Interesting, rare and sometimes cheap ebay items.

[griffin]

What is the go with US shipping costs lately, is it just me or did they go through the roof recently ???

Postage prices did go up recently in America, so for the seller to be covered by Paypal/Ebay in a dispute, they have to use a certain type of postage... which is now about 50% more than before.
Sellers can still use a cheaper shipping method, but if you claim that it didn't arrive, the seller can't prove to ebay that it was sent.
It's a shame too, as most of the good stuff is in America, but now shipping makes it impossible to buy individual or small items.
Best thing is to find someone with several items you want, and get a shipping quote for the combined lot.... or have someone over there that you can trust to buy and forward items to you. (or go to a convention over there and just splurge )
The American sellers won't care too much if they don't get any foreign buyers from the high postage costs, as most don't bother (or want) opening it up to non-Americans to begin with.

[UltraMarginal]

Postage prices did go up recently in America, so for the seller to be covered by Paypal/Ebay in a dispute, they have to use a certain type of postage... which is now about 50% more than before.
Sellers can still use a cheaper shipping method, but if you claim that it didn't arrive, the seller can't prove to ebay that it was sent.
It's a shame too, as most of the good stuff is in America, but now shipping makes it impossible to buy individual or small items.
Best thing is to find someone with several items you want, and get a shipping quote for the combined lot.... or have someone over there that you can trust to buy and forward items to you. (or go to a convention over there and just splurge )
The American sellers won't care too much if they don't get any foreign buyers from the high postage costs, as most don't bother (or want) opening it up to non-Americans to begin with.

the above is correct, but I'm getting a loose animated deluxe shipped over First Class Mail International (this seller is a trusting gentleman) and shipping is costing about the same amount as a pair of baseball cleats did 2 years ago. the cleats in their box woiuld have to be at least twice the size and weight of the deluxe. I'm yet to see the size of the box when it arrives.

[Kazza]

Whoa...

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TRANSFORM...2b38284&_uhb=1

[Mythirax]

Whoa...

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TRANSFORM...2b38284&_uhb=1

I always find gold stuff like that really tacky. Makes it look cheap, though the price clearly fixes that.

[griffin]

It's not worth anywhere near that, as it isn't "rare" for a Lucky Draw gold toy. They produced 100 of those, compared to 3-5 of regular Lucky Draw toys, which people try to sell for up to $5,000. This one is priced at half that, and is really only worth about $500-1000.

[Mythirax]

It's not worth anywhere near that, as it isn't "rare" for a Lucky Draw gold toy. They produced 100 of those, compared to 3-5 of regular Lucky Draw toys, which people try to sell for up to $5,000. This one is priced at half that, and is really only worth about $500-1000.

I guess a rule of thumb on ebay, when putting on an auction, get the price and add a billion percent. Still though, not a fan of the gold things. Looks like a KO.

[UltraMarginal]

I think that rodimus is one of the best lucky draws I've seen, the higher flat surface area help make it look more shiney, compared to a more modern one with very complex surface geometry, it's hard to pick out the actual shape on the more modern ones.

[Sinnertwin]

Lucky? At 2.5k i'm not feeling all that special