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JuFiN wrote:Yes if anyone knows how to ship internationally cheaper please let me know, all my googling and searching of usps website yields a ~$75 price which is notable more than the ~$15 domestic hence my quoted $60 cost increase that I’m not able to cover...

You can ship up to 16 decks in a padded priority envelope for 36US.

You can pack eight decks in a small priority box (with one piece of bubble wrap around all eight decks...individually bubble wrapping each deck is too much) and two small priority boxes in a padded priority envelope. Decks are pretty safe in the small priority boxes, which hold up well in shipment.

Azazaaz wrote:Thank you! I hope "zomp" will come back in time to get a prize.

In the meantime, I'll claim JuFiN's prize. I love mystery bricks

And I'll send a PM to the next winner right now.

Hey man great that you chose my prize! I’m trying to figure out how to most affordably ship it, if you could Pm me your address I think I’ll just go to the post office on Monday and ask in person about different options to ship to you and then we can figure out the cost, I would cover the first $15 so if the estimates of $35 are correct I would ask that you cover the rest.

SOrry for the confusion and thanks for the help everyone I’ve never shipped internationally...

I was surprised myself that shipping a priority package would be cheaper than a smaller parcel shipped parcel post. However, I have generally found that USPS is the cheapest and best way to send packages domestic and international. Make sure though you discuss priority package options. I think it is because they have flat rate boxes, and cards are heavy, so it can be cheaper as a flat cost than paying based on weight.

JuFiN wrote:

Azazaaz wrote:Thank you! I hope "zomp" will come back in time to get a prize.

In the meantime, I'll claim JuFiN's prize. I love mystery bricks

And I'll send a PM to the next winner right now.

Hey man great that you chose my prize! I’m trying to figure out how to most affordably ship it, if you could Pm me your address I think I’ll just go to the post office on Monday and ask in person about different options to ship to you and then we can figure out the cost, I would cover the first $15 so if the estimates of $35 are correct I would ask that you cover the rest.

SOrry for the confusion and thanks for the help everyone I’ve never shipped internationally...

The post office will not be very helpful and they will probably tell you to ship the decks in a medium priority box. You also probably have to order the padded envelope from the post office (they will delivery it free) as many post offices do not carry it. Trust me, I have shipped hundreds of decks and this is by far the safest and cheapest way to ship up to 16 decks either domestic or international.

shermjack wrote: The post office will not be very helpful and they will probably tell you to ship the decks in a medium priority box. You also probably have to order the padded envelope from the post office (they will delivery it free) as many post offices do not carry it. Trust me, I have shipped hundreds of decks and this is by far the safest and cheapest way to ship up to 16 decks either domestic or international.

Ordered some padded envelopes Thank you for the advice.

I just wanted to say, my package from caniveski already arrived on Wednesday, but I was kinda busy and just came to post it today.
Although the tracking did not work at any way for me, they arrived safely good packed!
Thank you so much caniveski, and again the ones who made this DOTY happen!
https://prnt.sc/mz6a8y
https://prnt.sc/mz6adf
https://prnt.sc/mz6aox
https://prnt.sc/mz6ar3 (sorry I don't know how to embed them in my post )
They look awesome!

i may have posted the wrong tracking number ( it wouldnt have been the 1st time !! ) i do keep them until they arrive

I was about to ask you, but sometimes tracking services take a while.
So before I could write you, they arrived already. I'm totally fine with it!
PS: caniveski does communicate really fast! Before I could write him after I posted in this thread about taking his prize, he already texted me about this, awesome!

OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo...

I'll take 4HOGS Games' half-brick of Draconic decks.

sooooo, 'zomp' still hasn't made an appearance and, now that we've reached the end of our list of winners and they're nowhere to be seen nor heard from, they've unfortunately now completely lost their opportunity to participate in the prize giveaway...

so we'll be moving right along to the next participant that had been randomly selected in our giveaway drawing, which was....

*drumroll*

arjun1616! CONGRATS!

Com'on down! You're the next contestant on the '̶P̶r̶i̶c̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶R̶i̶g̶h̶t̶' , errrr... I mean 'DOTY Prize Giveaway'! lol

Many, many thanks to Lotrek for his prize. All the way from Greece come these beautiful shining decks, simply magnificent:


Thank you so much for your generosity Lotrek! They are wonderful!

Thank you to the UnitedCardist community and especially the administrators and all their hard work.

Y'all rock!

Those are sweet decks. I really encourage you to take the stupid shipping wrapping off and carefully (and closely) inspect the cards. The registration involved in both decks is simply stunning and worth enjoying.

Just FYI. I am in touch with my prize winners. I'll print and ship decks next week (need to finish HT first and then slightly modify NWave courts).

Received my prize pack from Roope in excellent condition. All the way from Finland to Colorado. These are just the kind of funky/classy euro's my collection was missing, and the JP deck is back when USPCC actually printed tie-in cards. Thanks, Roope, I'm one happy camper!

Wow that was exactly my reaction amy.thank u so much

Ok so I’ll choose the hsbc prize.
Pls tell me about who I have to contact for shipping and all that

arjun1616 wrote:Ok so I’ll choose the hsbc prize.
Pls tell me about who I have to contact for shipping and all that

I don't know, maybe hsbc?

Please post pictures on what that "mini mystery novelty deck" is, I'm dying to know

Well, my winner is located in India... and I can't afford international shipping What should I do at this point??

hsbc wrote:Well, my winner is located in India... and I can't afford international shipping What should I do at this point??

