Selling cards on eBay for > £2,500 in the UK

[pichufan]

I’ve recently acquired a card which I feel has a small chance of selling for greater than £2,500. With that in mind, there are two hurdles which are holding me back from listing it on my own eBay account:

1. Royal Mail only compensates up to £2,500 for package loss.
2. GSP isn’t an option for sales above £2,000.

If I was to sell this on my own eBay account, what could I do to:

• Ensure the buyer couldn’t win a fake claim and ultimately steal the item.
• Be fully compensated if the delivery company loses or damages the item.

If there’s nothing I can do to 100% mitigate either of those risks, what alternative options do I have? Can I go through PWCC if I’m in the UK? Are there UK-based alternatives?

[0ean]

Collection only?

[woolsluk]

If you send through someone like parcelforce or FedEx I think you can insure packages for more than 2.5k. The issue is, however, that buyers can essentially scam you regardless of if it is insured or not. I would only sell to people with good feedback from other pokemon sellers

[TCAGaming]

In the USA you need an export license to ship items over $2500 out of country as well

[crzy55]

Royal mail will only cover what you paid for the item (providing you have a receipt) and not what you sold it for sadly.

[pichufan]

Thanks for the responses. I contacted PWCC yesterday and they got back to me to say they do accept international submissions and there are no additional costs involved. In fact, I may as well share their exact response:

Being international is not an issue at all. We have may clients outside of the US.
​Our fees are all-inclusive and are based on the closing value of the item. So the fee amount that your item closes at is all you will pay. We can even pay you via PayPal with no fees once our auction closes in its entirety.

Now I just need to decide whether submitting it to PWCC would be worth my while.

[poken00b88]

@pichufan

Thanks for the responses. I contacted PWCC yesterday and they got back to me to say they do accept international submissions and there are no additional costs involved. In fact, I may as well share their exact response:

Being international is not an issue at all. We have may clients outside of the US.
​Our fees are all-inclusive and are based on the closing value of the item. So the fee amount that your item closes at is all you will pay. We can even pay you via PayPal with no fees once our auction closes in its entirety.

Now I just need to decide whether submitting it to PWCC would be worth my while.

It’s worth it, but it’s a gamble. You may think it will earn 2500, but sometimes items underperform at auction and you might end up with something like 1500 after fees and converting from USD to pounds.

If I were you, I would see what kind of offers I get for the card first. You might get an easy sale or see there’s a lot of interest and you decide to take it to auction.

Is it a popular card or more niche?

[KingPokemon]

Price it at 4000.00 and accept offers. If a high rated person offers 2500.00 then accept. If a zero rated person or shady type offers you can decline,

[teamrocketop]

@pichufan

Thanks for the responses. I contacted PWCC yesterday and they got back to me to say they do accept international submissions and there are no additional costs involved. In fact, I may as well share their exact response:

Being international is not an issue at all. We have may clients outside of the US.
​Our fees are all-inclusive and are based on the closing value of the item. So the fee amount that your item closes at is all you will pay. We can even pay you via PayPal with no fees once our auction closes in its entirety.

Now I just need to decide whether submitting it to PWCC would be worth my while.

PWCC you will have the security but I can almost guarantee you will not get close to what you think or what your collection is worth. We’ve mentioned this before in another thread that unless it’s a high value card, you will most likely take a huge hit. Even though, what Gary said is probably your best, sell high and see if you can get offers. I understand about being scammed…

[mjisaacs]

@TCAGaming

In the USA you need an export license to ship items over $2500 out of country as well

How do you get an export license?

Mjisaacs

[TCAGaming]

I have not done it myself. I end up splitting or working out another arrangement with the seller for shipment. I am sure it is something through USPS