Nice group of 16 small gourds in bird house shapes, but on a much smaller scale. These are only about 2 inches tall and 1 1/2 inches across. They do stand as shown. Firm, dry, clean, and ready-to-use. Great for miniature painting, staining, or pyrography ideas. Also cute when used to make homemade ornaments for the Christmas tree. These SHIP FREE if you win any of my other auctions and pay the regular $6 shipping charge there. If you win just this one auction, then shipping here is $6. Good luck!
WELCOME TO MY GOURD AUCTIONS! I generally have LOTS of auctions listed, so feel free to check my other items. Please check my feedback to see that I try hard to keep satisfied customers. If you aren't happy after receiving your items, please get in touch and give me a chance to fix the problem. NEW BIDDERS are WELCOME here ... and OLD BIDDERS are even more appreciated! :-)
For MOST of my auctions ... unless specified otherwise ... one win is a flat $6 for shipping, and then each additional win is half price ($3) shipping. This means that most of the time two wins is $9; three wins is $12; four wins is $15; five wins is $18; six wins is $21; seven wins is $24; eight wins is $27; nine wins is $30. About nine wins ... even with small gourds ... is all that will fit in a box, and then we have to start over. With bigger gourds, FEWER auction wins will fit in each box, of course. I do list some really large gourds with NO COMBINING available, and it will always state that in the description. Likewise, I list some small craft gourds at FREE SHIPPING, and that will be stated, also. And once in a while I list specials at $1 for the combined shipping rate, instead of the usual $3. An easy way to spot my FREE or $1 shipping specials is that I start the auction title with a "0:" if it combines free, or a "1:" if it combines for $1. Winning bidders outside the continental United States pay ACTUAL shipping charges, please!
Since shipping costs are bad for both you AND me, I try hard to keep them low. My repeat winners see this value, and I do get better bids simply because my "old-timers" know they are getting a good deal. Like any successful business, I build around repeat customers and will TREAT YOU RIGHT so that if you aren't a repeat customer, you will be! Since my shipping charges are flat rate regardless of where you live, unless you are in Georgia or an adjacent state, you are ALMOST ALWAYS getting shipping cheaper than what it costs me. And while a few small boxes occasionally can ship cheaper through the Post Office, UPS ground shipping includes insurance and tracking in their base rate, so I usually stick with UPS. Speaking of UPS, please provide STREET addresses ... not PO boxes ... with your payment.
Finally, if you are planning to bid on more gourds WITHIN A FEW DAYS, waiting to pay for all together is fine. It actually makes it easier on me when the payments match the shipments. However, auctions drop off ebay's invoicing system after 30 days, so please pay for every win within that time frame. Faster payments mean faster shipments, of course! If you ever have any questions, feel free to get in touch!