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What Michael Dodd stated when he started this thread was that there should be some standards and code of ethics for sellers. I think Hip Stamps may already touch on this in their various rules. If a buyer or even a competing seller decided that a se…
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Michael Dodd: I don't think you should be too quick to accept this award. I thought it was directed at others who don't go to the root of the thread. This was a damaged stamp offered at over five times what other sellers were asking. They seem to go…
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Michael: I contacted this seller and asked him to respond on this thread for his reasoning in offering a faulty example at over five times what other sellers are offering sound examples for. It would be interesting to see his response and lets hope…
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Sunday Feb. 11, 2018 - When I checked what the Us dollar is worth to the Canadian dollar today a chart on the internet says $100. Us is worth $128.50 Canadian. I noted this upward trend of the US dollar around Jan. 23rd and it seems to be continuing…
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Robert: That's what I thought when I saw ELP. I was thinking these young musicians (at their start) were all stamp collectors! Such a let down.
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Not sure if you live in Canada or elsewhere but if you lived in Canada I could be more specific. If you can find a Stamp Club in your area this would help you to see what other collectors are doing and to attend the meetings. No matter where you liv…
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When I entered this thread back on Jan.23 the Canadian dollar started an upward trend gaining roughly 3% against the US dollar. All of this changed this week with the turmoil in financial circles and a race back to the security of the US dollar. Thi…
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Ron: Interesting comments. This market sounds unlimited and many other dealers should take advantage of it to increase their sales and their profits. When buyers of common stamps in quantities for their special mailings want specific issues in large…
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My wife just got the latest quarterly Journal of the Eire Philatelic Associations for Winter 2017-18. This may be the first time we have noticed the stamps they used to mail this or perhaps this is the first time they have used stamps. Postage paid…
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Have once again read this thread from start to finish. Participants speak of discounted postage as being different from recent issues. However, at recent auction sales I have seen up to date mint Canadian stamps suitable for mailing at large discoun…
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Mark: The reason he told me as I recall that that buyer wanted to cancel purchase was that he couldn't pay via Pay Pal thru Hip Stamps. I certainly didn't want the only sale I made that day on Hip Stamps cancelled without an explanation of why the s…
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Hi Mark: I have had no continuous problem with Pay Pal payments thru Hip Stamps. I have tried to clear the above problem up thru your office and brought it up in this thread. Despite the fact we have no problem with Pay Pal thru us and Hip Stamps sa…
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Nothing is foolproof because fools are so ingenious!
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Today I spent over an hour on Pay Pal to find out my account is in order and they noted that over the past month I have received many Pay Pal payments, including some from Hip Stamps buyers, with no problems Things are in order at my end and Hip Sta…
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If a warning only one hour before auction ends results in missed bids this may result in lower prices due to the missed bids. Therefore, if a two or four hour warning helps people to bid should help competition for lots and thus higher realized pric…
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In Canada the Bank of Canada publishes exchange rates for 26 currencies brought up to date each business day by 16:30 ET. This compared to Canadian dollars.On weekends they use closest business day. I presume there are similar lists in other countri…
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This past month I have had two buyers, that I know of, having difficulty paying for their lots thru Pay Pal. Meanwhile other buyers have no problems paying by Pay Pal and we tried to follow Hip Stamps instructions to try and make sure there was no …
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Stamps that look like pictures and pictures that look like stamps!! When I started selling stamps years ago I don't remember running into this problem but a recent sale on Hip Stamps made me think about this. I don't want to embarrass a new customer…
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Having a great watermark detector may not be enough if one deals with rare stamps! The rarest Canadian stamp is the 2c laid paper Large Queen used in 1870 and apparently all used in Hamilton, Ontario. One of the most recent, said to be genuine, was …
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This makes for a great story. Mark thanks for the answer and the great pictures. Now I wonder if the winner still owns it after all these years.
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Robert - Michael has brought up a very interesting point. Have you ever heard anything about the winner? Can anyone else give us an answer?
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John Coles: I was busy watching the IIHF Hockey and couldn't respond to your message. Canada won Gold and congratulations to the USA for getting a Bronze. All the players are great and played their hearts out. Thanks for not using LOL this time I m…
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I like your first two lines describing chatter and this is certainly very helpful from a business stand point. However, putting non-business related conversations under the same thread making members miss many great points that are made in the busin…
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Tania: You are getting a lot of great advice and much of the information is well worth keeping for future ref. and perhaps for other more valuable stamps or even a few of these with varieties. I like the "Junk Box" idea and sell many of these during…
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A few more facts on the film mentioned above - Produced by Mark Cwiakala - It is a feature length documentary about postage stamps & collectors and the life long quest for the obscure. Called "Freaks and Errors - A Rare Collection" it kept the …
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To end the year on a great philatelic note we (My wife Jean and I) accepted the kind invitation of Katherine Hartley, Reference Librarian to a pre New Year Levee at the Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation at 10 Summerhill Avenue, To…