About eMoviePoster.com's Thursday Auctions #306

This set of Thursday auctions runs from 5/23 to 5/30)
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ATTENTION! The Notes and Shipping Details shown below apply SOLELY to the 562 "very oversized" and "oversized" items (some ship in large flat packages and some ship in tubes over 30" long) we are auctioning from 5/23 to 5/30, and may well NOT apply to our other sets of weekly auctions. If you are looking for details about any of our other sets of weekly auctions, please check our Info Archive.

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*Details About Thursday's Items (562 "oversized" items with 30x40s & 40x60s ending 5/30)
*U.S. Shipping Details
*Non-U.S. Shipping Details
*Add More to Your Order: We have 654 items in our Fixed Price section, many of which can be added to your order for NO additional shipping cost! You really must check out our Fixed Priced items HERE, or Learn More!

HERE IS A CHART OF THE ITEMS IN THIS AUCTION:
(to better help you find the sizes and countries that interest you)

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MUST BE SHIPPED IN VERY LARGE FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
9c001-9c007 lenticular posters including AVATAR
9c008-9c015 standees, special 27x40, vinyl banner, 27x39 still, advertising standee, museum exhibition poster
9c016-9c033 special collection of 18 shrink-wrapped posters

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MUST BE SHIPPED IN A BOX OR LARGE FLAT PACKAGE (and may NOT be able to be combined with other items) FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
9c034-9c039 all sorts of items that have depth
9c040-9c048 oversized items that have depth
9c049-9c062 standees, billboard posters
9c063-9c078 24sheets, 30sheets, 8sheet
9c079-9c099 English 6sh & 3shts, U.S. 6shts & 3shts

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MUST BE SHIPPED IN LARGE FLAT PACKAGES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
9c100-9c115 jumbo stills
9c116-9c133 jumbo & regular window cards, miscellaneous oversized items

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MUST BE SHIPPED ROLLED IN TUBES FOR THE $11 U.S. SHIPPING:
9c134-9c246 Thirty by Forties
9c247-9c267 oversized one-sheets
9c268-9c290 half subways, other oversized posters

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MUST BE SHIPPED ROLLED IN VERY LONG TUBES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING:
9c291-9c377 all sorts of very large rolled posters!
9c378-9c388 paper banners
9c389-9c486 Forty by Sixties
9c487-9c538 bus stops
9c539-9c562 vinyl banners

About our current 562 "very oversized" or "oversized" items
All of the items we are currently auctioning are "very oversized" or "oversized", meaning that they can't be sent in our regular standard-sized flat mailers, or our tubes that measure 30" or shorter. Some must be sent rolled in 32" tubes or really oversized tubes and some must be sent in oversized flat packages (all larger than the size of flat window cards, and some much larger). This means that, this week only, we can ONLY combine shipment of those items that are only sent in tubes OR items that are solely sent in flat packages, but if you win items of BOTH types, then you will have to pay two separate shipping charges. It should be pretty simple to tell which items can only be sent flat, and which can only be sent in a tube, but if you are unsure about what can or can not be combined, please e-mail us and we'll be happy to tell you. Either way, (unless you solely purchase items 9c291 to 9c562 because those can be shipping for the $11 U.S. flat rate shipping) you will have to pay a greater amount for shipping than normal (especially if you live outside the U.S.). We charge the "actual" cost of shipping this week (plus $3 for packaging materials) to all buyers (U.S. and non-U.S.), because we are selling items of 100 different sizes (all "oversized"), and our shipping estimate charts below for non-U.S. buyers are only of limited use (and the actual cost can vary drastically from the chart, so PLEASE do not think that you can rely on them!), due to the wide variance of the size of the packages, so if knowing the actual shipping cost is important to you before you bid, please contact us with the item or items, along with where you live.

About the condition
We give a detailed overall condition grade ("fine", "very good to fine", "very good", "good to very good", and only a few which are "good" or lesser) along with more details about the condition described in words (where we thought additional details were needed, because the defects were hard to see). We felt this would help bidders identify items they want to bid on more easily. Of course, we could not describe every single defect, so we still strongly recommend that you look at our super-sized image to see the extent of the defects that we describe and to examine the still for minor defects that we did NOT describe.

