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« Reply #60 on: July 25, 2009, 04:10:28 AM » |
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I received my HBP tin today. So far as I can tell from the auctions, there's only one version, with an image of Harry, Ron, and Hermione on the top with the Hogwarts castle in the background.
Inside are six Retail packs of 8 cards. Retail base cards are the same as the Hobby base cards but without any foil highlighting. There are no autographs, costumes, props, or filmcards in these Retail packs; I found 47 base cards and 1 "rare foil chase card", R5, identical to the puzzle card from the Hobby packs.
Also inside is exclusive tin-card TC1, with a front image that's a smaller version of the image on the tin top, with the Hogwarts seal, set title, and card number on the card back.
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« Reply #61 on: July 26, 2009, 05:49:46 PM » |
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« Reply #62 on: July 30, 2009, 12:38:46 AM » |
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Nice Cards! I hope to put up some pics soon!  Just received my Ci4 Chicken Foot Goblets prop today from the states. :ebay:I can`t believe i paid £99.28 for bits of broken plastic  I should have made my own using pieces from an old Airfix kit and photo copied the front and back!  Oink Oink to all pig fans! I NEED A BACON ROLL NOW! |
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« Reply #63 on: July 30, 2009, 04:46:52 AM » |
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Cheers mate. I look forward to seeing pics of your cards including the Chicken Foot Goblets Prop. Maybe you could post a pic of your homemade one as well so that we can compare the two!. |
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« Reply #64 on: July 31, 2009, 02:45:35 PM » |
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Wow!. Another Hermione Redemption card Bagshott...you lucky so and so You obviously won't want it as you already have one so ill be quite happy to take it off your hands for you. One thing i have noticed from everyone's case breakdowns so far is that anyone who has had one of the 3 ultra rare Auto Redemption cards..Harry & Draco, Hermione or Ron has always end up with two of the same Auto cards from their case. It seems to be either Amycus, Alecto or Luna. There have been a couple of cases where doubles of Autos have occured where no ultra rares have been found (again mostly Amycus and Alecto) but it seems to have happened 100% of the time where an ultra rare Auto HAS been found. Perhaps somebody else could take a look through as well and let me know if i am right or just seeing things! |
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« Reply #65 on: July 31, 2009, 04:12:11 PM » |
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Yes, I have been lucky with Emma autos, 2 POAU, 1 3D2 and 2 HBP. But I have broken down a heck of a lot of cases and boxes of POAU! One of the HBP is up on  ; I've sold both POAU; I'm going to redeem the other HBP and I intend keeping the 3D2 as I like this card the best. I have only pulled one Rupert - POAU and 2 Daniel - 3D1 and MM2 Dual with Sirius. I've yet to pull one of the big three from GOF GOFU or OOTP and it's unlikely now that I will. |
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« Reply #66 on: July 31, 2009, 05:10:38 PM » |
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It certainly is just down to pure luck with the cards. You could buy numerous boxes or cases and never get one of the big three and then you could buy 2 or 3 boxes of another set and you will get lucky!. I am not a massive spender on cases and i don't buy cases of every set. I have only ever bought 3 cases (CoS, PoAU and HBP) as i tend to stick to boxes. I do tend to buy 4 or 5 boxes from a set but not always at the time of release. I may buy a couple of boxes and then buy a few more months down the line if i get itchy card opening fingers. The only exception to this has been PoAU where i have bought more boxes than i care to remember as well as the case. That set has been the bane of my life! All those boxes and cases i have bought over the last few years and all that money i have spent and i had never had the luck to pull one of the big three and then i bought my first box of MM2 last month for £40 and i had the massive surprise of pulling the Harry and Sirius Dual Auto redemption!. I had become so used to not finding anything rare or unusual (especialy autograph wise) that at first i only gave it a quick glance and went to set it aside before doing a double take..LOL!. |
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« Reply #67 on: July 31, 2009, 09:38:59 PM » |
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One thing i have noticed from everyone's case breakdowns so far is that anyone who has had one of the 3 ultra rare Auto Redemption cards..Harry & Draco, Hermione or Ron has always end up with two of the same Auto cards from their case. It seems to be either Amycus, Alecto or Luna. There have been a couple of cases where doubles of Autos have occured where no ultra rares have been found (again mostly Amycus and Alecto) but it seems to have happened 100% of the time where an ultra rare Auto HAS been found. Perhaps somebody else could take a look through as well and let me know if i am right or just seeing things! Absolutely right. On another forum a buyer posted a four-case break of only the autograph totals, including one each of the 'big three.' I used the skills I learned from Professor Trelawney to divine exactly which came where and the composition of case four. It's a curse. Watson cases (4) are Cluster A: Watson-Cave-Ineson-Ineson-Toase + C2,5,6,8,10,10,12,12 + P2,3,7,9 + CFC 1,5,8 Grint cases (4) are Cluster D: Grint-Lynch-Lynch-Ineson-Toase + C2,5,7,8,2,13,13 + P1,3,5,9 + CFC 1,5,8 + either C5 or C6 Dual cases (4) are Cluster H: Dual-Cave-Ineson-Toase-Toase + C5,6,8,10,10,11,12 + P3,5,12 + CFC1,8 + two from C5 or C10 or P6 or CFC4 (One of those cases had an exta CFC and missing prop, and might have been seeded from 'leftovers'.) A couple of the Smith+Thewlis cases have had double death eaters, one each of Ineson and Toase, while others have two different Carrows. The cases with UltraRares never have a Rare in them, so the other four autos had to be selected from the two 'commons' and two 'very commons'. |
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« Reply #68 on: July 31, 2009, 11:06:55 PM » |
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Very interesting reading allender. At least i know my eyes weren't playing tricks on me. I'm glad that you had the patience to work all that out. It took me long enough just to make the connection with the big three Autographs, never mind everything else. Although being taught by an old fraud like Professor Trelawney is not something that i would own up to . Putting in two of same of an Auto card is a bit of a rip off but if it meant i got an ultra rare then i would be very happy indeed to overlook it. |
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« Reply #69 on: July 31, 2009, 11:37:09 PM » |
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Has anyone sent any redemptions back to Artbox yet?I have about 10 to send including The Dual Auto and Emma Waton cards(which is in transit from the states) at the moment
Wanted to know how much i should declare the total value at, as Artbox would really love me if they get a customs fee of say $100 or so!
