have done SO MANY transactions with the US that you're going to get some bad ones. So I just ignore it and move on.
If I do something terrible as a buyer, I expect to be slighted for it. But I don't expect to be slighted because someone in France or Spain or Italy (not even my country!) did something annoying two years ago :/
If someone told you they wouldn't ship to you because they had some hassle calculating shipping to someone in Canada or Mexico you'd probably be aggrieved.
We've ALL had bad experiences at some point but it's way better to judge on behaviour of the individual and not generalise on location.
Next time you buy from overseas, stop and think about the hassle to which your seller is going. You know you're not a timewaster (and so do I!), so you probably assume it's all fine and doesn't count. But the thing is, I also know I'm not a timewaster. I have 20 years of ebay feedback and also feedback here that proves it. Yet some people choose not to ship to me because of my location, not because of my reputation as a buyer, because people like me are 'hassle'.
You wouldn't want to be treated like that...but that's how it is for the rest of us when a seller decides all foreign people are not worth going the extra mile for because one was a waste of time.
So yeah. If you don't want to ship internationally then just don't do it. It's absolutely your choice where you ship to. Just don't make it about overseas hassle and past timewasters, because that's offensive. As a buyer it's easier to accept a US only seller who just doesn't want to ship overseas, rather than one who's blaming all of us for the actions of a few.
I'll preface this by saying I am INCREDIBLY grateful for international sellers who are willing to ship overseas to America (etc)...My collection would be so incomplete without help from foreign sellers, and that's not a notion that's lost to me. I can only base my experiences with USPS on firsthand, and IMO the service is not up to teh same standards as its overseas counterparts. I may be wrong about that, but the experiences I've had even internally/nationally are bad, so I'm basing my opinion on those experiences. Are comparable services in other countries just as bad, if not worse in some cases?, probably, I don't know, i have I've only ever lived in and shipped from North America. I've never judged anyone based upon their location and did not insinuate that my bad experiences were any better or worse than anyone elses. I hope it was clear that everything I said in my second quote above was my opinion only. I iterated that at the end of my paragraph. Bottom line is, its a hassle to me, and not one I am willing to make efforts for random ebay customers. I'm sorry if you feel I insinuated that the hassle for Americans was any greater, that was not my intention. I think it's a hassle to sell no matter what country you are in and no matter what you are selling. I try to keep my sales as simple and streamlined as possible, and I've been VERY pleased with the results of the streamlining, and didn't ever feel like i "lost" a sale by being exclusive... One final thing i will note: if t wasn't already obvious, all of this only applies to ebay. I always have exceptions for this and other online communities when it comes to shipping...
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« on: March 18, 2019, 12:17:38 AM »
The seller made it clear to me that he was willing to ship internationally and that he was going to turn off GSP on the next round of auctions in order to do so without the risk of damage to the items. That's what he told me.
I am not personally a fan of own country only shipping but at the end of the day it's the seller's profit that gets the hit, so it's not really my problem. So long as it isn't coupled with the excuse that "foreigners are bad", which so commonly comes up as an excuse, it's really too much bother to concern over.
What I was suggesting was that he didn't know how to turn on normal shipping options since GSP I think is default often on US auctions. And of course international people will still be able to bid because you can't shut off your items from being seen, even if you don't want to ship overseas. Like I said before, it is literally a matter of changing the url.
OIC, Well I'm glad he is willing to ship internationally for our fans... For me personally it is most certainly not a matter of having an attitude of "foreign people are bad" (I have plenty of overseas friends whom I will and have shipped for), Its the hassle of customs forms, the prohibitive cost and the time wasters. For example, when I have agreed to ship overseas in the past, gone to the trouble of getting a quote, only to come back with the rate and get told "nevermind" or simply not get paid. There's just too many factors that make it not worth my time and trouble. Couple that with what is arguably a much worse service overall (USPS after all is not known for its cooperative attitude in my experience) compared to the services available overseas, and its an easier decision to exclude, rather than open a can of proverbial worms...This is just my experience and opinion though....
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« on: March 17, 2019, 11:31:29 PM »
@Hefty, the MH poster came from the UK Monster High magazine. I think there was usually a poster in every issue.
oh! cool! no wonder I hadn't seen it before! International collectors are pretty lucky when it comes to some exclusive content stuff!!!
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« on: March 17, 2019, 11:17:10 PM »
I think that international would appear in the list of rules if it were actively being blocked. He also said he wasn't going to use GSP again. Two of his auctions have it but the rest don't. Maybe he doesn't know how to add other shipping options if he doesn't usually ship overseas. If he wasn't willing to do that the time zone comment seems redundant. (Giving a clue as to what time zone he is in would help with the Googling though).
Ebays system for not willing to ship internationally as a US seller is incredibly complicated, so I'm not surprised some have gotten through. They do NOT make it easy! In fact I would swear they make it more complicated! I have to go over my auctions with a fine tooth comb, I have my preferences set with an exclusion list and yet somehow people have still managed to buy from me internationally...So I'm not surprised by his frustration, and like you I actually lean toward sympathizing with him overall for this and several other reasons....Still, he could handle his wording a little nicer, but I kinda understand where he's coming from if I'm being honest...
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« on: March 16, 2019, 11:55:37 AM »
You've seen my room, I think, but it's a whole lot messier since these were taken.
I love seeing pics of your room! its so organized, even if you think its messy now, it has a firm foundation Your customs collection is drool-worthy!!!! My girlfriend and I have been working on creating a Wall of Cute displaying some favourite ponies and also other toys we've collected such as Monster High, Kitty in my Pocket, Ty Beanies, Sylvanians etc.
The Main Pony Shelves: http://imgur.com/a/G4wjYbd
A few more ponies, plus bonus Sylvanians: http://imgur.com/a/l6N9eup
A few photos of the Wall in its entirety: http://imgur.com/a/5I17IJ9
Love seeing some Monster High mixed in! Where did you get that Monster high poster? I've never seen it, and I consider myself an afficiando on MH!
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« on: March 16, 2019, 11:49:57 AM »
love that it has a name "Dazzle Dancer"!!!! and a mark on its rump! too cute, I'm sure you'll have one happy kitty!
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« on: March 12, 2019, 11:49:13 AM »
I love seeing everyone's collections! I'd post mine but they're sorta scattered. Only my Fluttershy and Sweet Stuff army are close enough to get pictures of.
I love your dragons and your Smurfs 
Show us your Armies!!! The dragons are definitely a highlight of my collection You guys have so many drool-worthy ponies - congrats! You have every right to be proud of your collections I don't have a photo of my full (though much more modest) collection, but will try to take some on the weekend. I did receive some new ponies yesterday though, which I am extremely happy about. They came from America from an amazingly efficient seller called strawberrybabyhugs.
Thanks, would love to see pics of your latest score https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=380518579034379&set=a.333915690361335&type=3&theater
Great collection! Love seeing some Monster HIgh representation!
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« on: March 10, 2019, 09:13:51 PM »
now on ebay
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« on: March 09, 2019, 04:38:15 PM »
Added a third shelf today: visitors can't see pics , please register or loginMore pics in the initial post of this thread
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