# Shipping Expensive Ebay Yoyos?
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330
**Category:** Unrelated Discussion
**Created:** [February 23, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330 "2017-02-23T17:01:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/1 "2017-02-23T17:01:23Z")
My Pyro I put up on ebay just sold for $378! I was hoping for some advice/opinions about how to handle shipping. At that price, should I be insuring it? Signature?
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### Author:  [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/2 "2017-02-23T17:03:22Z")
I ALWAYS insure a package if it’s $100 or more. If the package gets lost, you’ll be out that money plus your yoyo.
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### Author:  [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/3 "2017-02-23T17:08:20Z")
> [@Myk\_Myk](#):
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> My Pyro I put up on ebay just sold for $378! I was hoping for some advice/opinions about how to handle shipping. At that price, should I be insuring it? Signature?
Only ask for Sig if the buyer requests it. I hate it when seller does that to me, im rarely home to catch it and makes the whole thing a worse, longer, drawn out process that adds sometimes days to the drop off.
Always insure, track, priority is good. If you dont care to spend a little extra (easy come easy go, right?) get it there overnight. Hes happy, risk in minimal, transit times are diminished.
Otherwise, just treat it like all the others, just add some insurance.
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### Author:  [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/4 "2017-02-23T17:27:57Z")
I just looked, and the buyer is in Switzerland, so I’ll definitely insure. Been 36 hours and they haven’t paid, though…
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### Author:  [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/5 "2017-02-23T17:33:13Z")
> [@Myk\_Myk](#):
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> I just looked, and the buyer is in Switzerland, so I’ll definitely insure. Been 36 hours and they haven’t paid, though…
I would definitely insure it. I normally don’t unless it’s something expensive.
Has the buyer had any contact with you after the sale? The underbidder has a lot of transaction feedback so you may want to contact him/her in case the winner flakes.
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### Author:  [@Dust](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dust)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/6 "2017-02-23T17:50:22Z")
> [@Myk\_Myk](#):
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> I just looked, and the buyer is in Switzerland, so I’ll definitely insure. Been 36 hours and they haven’t paid, though…
Give him till 48 hours, if no payment, contact next in line. 🙂
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### Author:  [@WoodRat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WoodRat)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/7 "2017-02-23T18:16:27Z")
Insurance for sure! Hope the buyer comes through soon. I always try to pay my bids on the same day I win and wish buyers would do the same…
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### Author:  [@vegabomb](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/vegabomb)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/8 "2017-02-23T18:20:01Z")
> [@Myk\_Myk](#):
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> I just looked, and the buyer is in Switzerland
I just realized you said Switzerland. That’s where Hspin is from. Probably not a coincidence.
That makes me think the buyer is a collector and will come through.
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### Author:  [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/9 "2017-02-23T18:21:29Z")
> [@vegabomb](#):
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> I just realized you said Switzerland. That’s where Hspin is from. Probably not a coincidence.
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> That makes me think the buyer is a collector and will come through.
Good point!
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### Author:  [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/10 "2017-02-24T04:23:42Z")
Unrelated? It’s about yoyos…
Anyway, can anybody help me with the GSP (Global Shipping Program)? I thought it worked that I shipped to a domestic site, and Ebay took care of everything, but I can’t figure out how it works. The buyer is asking for a total, but I don’t know what that would be?! Do I just send it to him with out adding shipping, and ebay adds it on automatically? UGH!
On the one hand I could have done domestic only, but the bidding war happened between someone from Switzerland and Russia, so I guess that why I got a good price…
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### Author:  [@sstaylor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sstaylor)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/11 "2017-02-24T17:54:21Z")
> [@Myk\_Myk](#):
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> Unrelated? It’s about yoyos…
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> Anyway, can anybody help me with the GSP (Global Shipping Program)? I thought it worked that I shipped to a domestic site, and Ebay took care of everything, but I can’t figure out how it works. The buyer is asking for a total, but I don’t know what that would be?! Do I just send it to him with out adding shipping, and ebay adds it on automatically? UGH!
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> On the one hand I could have done domestic only, but the bidding war happened between someone from Switzerland and Russia, so I guess that why I got a good price…
What exactly are you talking about?
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### Author:  [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/12 "2017-02-24T18:16:23Z")
I figured it out. Apparently I failed to opt in to the Global Shipping Program. I just had to use the shipping calculator…
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### Author:  [@sstaylor](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/sstaylor)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/13 "2017-02-24T18:42:26Z")
> [@Myk\_Myk](#):
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> I figured it out. Apparently I failed to opt in to the Global Shipping Program. I just had to use the shipping calculator…
Oh okay. Well that is good 😃
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### Author:  [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/14 "2017-02-28T00:59:10Z")
So…did the winning bid pay up the 378 or what?
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### Author:  [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/15 "2017-02-28T02:27:43Z")
Yep, it’s on it’s way!
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### Author:  [@Paul](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Paul)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/16 "2017-03-13T14:51:44Z")
> [@Myk\_Myk](#):
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> Yep, it’s on it’s way!
Welp…
I should have held on to my Gold Pyro, huh? :C
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### Author:  [@Myk\_Myk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Myk_Myk)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/shipping-expensive-ebay-yoyos/83330/17 "2017-03-13T17:23:47Z")
Maybe so!
It all worked out. Yoyo made it fine, and money made it to my PP account.