Ask arjun if he can pay for the shipping? Or of course he could pay for some of it? It's just 3 decks, I imagine it can't be that expensive that you guys can't figure it out, even to India.

I agreed this year to basically cover free domestic shipping, but any extra international shipping cost is borne by the recipient. I don’t think it is fair that a prize donor be expected to also cover worldwide shipping too. I paid part of the shipping for the prize I received this year.

As it was a prize I was about to receive, I stated to my donor that I can take all shipping cost.
It was not too much though, but I think like Bradius said, you can't expect the donor to pay the shipping cost.
Since that would make the donor to even pay to get the prize to the winner. Just my opinion.
But if it's really too much, maybe you can find an arrangement or so, I don't know much about shipping to India, but maybe you can send to someone within that region and he can send it further and it will be cheaper?

Räpylätassu wrote:It's just 3 decks, I imagine it can't be that expensive that you guys can't figure it out, even to India.

Normally it would be no problem but right now I'm in between jobs

Every donation of the prize giveaway contest is a gift of great generosity from those participating sponsors/donors to support the UC DOTY event, contributed completely on their own free will and accord. With that said (and as stated in the official DOTY rules of participation and terms/conditions of the prize giveaway contest), the sponsors/donors of the offered prizes, as selected by winners, completely determine the terms and conditions in regards to shipping arrangements. Some donors take on any and all associated costs of shipping regardless of where in the world the prize is being recieved, which is waaaay above and beyond, but an offer that should/can not be expected in every/any circumstance from every donor as each and every prize donation is different and may have varying degrees of challenges/constraints regarding shipment of prizes and/or means of the donor by which to do so.

It is recommended and advised that winners personally reach out to donors through PM here at UC and discuss solutions to come to the best option by which arrangements can be mutually agreed upon by both parties. Whether or not details of shipping arrangements were stated prior to prize selection, as a winner, it is generally most courteous to offer what you can to help offset shipping costs whenever/wherever possible, especially in cases when shipping is exceptionally high as with international folks. Keep in mind, the prize(s) itself are being provided completely free of charge from the wholehearted kindness of the donors and offering to financially contribute and chip in towards the costs to ease the burden of shipping expenses is a gesture of goodwill and appreciated consideration from winners to receive their gifted prize(s).

Now, it's understandable if the prize winner/recipient also cannot contribute (or only contribute very little) to meet the costs of shipping expenses and/or the donor and prize winner cannot come to a mutually agreed upon solution by which to send/recieve the donated prize, as was the case expressed by others who then chose a different available prize from another donor. However, in this case, since this is the very last prize of the giveaway, there is no other available prize option from which the winner may select from, so, if shipping arrangements cannot be agreed upon by both parties, I regret to inform y'all that this particular last winner unfortunately has no other choice but to decline the prize as offered and forfeit their participation in the giveaway.

As someone who lives internationally and often has to absorb the extra high costs of shipping associated with this hobby, I understand that this may not/is not always fair but that's unfortunately the way it currently is and we hope everyone understands.

Hopefully, now that the winner, 'arjun1616' and our super awesome donor, 'hsbc', seem to be in contact (or perhaps will be shortly), y'all will be able to work something out between the two of you and come to an agreement that will be accomodating on both ends.

Best of luck and thank you both for your support and participation in this year's DOTYs. If there's any issues and/or concerns, please feel free to reach out, either privately by PM or publically here, and we'll be happy to help mediate wherever possible.

Thanks!

Shipped out my prize to Azazaaz today! Thank you to shermjack and SirCrunoke for help figuring out international shipping at a fairly reasonable rate.

Just as an FYI for all I'll almost certainly be able to work out shipping with arjun1616 We're in contact via PM

lightus wrote:Hi, before I pick my prize, I just want to thank PipChick and everyone volunteering their time and collection as prizes. The contest gave me a chance to take another look at the nominated decks that were previously out of my radar. After I submitted my entry for the contest, my purse also turned lighter as I hunted down those beautiful decks that slipped my grasp previously.

I am taking up guru's offer of the artist proof/prototype decks!

Mbbuckland is next, I will send a pm!

Thanks for the patience @lightus. Just came back from the post office after dispatching the decks to you.

Hope you'll like both (Divine Art & A Motley Pack) of these rare & unique artist proof decks.

wingedpotato wrote:

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Received my prize pack from Roope in excellent condition. All the way from Finland to Colorado. These are just the kind of funky/classy euro's my collection was missing, and the JP deck is back when USPCC actually printed tie-in cards. Thanks, Roope, I'm one happy camper!

Roope, what's the deck front and centre here?

portcullis wrote:

wingedpotato wrote:

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Received my prize pack from Roope in excellent condition. All the way from Finland to Colorado. These are just the kind of funky/classy euro's my collection was missing, and the JP deck is back when USPCC actually printed tie-in cards. Thanks, Roope, I'm one happy camper!

Roope, what's the deck front and centre here?

White Palekh 2015 by Alexey Orleansky

Ebay listing if you want to pick one up.

As noted, I picked a couple up. I do recommend them. They aren't the greatest handling, but it is great artwork and something different. It is nice to collect beautiful examples from other cultures. I think of it as a part of broadening your collection of playing cards.

hi hsbc i wrote a pm to u saying that u can deliever it to new jersey if the price is low for there.also i can chip in a bit if u want..pls pm me as soon as possible
cheers