The burlap is back! First Buzz: 2017 Topps Heritage baseball cards (will update)

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by mfw13

Buy last year's Heritage.....boxes are fairly cheap, and IMHO the 1967 design is even better than the 1968 design.

*High Number

[imbluestreak23]

Originally Posted by auctionjmm

I'm just curious, do you check the handling times of sellers when you purchase? I have 3 day handling and advertise this, and yet I constantly get messages from buyers asking where their cards are. I work 2 jobs on top of breaking hundreds of cases so I figure setting my handling time at 3 days is necessary but I've found that many buyers don't pay attention. No knock on you, but just curious. For example, an order placed on Thursday doesn't need to ship until Tuesday based on a 3 day handling period. So while that may seem slow to some, it's still within the handling timeframe. I get just as frustrated with the "why haven't you shipped" e-mails lol.

I've never been one of those annoying buyers that sends out "why haven't you shipped emails." While I dont work two jobs, I do average 70 hours per week (resident), so I can relate to the time issues.

Valid point on handling time, however...Sellers of Heritage, or any product for that matter are hell bent on being one of the first sellers to crack and list on eBay because the early bird gets the worm, yet it's frustrating when they don't apply those same time standards to delivering product to the buyers hands.

My random purchases throughout the year, meaning outside of purchasing through a bulk case breaker, are processed MUCH faster than bulk case breakers. Yet, the bulk case breakers are always the fastest to list on eBay. Just an annoying standard of practice. If you want to be the fastest to list and maximize your revenue from your case break, then at least have the courtesy to do the same for buyers.

If you always ship slow, and you always list slow, then whatevs, I don't care. It just bugs me when the seller gets the price they want because they listed first...but then sit on the cards for 4-5 days before deciding to ship out. If you have the time to be the first group of sellers to list, you have the time to ship out relatively quickly, IMO.

[HadWayTooMuch]

Originally Posted by mfw13

Buy last year's Heritage.....boxes are fairly cheap, and IMHO the 1967 design is even better than the 1968 design.

I just bought a case of 2016 Heritage High along with 7 loose boxes cheap!!!

Red Auto Harper redemption
Red Auto Urias redemption
Maeda Auto Blue
Gold Refractor /5 Almora
and 3 other autos

Much cheaper than 1 case of 2017!

[joejoemay]

Originally Posted by HadWayTooMuch

I just bought a case of 2016 Heritage High along with 7 loose boxes cheap!!!

Red Auto Harper redemption
Red Auto Urias redemption
Maeda Auto Blue
Gold Refractor /5 Almora
and 3 other autos

Much cheaper than 1 case of 2017!

Nice hits...

[HadWayTooMuch]

Originally Posted by joejoemay

Nice hits...

Thanks. The first 7 boxes that were loose were not good. One black refractor and a Maeda auto. That's the highlights of 7 boxes.

Then I rocked the case!!! It had 5 autos in it including 3 Reds!

All 19 boxes were much cheaper than 1 case of 2017!

[joejoemay]

Originally Posted by imbluestreak23

I'm never one of those annoying buyers that sends out "why haven't you shipped emails." While I do work two jobs, I do average 70 hours per week (resident), so I can relate.

Valid point on handling time, however...Sellers of Heritage, or any product for that matter are hell bent on being one of the first sellers to crack and list on eBay because the early bird gets the worm, yet it's frustrating when they don't apply those same time standards to delivering product to the buyers hands.

My random purchases throughout the year, meaning outside of purchasing through a bulk case breaker, are processed MUCH faster than bulk case breakers. Yet, the bulk case breakers are always the fastest to list on eBay. Just an annoying standard of practice.

I am horrible at mailing quickly...I'm not a hobby store and like many just do this in my spare time; so I gotten quite a few of those e-mails in the past but I now try and always reach out first when I've been delayed or busy with work and that has cut the complaint mails down to non existent. Honestly guys are just so afraid of getting forgotten or ripped off that they just want to be reassured...I would just have a nice canned e-mail explaining your shipping times (again)..."Hey thanks for buying, I'm a working guy and collector with a full time job and not a big dealer who does this for a living so please allow me some time for shipping." Doesn't bother me if it takes a week or two to get to me when I know the guy is just a collector / dabbling in dealer like me. Heck I'd give you a month!

[arkeeper]

Doesn't top rated seller require 1 business day handling?

[rcgdodge]

Originally Posted by joejoemay

I am horrible at mailing quickly...I'm not a hobby store and like many just do this in my spare time; so I gotten quite a few of those e-mails in the past but I now try and always reach out first when I've been delayed or busy with work and that has cut the complaint mails down to non existent. Honestly guys are just so afraid of getting forgotten or ripped off that they just want to be reassured...I would just have a nice canned e-mail explaining your shipping times (again)..."Hey thanks for buying, I'm a working guy and collector with a full time job and not a big dealer who does this for a living so please allow me some time for shipping." Doesn't bother me if it takes a week or two to get to me when I know the guy is just a collector / dabbling in dealer like me. Heck I'd give you a month!

Its easy to do it all from home though....

If you're going to be selling a lot get yourself a thermal printer.

