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Delivering bags: courier, local or collection
Light, bulky and shape-sensitive. The box is bigger than you think and that is the whole cost.
Questions to ask before bidding on jewellery or a watch
Weigh it, show the mark, show it running. Three requests that cover most of the risk.
Delivering collectibles: courier, local or collection
Measure the packed box, not the object. That one habit prevents most of the losses here.
Questions to ask before bidding on sneakers
Four questions, and the one where a vague answer should cost the seller your bid.
Delivering manga and figures: courier, local or collection
Books get heavy fast and figures get large fast. Different problems, same show.
Delivering minerals and crystals: courier, local or collection
Dense, brittle and heavier than the photograph suggests. Weigh before you quote.
Delivering handmade work: courier, local or collection
Fired, carved and lacquered work chips at the edges. Double-boxing is the answer, and it has a cost.
Delivering artwork: courier, local or collection
Unframed travels. Framed is a decision, and usually the wrong one.
Delivering antiques: courier, local or collection
The most fragile category on the site, and the one where collection is most often the right answer.
Delivering film posters: courier, local or collection
A tube is light and long. A folded sheet is flat and fragile. Price them differently.
Delivering cricket memorabilia: courier, local or collection
A bat is a length surcharge waiting to happen. Check before you quote, not after.
Delivering sports memorabilia: courier, local or collection
Shirts post easily, frames should not post at all, and bats are a length problem.
Delivering sports cards: courier, local or collection
The cheapest parcels on the site, and the ones where a wrong rate rule does the most damage.
Delivering toys and collectibles: courier, local or collection
The box is the item, which makes the parcel bigger than the thing inside it.
Delivering video games: courier, local or collection
Games post easily. Consoles are a different parcel and a different decision.
Delivering records: courier, local or collection
Flat, heavy, and warped by a hot van. The method matters less than the timing.
Delivering books and films: courier, local or collection
Heavier than anyone expects, and the category where a flat rate hurts most.
Delivering sarees: courier, local or collection
Light, foldable and almost ideal to post — as long as the monsoon is accounted for.
Delivering comics: courier, local or collection
Light individually, heavy in runs, and ruined by damp whichever way they travel.
Delivering coins and notes: courier, local or collection
Heavy for their size, valuable for their weight, and best sent quietly.
Delivering trading cards: courier, local or collection
The lightest thing you will ever post, and the one where rate rules matter most.
Delivering jewellery and watches: courier, local or collection
Small and valuable, which makes this the one category where the method is a security decision.
Delivering sneakers: courier, local or collection
Light, boxed and robust — the easiest category on the site to post, with one exception.
Photographing food and drink
The label, the date and the seal. Appetising comes second.
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