THIS WEEK ONLY, all buyers (U.S. AND non-U.S.) must pay the actual cost of sending your order (unless you solely purchase lots 9c134 to 9c290 because those CAN be shipping for the $11 U.S. flat rate shipping), plus $3 for the packaging materials.
Why don't we have a "flat rate" for most U.S. orders this week, like we do most weeks? Because we are selling "very oversized" or "oversized" posters of all shapes and sizes, some of which must be sent in our custom-made extra heavy duty gorilla proof mailing tubes, and some of which must be sent in "very oversized" flat packages which are much stronger than the ones used by most sellers (*read more about our "gorilla proof" tubes or packages that stand up to the greatest of abuse, and we wrap all expensive items in plastic, so that even a submerged tube or package will likely arrive undamaged!). Shipping will vary greatly depending on how many items you get, what the weight of the posters are, if they fit in the same package, and where you live. Generally it will cost $25 at the very least to send an oversized tube or flat package anywhere in the U.S. by either U.S. mail or UPS, fully insured (all U.S. orders MUST be fully insured).
Can we send your order in a less expensive way? We have purchased movie paper items many hundreds of times over the Internet ourselves, and we have seen the tubes and oversized flat packages that other sellers use (both the free kind and the kind purchased at shipping supply stores), and the protection offered by those tubes is spotty at best (those cheaper tubes will often get bent resulting in creasing or tearing to the poster, or in extreme cases, a tube can even lose a cap from an end resulting in the buyer receiving a tube but no posters!), so please do not ask us to use a lighter weight tube or oversized flat package or less expensive packing materials to save on shipping, because we won't do it! We know that once you see our tubes and oversized flat packages you will agree that they are a great investment in protecting your purchase(s) and you will wonder why other sellers of vintage movie paper do not use these same tubes and oversized flat packages (and if somehow you don't agree with us, we ask you not to bid at all!).

Will your order be shipped to you by UPS?
     UPS does NOT automatically require a signature to deliver packages, so if you want the signature to be required, you will need to pay the extra $2.50 UPS charges for "signature required" Delivery Confirmation, and please realize that they will then NOT leave the package, and you may well have to go to the UPS facility yourself to pick it up.  But if you prefer this, that is fine, and if you have any other special requirements, please tell us when you are paying for your order.  IF YOU DO NOT SPECIFY THAT YOU WANT SIGNATURE REQUIRED, THEN YOUR PACKAGE WILL BE SENT WITHOUT SIGNATURE REQUIRED!

You CAN usually combine shipment!

Note that we not only allow you to combine as many items as you want from a single set of Tuesday, Thursday, and/or Sunday auctions, and still pay only a single shipping charge for all of the items, but we also allow you to wait until the next three weeks of auctions end (a total of up to eight sets of auctions) so that you can combine your current purchases with those of our following auctions (if possible), and that means there is a chance you could combine items from up to eight of our sets of auctions, and still pay only a single shipping charge (assuming those items fit into the same type of package). We KNOW there are other sellers who charge a little less on shipping than we do, but we know that our packaging is the best there is, and our orders virtually never arrive damaged (and on the very rare times that they do, all our U.S. packages are fully insured, and FULL INSURANCE IS INCLUDED IN THE U.S. SHIPPING CHARGE).

DON'T BID ON OUR ITEMS UNLESS YOU WILL PAY THE ACTUAL COST OF U.S. SHIPPING (or for lots 9c134 to 9c290, the $11 U.S. shipping) PLUS $3 FOR PACKAGING MATERIALS (and on a week like this, when we use very large tubes and flat packages, the $3 usually does not come close to covering the cost of those materials).

Non-U.S. buyers must pay the actual cost of shipping their order (you can choose whatever method you prefer), plus $3 for packaging materials. All non-U.S. buyers must tell us if they want the package sent insured or uninsured at the time they pay for their order. KNOW THAT IT IS USUALLY MORE EXPENSIVE (SOMETIMES MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE) TO SEND THESE OVERSIZED ITEMS OUTSIDE THE U.S., AND THE BELOW CHARTS ARE ONLY A VERY ROUGH GUIDE TO THE ACTUAL COSTS. We do not make a penny on the shipping (because we charge the actual cost), BUT PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THE SUBSTANTIAL ADDED SHIPPING COSTS BEFORE YOU PLACE A BID ON THESE ITEMS!

     IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please bear these approximate shipping cost in mind BEFORE you place a bid (if you live outside the U.S.). The vast majority of our customers want a very securely packed tube, and will pay the extra shipping cost involved (and of course, it goes to the Post Office or UPS, and not us!). Please do not ask us to pack less securely, as that would likely result in a damaged order.
    Some sellers are sending by Ground UPS to Canada, but that incurs large "brokerage fees", so we do not recommend it.  Note that there are also some sellers sending non-U.S. packages via a "Letter" rate, but of course this is not legal, and we can not do this.  We have outlined the possibilities for sending non-U.S. packages above, so please read that carefully, BEFORE placing a bid!

DON'T BID ON OUR ITEMS UNLESS YOU WILL PAY THE ACTUAL COST OF SHIPPING (both within and outside the U.S.). We only add $3 for packaging materials (and on a set of auctions like this, when we use very large tubes and flat packages, the $3 does not come close to covering the cost of those materials).