Stick the label to the bubble mailer and throw it in the mailbox. Takes like 2 minutes.

Beats going to the post office and waiting in lines.

I have a full time job, and a toddler, and help my wife with her business. I get everything shipped out the next day.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by rcgdodge

Its easy to do it all from home though....

If you're going to be selling a lot get yourself a thermal printer.

Stick the label to the bubble mailer and throw it in the mailbox. Takes like 2 minutes.

Beats going to the post office and waiting in lines.

I have a full time job, and a toddler, and help my wife with her business. I get everything shipped out the next day.

You are a shipping expert though...guru even.

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by rcgdodge

Its easy to do it all from home though....

If you're going to be selling a lot get yourself a thermal printer.

Stick the label to the bubble mailer and throw it in the mailbox. Takes like 2 minutes.

Beats going to the post office and waiting in lines.

I have a full time job, and a toddler, and help my wife with her business. I get everything shipped out the next day.

That's a bit of a simplification.

#1 - Packages must be taken to the post office
#2 - As Brent noted upthread, many people share "outgoing" mail boxes if they live in apartments/condos, etc., which are often not big enough to accept anything thicker/larger than a standard flat envelope.

[rcgdodge]

Originally Posted by mfw13

That's a bit of a simplification.

#1 - Packages must be taken to the post office
#2 - As Brent noted upthread, many people share "outgoing" mail boxes if they live in apartments/condos, etc., which are often not big enough to accept anything thicker/larger than a standard flat envelope.

#1 - Packages that are bigger than your mailbox, yes they need to go to the post office. You can fill a flat rate box and stick it in your mailbox though.

#2 - Can't help you there....you can still print them all from home and then just drop them off at the post office.

[okumeister]

Originally Posted by mfw13

If you receive the box as described it would be very bad form to leave negative feedback. Ding the seller's rating for speed of shipping, but if you leave a negative feedback simply for slow shipping you are going to find yourself on a lot of sellers' blocked lists very quickly.

Shipping and handling are expected within 2 days as stated on eBay listing.
I don't see how it is a "bad form" to give the seller a negative feedback for all the right reasons, especially after sending him messages asking for clarification on the status.
The guy was pre-selling boxes of Heritage, then prints out the shipping label on 2nd March, but never actually shipped it until 8th March.
I sell stuff on eBay as well, and have full time job, but send stuff out usually on the same day or next day of sales completion, and at least within 2 business days. It's not that hard.
If a seller can't ship out within 2 days, he/she should not be selling on eBay, or should be indicated on the listing that shipments might be delayed with reason, or message should be sent to the buyer to explain.

I'll stop here cause this is a Heritage thread and not a Shipping thread.

[RDubble3000]

Opened my first box last night and pulled a Rizzo action in my first pack. Pretty uneventful after that until I hit the autograph.


Benintendi Player Sample Auto

[JacobCYE]

BOOM nice hit on the player sample auto!

[Bhenry4]

How many Benny player sample autos is that now? 5?

[auctionjmm]

Originally Posted by rcgdodge

Its easy to do it all from home though....

If you're going to be selling a lot get yourself a thermal printer.

Stick the label to the bubble mailer and throw it in the mailbox. Takes like 2 minutes.

Beats going to the post office and waiting in lines.

I have a full time job, and a toddler, and help my wife with her business. I get everything shipped out the next day.

What is your volume though? I've sold 393 items from Heritage so far. I'm still listing auctions and sorting every day as well. I can understand slapping 10 labels a day on envelopes being an easy task but processing hundreds of orders, and listing, and sorting in one week is not at all easy.

[auctionjmm]

Originally Posted by imbluestreak23

I've never been one of those annoying buyers that sends out "why haven't you shipped emails." While I dont work two jobs, I do average 70 hours per week (resident), so I can relate to the time issues.

Valid point on handling time, however...Sellers of Heritage, or any product for that matter are hell bent on being one of the first sellers to crack and list on eBay because the early bird gets the worm, yet it's frustrating when they don't apply those same time standards to delivering product to the buyers hands.

My random purchases throughout the year, meaning outside of purchasing through a bulk case breaker, are processed MUCH faster than bulk case breakers. Yet, the bulk case breakers are always the fastest to list on eBay. Just an annoying standard of practice. If you want to be the fastest to list and maximize your revenue from your case break, then at least have the courtesy to do the same for buyers.

If you always ship slow, and you always list slow, then whatevs, I don't care. It just bugs me when the seller gets the price they want because they listed first...but then sit on the cards for 4-5 days before deciding to ship out. If you have the time to be the first group of sellers to list, you have the time to ship out relatively quickly, IMO.

This doesn't make sense. The speed at which one lists cannot usually correlate positively with the speed of shipment because both tasks are extremely time intensive as volume increases. A slow lister is more likely to ship quickly while a quick lister is more likely to ship slowly. The fact that you expect the opposite isn't even logical thinking.

And just to expand on the concept further, bulk case breakers have a lot more variety, can offer better prices, and huge shipping discounts, so it's not a one-way street either. A customer who needs 40 singles to finish a master set can shop with one breaker and save a ton of money. So it's not like we are just rushing to get the early money and not doing a service for our customers.

