Thank you for popping your head in the door. I have had an eBay store since January 1st of 2004. I am in my 5th year of selling in an eBay store. I wanted to thank all my existing customers for your business and loyalty. You know who you are. And I really appreciate you. I am writing this page to give new customers a better insight on what to expect when you shop with me. I have started each category in alphabetical order with CAPITAL LETTERS so you can easily navigate through this to find what points of interest you want so you don't have to read the entire thing to get to what matters most to you.

BUDWEISER STEINS & MISC. I only sell steins in MINT condition. I consider a MINT stein to have no chips, cracks or crazing. Some steins naturally have VERY MINOR factory flaws. I still consider the stein mint because it was not something that was inflicted on a stein after leaving the production plant. An occuring damage was inflicted on the stein after it's original purchase origin. It was pleasing enough to someone when it was bought new before it ended up in my hands. I do my best to include all the original things like boxes and COAs as much as humanly possible. Some steins were not originally issued with them. "What you see is what you get" when you look at my pics. The full enchilada for each listing is in the pics.

Budweiser salt & pepper shakers are also sold only in the original form they came from the production plant.  Signs are sold in EXCELLENT condition or better. Excellent condition or better means all parts are operable with minor favorable surface wear and may need some cleaning. I will not sell a sign of lesser quality. I do not sell neons at all.

IN THE BASEMENT: This department in my store is dedicated to odds & ends collectibles and unwanted items that I don't normally sell or I sell in very small quantities. Each individual item has its own unique item description. I write item descriptions in this manner so the buyer can get a feel for my knowledge and condition of any given item IN THE BASEMENT. And I DO NOT use "canned" item decriptions or photos. What you see is what you get. All emails are happily answered promptly with honesty in mind.

INSURANCE: I recommend the buyer to purchase insurance for any item bought here if the country you reside in is qualified to purchase insurance from USPS. Every item I sell is considered a "condition sensitive" item.  I make optional insurance available in EVERY SINGLE LISTING. I make it REQUIRED on rare/scarce/elite/high-end items. I WILL NOT refund your money in the event of a damage that was not insured. I have shipped over 2,000 items with only 2 damage reports. That is seriously successful packing. In the unlikely event of a damage, all you have to do is report the damage to me and I can send you the proper paperwork for an insurance claim.  DO NOT SEND THE PACKAGE BACK TO ME! You WILL NOT be reimbursed for shipping. And YOUR local Post Office needs to see the packaging. NOT MINE!

OVERSEAS SHIPPING: Overseas shipping is STRICTLY PROHIBITED!!! I DO NOT MAKE EXCEPTIONS!!! Because of my work schedule, I sometimes have to go to automated shipping services at USPS. This service is good for U.S. residents only. I have to have a friend ship the item or I have to take an entire work day off to ship overseas. I DO NOT like asking my friends to do my shipping. And I like to see things are shipped the way the customer paid to have them shipped.

PAYMENTS: Payments on ALL ITEMS are due within 7 days after the sale of the item. I allow for SOME flexibility with a customer who has good feedback and willing to keep good communication. I understand the nameless and faceless person behind the fictitious user ID is a human. And has things happen in life sometimes. Card buyers are usually slow-pays. I feel that 7 days is PLENTY of time to make payment otherwise. I happily accept Paypal. I value keeping an honest person honest more than I do any amount of money for any transaction sent in cash. You just can't put a price tag on honesty folks.

PAYMENTS CONTINUED: I require ALL BUYERS to pay within 7 days of the end of the sale of the item. Non payers and late payers (without communication) will automatically be barred from bidding my listings again and your item will not be made available for puchase even if your payment is late. My store and auctions are for SERIOUS collectors and buyers only. It is too tiresome and dissapointing to hear the EXCUSES people make about payments. I feel any honorable Ebayer would write to me to let me know if there would be a delay for whatever personal reasons they may have. I have to assume you are not responsible enough if you can't communicate with a fellow Ebayer when "life happens". I understand "life happens". I don't understand why 2 grown adults cannot communicate. So therefor I do not go looking for people to validate there own irresponsibility with excuses more so often than reasons. I feel that it is a waste of my time, energy and money to deal with non payers or late payers whom do not communicate. There are plenty of other Ebayers that will be MORE THAN HAPPY to buy my collectibles and pay for them in a timely stated manner.

PAYPAL - UNCONFIRMED ADDRESSES: ALL buyers are required to have CONFIRMED ADDRESSES included in the Paypal payment. If your Paypal payment is sent with an unconfirmed address, your item WILL NOT be shipped under any circumstances until you notify me that the address is correct. Paypal buyer/seller protection is not availble for unconfirmed addresses. This policy stands firm on any given customer. I am not a Genie, nor can I read minds. So PLEASE for the love of God, make sure your address in Paypal is correct. To correct this problem in your Paypal account, you can simply edit your address in your Paypal to match the address that your credit/debit card bill is sent to. It will otherwise ALWAYS show up as unconfirmed when sending a seller a payment. This is a security measure Paypal uses this to help prevent fraudulent transactions via debit/credit card transactions made on the internet. This also MAKES SURE the items bought are sent to the right address.

