All of our items are sold ‘AS-IS ’ and are described and photographed to provide you with all the information we feel you’ll need to make an informed purchase. If, however, you’d like more information or additional pictures for clarification, please don’t hesitate to eBay-Message your request. Requests for additional photos will need to include your regular (non-eBay) Email address.

We accept PayPal, cashiers checks and money orders, with PayPal being the preferred method. NO PERSONAL CHECKS. We request that, as a winning bidder, you make your payment within (3) days of the auction closing. Payments not made within seven (7) days after an auction closes will result in the bidder being reported to eBay as a non-paying bidder and a negative feedback will be given. We then reserve the right to re-list the item.

We know that buyers are more comfortable bidding on an item that carries a money-back guarantee and, as such, we offer one. However, this is only applicable if the buyer finds that what is received differs significantly from what was described and shown in the listing’s photo(s). Beyond that, all sales are final.

We ship exclusively via the US Postal Service. Domestic shipments go Priority Mail and international ones go either Priority International or First Class International (if it’s available, given the weight of the item). All shipments are picked up by the Postal Service each Thursday. Items for which payment is received by Tuesday will ship on Thursday of that same week. Items for which payment is received on Wednesday through the following Tuesday will ship on Thursday of that week.

All items are packed very carefully (see our feedback), but since we can’t control the handling by others, shipping insurance is required for any fragile or breakable items. This protects your investment and ours. We weigh each item on highly-accurate shipping scales and you pay only the actual shipping charges as calculated by the eBay shipping calculator*.  Please click on the <Calculate> button in the listing to determine the freight and insurance charges to your destination.

* Shipping charges quoted by eBay’s Shipping Calculator will include $2.00 for protective packaging materials. Now, before you raise an eyebrow at that, please check into the cost of bubble wrap and Styrofoam peanuts. Sure, we could pack things at a cheaper cost, but then you have to ask yourself……..would you really want us to ? As a former Postal worker, I know how packages get handled. You’re spending your hard-earned money on something you expect to receive in one piece. When you buy from us, your purchase gets packed like we’d want someone to pack something they were shipping to us. Very well.

INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: Changes made in May ‘07 by the US Postal Service pertaining to international shipping have caused a need for us to make some un-wanted changes ourselves. When we list an item, we have no way of knowing who the eventual buyer will be and where they will live. We always base shipping on using the smallest box we can that allows for sufficient protective padding. When an item ships to a US address, there’s no issue. But, when an item is shipped Priority International, the box must be large enough to accommodate a Customs forms envelope that measures 7-1/2” x 10-1/4”. Therefore, one side of the box must be at least that large. For that reason, the postage can be, and has been, higher than originally planned, based on box size, when the item was listed. We’ve already taken a beating a few times on international postage because of this issue and we can’t continue to simply absorb those extra costs. We can’t just figure on a larger box from the start, because then everybody from everywhere would end up paying more postage than necessary. The only way we feel we can deal with this issue is to raise the packing materials adder, for international shipments, from $2.00 to $5.00. We will monitor how well this covers the added postage amounts and may adjust the dollar figure, as needed, at a later date. It’s an unfortunate, but necessary change. PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER. It’s requested information on my Customs forms.