Australia Post, the US Government, and to a lesser extent eBay, have essentially said "No More Small Packet Letter Post".The impact on RecoverToy is to remove our ability to cheaply send our low value toy car parts for a realistic cost outside of Australia. In a nutshell, the USA Government have created a law that requires all inbound mail to the USA to have specific … [Read more...] about No More Small Packet Letter Post
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RecoverToy eBay UK Store
Our not so new RecoverToy_UK store is gradually being populated with our reproduction box listings. While we have had the RecoverToy eBay UK Store account for a number of years a lack of time has delayed us listing. There are differences in how the UK eBay site operates and we are still coming to grips with the differences between the sites. We will eventually list all our … [Read more...] about RecoverToy eBay UK Store
RecoverToy and the Coronavirus COVID-19 2019-nCoV
Thanks to all our customers who have asked about RecoverToy and the Coronavirus (aka COVID-19 or 2019-nCoV). We are all ok and currently healthy. For our on-line orders, we are still trading, until instructed otherwise, and as long as the post office is open we will be posting orders on a daily basis. All our planned markets and swap-meets have been postponed indefinitely and … [Read more...] about RecoverToy and the Coronavirus COVID-19 2019-nCoV
Australia Post capitulate from small business protests
RecoverToy was far from being the only voice complaining at the Post Office counter. A mass of voices via Facebook and eBay forums, has seen Australia Post capitulate from small business protests. The rule change was to the use of international letter post for small merchandise items. It was introduced on Monday 18th April 2016 and was previously unannounced. It was hidden … [Read more...] about Australia Post capitulate from small business protests
Australia Post forces suspension of trade
Updated: Australia Post capitulates from small business protests IMPORTANT !! We are closed due to Australia Post changing the rules !! Australia Post has changed the rules on International Letter Post and we are currently trying to understand what this means. It appears that where we could previously send parts and tyres for $4 per package, the new rates will be, as … [Read more...] about Australia Post forces suspension of trade
eBay price updates
RecoverToy runs eBay stores in Australia, the USA and UK. With the constantly changing exchange rates we sometimes have prices that are inconsistent between the sites. There was some spent today validating the RecoverToy_USA eBay store to check that pricing was consistent. We found that there were a number of listings that had been posted with parcel post pricing and not letter … [Read more...] about eBay price updates