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Originally posted by Graham:
Got a case of Heroes for $380 including postage to the UK Paid on Friday and got the case on Wednesday. Speed of service was superb and... NO CUSTOMS CHARGE

Opening them tomorrow. Let's hope my luck holds out

well done
and no customs - even better!
if delivered by Royal Mail, home and dry
BUT - if from another courier don't count your chickens just yet - to speed up delivery, many pay the customs themselves, then send you the bill a little later .....
happened to me a few times , just when you think you've got away with it

My best eBay find was that I purchased both the 1993 and 1994 TV WEEK promo card sets (from Australia) WITH binders for less than $70. While I already had the card sets complete, just finding the binders, especially Series 1 was wonderful. I remember that I set my alarm clock to get up at 3am on a work night just to make sure that I had the opportunity to win them. It was hard to go back to sleep after I did. Kind of like a kid at Christmas time.

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Originally posted by doggonit:
BUT - if from another courier don't count your chickens just yet - to speed up delivery, many pay the customs themselves, then send you the bill a little later .....
happened to me a few times , just when you think you've got away with it

So true. I've received an invoice on Friday for VAT from TNT for stuff they delivered a week or so ago.

Royal Mail delivered No extra payment required

Congrats to everyone!!

I had a bit of luck on Ebay recently. I can't post pics yet but I will as soon as I can.

Fantastic 4: Dr. Doom Cloak- Black .99cents
Dr. Doom Cloak- Red variant .99cents

Alias: Angus Scrimm auto for just over 4 dollars
David Cronenburg auto just over 9 dollars
(I've been wanting these two for awhile, I just can't remember how much exactly but I know it was cheaper than what I expected to pay)

and, I can't beleive my luck last night when I found the 'Holy Grail' auto for my Witchblade soon-to-be finished master set.

A Yancy Butler auto card (I was the 2nd person to see it) just listed for a BIN of $32.99 or best offer. I offered him 29.00 which would have made the shipping almost free- and it was ACCEPTED!!!!

It's even psa grade 8 and it comes with the redemption card.

I couldn't sleep last night! lol

Great stuff Holly, well done.

congrats to everyone

Congrats on all the great finds everyone.

I got Roswell 9 card set and the 6 card Set for .99 GBP each.

Now thats just silly but congrats on a really superb deal.

My Thunderbirds movie set is two cards closer to completion with the arrival of the Lex Shrapnel autograph card (AC7) and the Brain's Lab Coat costume card (TC3) for £2.99 each. And this time, (making a change from my usual posts) I DID get them on eBay!
Au Res.,
Paul

Well my DC Legacy sketch addiction continues...I got this sweet one off eBay for $45(incl. s&h) from Australia!

I fell in love the minute I saw it and it is GORGEOUS in real life.



Val

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Originally posted by CordeliaChase_Fan:
Well my DC Legacy sketch addiction continues...I got this sweet one off eBay for $45(incl. s&h) from Australia!

I fell in love the minute I saw it and it is GORGEOUS in real life.



Val

Very nice sketch. What really caught my attention is the signature. I've never seen a Tone Rodriguez where he signed a recognizable signature, it has always been a really squiggley signature. I think you have something unique. Weird.

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Originally posted by wolfie:
Great stuff Holly, well done.

Thanks Wolfie
and Peter

my first master set is almost complete!! (hmm, a 'mad scientist' vibe is setting in )

quote:

Originally posted by CordeliaChase_Fan:
Well my DC Legacy sketch addiction continues...I got this sweet one off eBay for $45(incl. s&h) from Australia!

I fell in love the minute I saw it and it is GORGEOUS in real life.



Val

That is a great looking card, Val and I tend to agree with Incardine. I've seen some of Tone R. sketch cards and couldn't read it very well. To have this one so readable- that alone I would think make this card very unique.

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Originally posted by hollypop:
Congrats to everyone!!

I had a bit of luck on Ebay recently. I can't post pics yet but I will as soon as I can.

Fantastic 4: Dr. Doom Cloak- Black .99cents
Dr. Doom Cloak- Red variant .99cents

Alias: Angus Scrimm auto for just over 4 dollars
David Cronenburg auto just over 9 dollars
(I've been wanting these two for awhile, I just can't remember how much exactly but I know it was cheaper than what I expected to pay)

and, I can't beleive my luck last night when I found the 'Holy Grail' auto for my Witchblade soon-to-be finished master set.

A Yancy Butler auto card (I was the 2nd person to see it) just listed for a BIN of $32.99 or best offer. I offered him 29.00 which would have made the shipping almost free- and it was ACCEPTED!!!!

It's even psa grade 8 and it comes with the redemption card.

I couldn't sleep last night! lol

Why for $3.00 would you have jeopardized losing your "grail" to someone else?

^^^ I guess I just like to take those kinds of chances.

Living for the little thrills of life lol

Doesn't matter.. I got the card and it looks great!!

Congrats, Sarah and Quaint1!!

I've added to my Thunderbirds collection by picking up the Ron Cook (Parker) autograph for £3.99 plus nominal postage.
Also, not on eBay, my relocated Local Store still had some boxes going cheap from their recent move and I got 1 box of Enterprise Season 1 and 4 for £10 each.
When I got home, and just before opening the boxes, I said to myself "Wouldn't it be great if I pulled the Brent Spiner or one of the cast, such as Dominic Keating?" I wasn't optimistic though.
Here is what I pulled:
Season 1


Season 4


Spooky!
I particularly like the fact (apart from the obvious of course!) that I pulled both the autograph and the costume card of the same character - Soval.
Once I've sorted out the cards I'll do a proper box breakdown in the appropriate section, and I may well be looking to trade chase (I had a box of Season 1 from a few years ago and so I might need to fill a couple of gaps!)
Au Res.,
Paul

Having now done a little iMdb'ing I realise that the Alec Newman card is quite a good pull as well, given his appearences in two episode of Angel S5 (as Drogyn), and British show Spooks, amongst other things (apparently he was in a couple of TV versions of "Dune" as well)
Au Res.,
Paul