To be clear though, shipping complaints are few and far between. 99.9% of buyers really don't care from my experience.

[rcgdodge]

Originally Posted by auctionjmm

What is your volume though? I've sold 393 items from Heritage so far. I'm still listing auctions and sorting every day as well. I can understand slapping 10 labels a day on envelopes being an easy task but processing hundreds of orders, and listing, and sorting in one week is not at all easy.

I spend over an hour every night shipping for my wife's business.

Sometimes 40 packages a night, sometimes 10 packages a night. Been doing it every night for 10 months now on top of my full time job and dealing with a toddler.

[DizzyDSki]

I'm likely going to break all of the cases that I'm getting, but with the first three I've received, two have a "0487CM2" stamp and one has a "0467CM3" stamp on the outside. I heard there were some "problematic" cases as well. Do these serial numbers match up with anyone's experience, good or bad? If you'd rather not post, please PM me if you can. Like I said, I'm sure I'll open all of them either way, just kinda curious!

[Stech36]

Originally Posted by RDubble3000

Opened my first box last night and pulled a Rizzo action in my first pack. Pretty uneventful after that until I hit the autograph.


Benintendi Player Sample Auto

I pulled one last night as well!



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[auctionjmm]

Originally Posted by rcgdodge

I spend over an hour every night shipping for my wife's business.

Sometimes 40 packages a night, sometimes 10 packages a night. Been doing it every night for 10 months now on top of my full time job and dealing with a toddler.

Ok but that's different. An hour a night is nothing. We are talking about sellers who work all day and then come home to 6-7 hours of eBay work. It's too simple to to just say a thermal printer can save time and take 2 minutes. I am looking at the bigger picture from answering customer e-mails, to printing packing slips, picking orders, sleeving and top loading the orders, entering the package weights, printing the labels, and then finally stuffing the envelopes. And none of this counts the constant scanning, sorting, listing that also must take place.

It's a much larger process that doesn't become a whole lot quicker with a nicer printer. You can be extremely efficient and still require time.

[rcgdodge]

Originally Posted by auctionjmm

Ok but that's different. An hour a night is nothing. We are talking about sellers who work all day and then come home to 6-7 hours of eBay work. It's too simple to to just say a thermal printer can save time and take 2 minutes. I am looking at the bigger picture from answering customer e-mails, to printing packing slips, picking orders, sleeving and top loading the orders, entering the package weights, printing the labels, and then finally stuffing the envelopes. And none of this counts the constant scanning, sorting, listing that also must take place.

It's a much larger process that doesn't become a whole lot quicker with a nicer printer. You can be extremely efficient and still require time.

Digital scale helps too.

Anyway...back on track.

I should have some more action variations coming in tonight.

[imbluestreak23]

Originally Posted by auctionjmm

This doesn't make sense. The speed at which one lists cannot usually correlate positively with the speed of shipment because both tasks are extremely time intensive as volume increases. A slow lister is more likely to ship quickly while a quick lister is more likely to ship slowly. The fact that you expect the opposite isn't even logical thinking.

And just to expand on the concept further, bulk case breakers have a lot more variety, can offer better prices, and huge shipping discounts, so it's not a one-way street either. A customer who needs 40 singles to finish a master set can shop with one breaker and save a ton of money. So it's not like we are just rushing to get the early money and not doing a service for our customers.

To be clear though, shipping complaints are few and far between. 99.9% of buyers really don't care from my experience.

My points make plenty of sense to me lol.

But I'm not trying to derail the thread. I was simply stating that dropping 4 figs on cardboard and only receiving 3 packages since release is frustrating. Please give me space to vent. It's 2017, I deserve it!!

[joejoemay]

Originally Posted by imbluestreak23

My points make plenty of sense to me lol.

But I'm not trying to derail the thread. I was simply stating that dropping 4 figs on cardboard and only receiving 3 packages since release is frustrating. Please give me space to vent. It's 2017, I deserve it!!

That does kinda suck

[mfw13]

Originally Posted by okumeister

Shipping and handling are expected within 2 days as stated on eBay listing.
I don't see how it is a "bad form" to give the seller a negative feedback for all the right reasons, especially after sending him messages asking for clarification on the status.
The guy was pre-selling boxes of Heritage, then prints out the shipping label on 2nd March, but never actually shipped it until 8th March.
I sell stuff on eBay as well, and have full time job, but send stuff out usually on the same day or next day of sales completion, and at least within 2 business days. It's not that hard.
If a seller can't ship out within 2 days, he/she should not be selling on eBay, or should be indicated on the listing that shipments might be delayed with reason, or message should be sent to the buyer to explain.

I'll stop here cause this is a Heritage thread and not a Shipping thread.

You can do whatever you want....but leaving negatives for slow shipping is going to get you on a lot of people's banned lists very quickly.

The general rule of thumb is that if you get the item in the condition it was described in, you leave positive feedback.

If you feel really strongly about the slow shipping/poor communication, maybe leave neutral feedback, but you are asking for trouble if you neg someone just because of slow shipping.