US $$ V.S. CAD $$

[gordon_104]

With the exchange rate gap in the dollar these days, it's almost impossable for Canadians to buy from sellers that use US $$$ in thier auctions. It's sad, but until the gap closes somewhat, this will hurt alot of sellers.

 I believe, for more successful auctions, Canadians should post thier auctions in CAD.

A tip for US sellers, ...............you should not use the Global Shipping System because that adds a huge $$$ to the grand total and makes most items way more costly than the item is worth.

Most of these items, if they were shipped via USPS would not have duty added automatically and most often never.

I belong to a collector club and everyone in the club (100+ members) have agreed to not support any sellers using the Global Shipping System.

It all boils down to $$$ and sense.

Happy e-bay-ing everyone.

[pierrelebel]

"all the catalogues are listed in USD"

That is taking a very limited view.  Professional stamp dealers use Unitrade Catalogue in Canadian dollars for Canadian stamps, Stanley Gibbons for stamps from the British Commonwealth in Sterling (£), Michel in euro (€) for worldwide stamps, Yvert+Tellier in euro (€) for France and French Colonies, etc...

To limit oneself to Scott in US$ is really limiting one's knowledge of the products and the marketplace

[femmefan1946]

 all the catalogues are listed in USD

Well no.

Unitrade uses Canadian dollars as does Darnell. The Newfoundland Specialized and the Canadian Revenue catalogues do too.

Gibbons is a much more detailed catalogue than Scott. It uses sterlng. Gibbons also produces many Topical Catalogues, something Scott barely attempts.

Michel and Yvert Tellier also more detailed than Scott, use euros. And Lighthouse albums use Michel as their reference not Scott.

Yang is in HK dollars.

And I could go on.

Scott is a useful reference for junior collectors (of any age), but the specialist tracking down those last items will probably know the specialist catalogue in her field.

Full disclosure-- our public auction is one of the sources Scott uses to establish current pricing. I have a great deal of respect for their impressive work.