I have sent cards back before to Artbox via Royal mail Airsure and declared the amount at £50 or so but this new set is worth around £600!
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« Reply #70 on: August 01, 2009, 12:21:06 AM » |
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The US does not charge a customs fee on imported cards. Especially if they orginated in the US. (I cry for the UK collectors because of the customes fees on cards, and it makes sales to UK hard too.) What you need to worry about is the insurance in case it is lost in transit, etc..
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« Reply #71 on: August 01, 2009, 01:34:26 AM » |
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(None of the U.S. states nor the central government 'polices' the mails for normal customs declarations. There are Customs rules that put limits on how much can be imported for certain items, so if you want to send me ten cases of single-malt Scotch whiskey I'd be grateful, but there's a point where there's a different form that needs to be filled out and a fee paid by somebody. Travelers see some of those impacts when they arrive Stateside from an overseas trip and are asked "anything to declare?")
The trouble I have with THIS whole discussion is that (IMHO) the whole process of redeeming shouldn't be subject to VAT (or G&ST for our Canadian friends) in either direction. Those charges applied to the original product -- the cases and boxes. You paid a higher price for the chance to obtain a valuable insert and you received the redemption card. There's no Value Added because the value of the right to receive the card is equal to the value of the card. You bought the card before, it's just arriving in a second package.
Do people succeed with that argument?
USPS requires a customs form on a package if it weighs more than a pound (220 g) and/or if it contains "dutiable items." If I were Artbox in sending back redeemed cards, and if inspectors at the other end are reasonable, I would mark the Customs forms "VAT Already Paid" in the value box.
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« Reply #72 on: August 01, 2009, 02:56:41 AM » |
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Some great points, Jeff.
I was referring to the customes fees not being charged to me. I have received items from the UK with customes declarations of up to 500 GBP. No fees to me. I was not implying that a declaration not be made, just wanted to let people know that for cards it doesn't hurt US receivers. At least not yet.
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« Reply #73 on: August 01, 2009, 06:09:24 AM » |
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Roger. Generally nothing is charged for retail purchases for personal use, by mail order or otherwise, but there was a limit on how much Budvar beer I could carry home in baggage* from the Czech Republic. There is no generalized sales or transaction tax like VAT or G&ST.
Cards are safe from other duties, either under the rules for printed matter or for "Collections and collectors' pieces of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archeological, paleontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest" which are free. Separate sketch cards are free under the rule for "paintings, drawings and pastels, executed entirely by hand ..." Playing cards are free by the pack but might be charged 20% in bulk.
At the wholesale level, the U.S. puts import fees on specific products. Call them "tariffs" or "protection of homeland industries" if you like, though they prefer to use the words "trade remedy laws". ("If you don't like it, stop taxing our stuff.") There's a tariff of 6.5% for wholesale imports of garden umbrellas. Other types of umbrellas get an 8.2% duty, unless they have a telescoping shaft, in which case they're free. If you want to bring a nuclear reactor or its parts into the country, they want a 3.3% fee.
I was going to stop looking for fascinating tidbits, but I had to check: Imports of Yaks aren't charged more than $0.01/kg, and only $0.007/kg if they are from Australia. Horses and cows and pigs are free, but asses are 6.8% from some countries.
* (To Brits, that's akin to "Left Luggage", which ends up on that side of the terminal if you fail to "Mind The Gap". I have a photo of my sister under a Heathrow "Way Out" sign but have never met up with "Max Headroom".)
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« Reply #74 on: August 01, 2009, 04:14:05 PM » |
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Hi Guys!Some great points made.Thanks for the info |
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« Reply #75 on: August 02, 2009, 05:46:12 AM » |
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I still want to know why Yaks from Oz are favored over other types of Yaks. Maybe you are cleaner and less likely to carry disease. But frankly, I don't think the U.K. or Australasia are the primary sources of supply for bovine-yak wranglers in the U.S.
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« Reply #76 on: August 02, 2009, 05:51:38 AM » |
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Do we even have yaks here in Australia?  |
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« Reply #77 on: August 02, 2009, 06:27:36 AM » |
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My screen says that *you're* one. Which makes me wonder just how many llamas you have down there too. I may be a lowly Bull that's just 25% of the way to becoming a Yak, but I just made the first page of the Yak Shack members list when sorted by number of posts. PAAARRRTTYYY!  |
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« Reply #78 on: August 09, 2009, 07:11:16 AM » |
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Lol. Never thought of it that way! Funnily enough I actually work on llamas...
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