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I’m in Australia so this is from the receiving perspective rather than shipping from the US.
1. USPS, UPS, FEDEX, Other shipping company?
USPS is my preference.2. Does weight, distance, or country impact shipping company choice or cost?
Weight does. I like USPS because it has the cheapest options and I haven’t had any issues with reliability.
For a grabbag they can usually ship under $20 with First-Class International.
I try to get that option although I think if the parcel is over a certain weight I must choose Priority mail.3. Insurance? Yes, No, how much?
No. I don’t think you can get insurance with First-Class, and upgrading to Priority really heightens the cost. I figure I’ve never lost anything so the risk doesn’t seem great enough for me.4. Item value? Free vs. money value?
It doesn’t bother me, best to write the actual value for legal sake though. Luckily we don’t pay customs fees in Australia for items under $1000.5. Tracking or certified delivery?
Again like the insurance, the price jumps up too high.6. Preferred process? Like flat rate boxes or anything?
USPS – First-Class International or Priority Mail.
Not 100% sure, but I think flat-rate boxes are expensive (?)7. Cost or approximate cost?
From Memory for the WS items I normally buy:
GBs – under $20 First-class International
Adult Poads – around $20 First-class International
Adult Poads, Adult Kirins etc, Priority Mail, anything around the $50 mark.8. Differences shipping into US vs. out? [like I recieved a windstone from a forum member who lived outside the US and it arrived in my mail box like normal, but I’ve heard others complain about having to sign customs form and things]
I’d like to know anything from people receiving mail from outside the US. I tend to just ship them off (normally with tracking) and not think too much about it 😮
9. General advice or issues?
None! Yay!
Oh and shipping time is normally 6-10 days.Don’t give up! 🙂 If there’s little interest now, the next batch might have people trading up more pieces that they didn’t want to let go of before. I think some of the older batches may be harder to get as many might have a “forever” home.
As for the secret trading group, I absolutely thought there must be one too! I think it’s probably some people trading amongst friends though. I think the options are better trading publically (?), and the only “private” trades I’ve done is when I’ve offered a piece I usually wouldn’t for an item someone has up in trades, those kind of trades could appear private.
Azurielle: He is really pretty. I love all the different metallic colours in there, he looks quite cosmic!
Here is a uni I traded for whom I love! Reddy/orange and white lichen, with a bit of lavender on the back too. The colours match in pretty well with my Safari’s despite being different batches ^^
Family portrait day at Jolie’s. This is just the phone version; a bit too headachy to process & upload the “real” camera version.
The herd has gained quite a bit of color lately!
Love your tigerloosa and the aqua lichen! =)
***Updated!***
Mine came in today! Woohoo! 🙂
Here are updated photos, though still not the best.. Boo!! at icky weather!! lol
I missed these before. That one is my favourite of the two, he is really cute, especially with that green blaze.
I really seem to be favouring the lichen patterns!Were those the 12 that were going to be on ebay?
Does anyone know (just for curiosity sake) if the Ebay 12 were actually spares from the small 60 batch? They all look like that style and I thought I saw some of them in the old class photo.
My uni arrived 😀
Lichen berry? =D
The detail on this one looks amazing! I love that back pattern.Dragonfeathers: Love the cute blue face!