REFUNDS: I DO NOT offer refunds on any given item sold here. The reason being is that I sell collectibles. Many of which are produced in good numbers. I can send a MINT collectible to someone and they can "claim" the item is damaged. They send back the damaged item only to find out it was an item they already had, and was already damaged, and WAS NOT the original item I sent. And they are trying to con me out of property or money. My quality factors set in place are one way of knowing the item was not originally sold here. All items sold here are guaranteed to be in the stated condition within the listing BEFORE being shipped. My feedback, respectfully, speaks VERY HIGHLY of my claim. I DO NOT and WILL NOT sell collectibles of any kind with inferior quality on this user ID under any circumstances. Every collectible I sell is of the same quality I would have in my very own collection without any exceptions. And EVERY SINGLE ITEM is inspected methodically to ensure quality is NEVER sacrificed. Insurance is the way to go for securing your funds. My word as a seller has pleased an extreme number of customers regular and new. I am not about to fix what sales tactics that are not broken.

SHIPPING TIMES & RATES: The only guarantee I express for shipping times is that I do the best I can within the perameters of my work schedule. 90% of all orders  are sent out the following business day the payment is received. 10% of all orders may take as long as 3 business days after payment is received. You can always write to me and ask how favorable shipping times are looking at the time. I am MORE THAN HAPPY to give an honest reply. My feedback does alot of the talking for me. Please see my seller ratings for more piece of mind.

Shipping rates are comparable with what other eBayers are charging to ship similar items. I use the prices that I use as an over-all average. All my shipping prices are flat rate unless otherwise noted in the listing.

SHIPPING DISCOUNTS: I also discount shipping for multiple item puchases. SINGLE CARDS, graded/ungraded are all shipped for one flat rate of $3.00 for however many cards you want to buy from me in a 24 hour time frame. Multiple CARD LOTS are determined by the size of the lots at the end of the sale. I try to be as flexible as possible. All beer steins are $10.70 for the first stein. And $3.00 for each additional stein there after. I do go out and buy/pay for clean boxes for larger orders. ORNAMENTS & FIGURES are discounted at end of sale. The second item is USUALLY 50% cheaper than the first item. Sometimes the rate is better. It depends on the size & number of item(s) and the size of the box needed. I do my best to be fair. I am a buyer too.

SHIPPING FOR CANADIAN BUYERS: I am writing this segment in my ABOUT ME page for your benefit. First off, I LOVE Canadian buyers! You are good people. And you are welcome here. Please understand that when you buy from me, your order is shipped with the same care as a U.S. buyer. MOST of the time I even ship for the same price as a U.S. resident for comparable service. HOWEVER, it can take as long as 30 days to receive your item. MOST of the time it doesn't. But it CAN take that long. A majority of Canadian buyers I get inform me that it takes roughly 7-10 days to get the order. BUT, every now and again, I don't know why, (Perhaps customs) but I have gotten reports of up to 30 days from the time the package was originally postmarked. And I want you to know UP FRONT that this COULD happen. I also DO NOT mark your package as a "GIFT". I am the best known eBay shipper in my zip code. EVERYONE at the Post Office knows me quite well. And I stay within the perameters and guidelines set by the Post Office. I am known well enough that I am not fooling anyone at the Post Office. I understand that Canadians have to pay taxes in import items. I personally think it sucks. But it is what it is. I would rather make this information available to you BEFORE you bid/buy rather than AFTER the fact. Once I have shipped your item at the Post Office, your package is out of my hands and control. I find that giving this HONEST information from the get-go will be better than having a dispute later. So please take these facts I have shared with you into consideration. I am the type of seller that would rather provide you with knowledge, experience and honesty MUCH MORE than the headache of a dispute that could be avoided with some mutual understanding. I also hope that writing this gives you peace of mind as to what kind of seller you are dealing with. I honor ALL Canadian buyers! ALL are welcome. So let's have some fun with a smooth transaction. Thank you.

TRADING CARDS: I do my best to sell only cards that are in NM condition or better. I WILL NOT post a card for sale at BUDWEISERSTIENSELLER that I feel has lesser credentials. I like to think I carry items that are amongst the best in quality. I like my customers to know there is a seller out there with quality in mind. I am not a professional grader. And my condition references are for ungraded cards. And they are only my opinion as a collector since 1977.

I consider a GEM MINT/PRISTINE card to have 50/50 centering with sharp corners, smooth edges and clean surface. These inspections are made with the naked eye. 

I consider a MINT card to be centered 45/55 or better with sharp corners, smooth edges and a surface that looks clean to the naked eye.

I consider a NM+ card to be the same as a MINT card with the exception of centering.

I consider a NM card to have favorable centering with only 1 or 2 minor flaws in the other 3 departments.

I DO NOT sell cards that I feel is in lesser condition that the above stated.