I haven't had much experience selling too many things other than polybags and minifigures so I am always very surprised by how much larger items and parcels cost to ship. I always end up charging too little for shipping and my profit is almost nonexistant or I end up selling at a loss.

I was hoping to create a shipping price guideline so people can refer to it for the future. This will probably change once the new postal rates come into effect next month though. Any help would be appreciated from seasoned sellers!

Small bubble envelope (good for polybag or minifigs)

Within Canada - $1.34

To US - $2.65

International - $5.20

Small parcel (size of Captain America set)

Within Canada - $11.83

What I've done if the buyer messages me beforehand on eBay (I only list ship to Canada/US) is that if he/she accepts terms of loss through signing a waiver, then I'll ship without tracking.  Of course I try to do research on the buyer's history too (only offer this to 100+ feedbacks generally).  I've done it a handful of times and knock on wood, nothing has been lost. 

Do you think eBay/paypal would recognize this signed waiver if there was a dispute? The ebay rules are so badly stacked against the seller that I would be still a little worried. But I've only been burned twice by scammers in 10 years of buying and selling.

Do you think eBay/paypal would recognize this signed waiver if there was a dispute? The ebay rules are so badly stacked against the seller that I would be still a little worried. But I've only been burned twice by scammers in 10 years of buying and selling.

 

Not sure, but I would imagine that just the fact that you're actually asking for their signature would scare off the scammers.  After all technically it's a legal document.  Either way, I haven't run into problems from those (but I have been scammed for a couple of $100+ packages back in the day too).