PLEASE READ THE WHOLE LISTING!

WHAT YOU GET FROM J.D.Katz, Inc:

• Honest, accurate descriptions of items that I have tested prior to listing them.
• All photos shown in my listings are of THE ACTUAL ITEM I will ship to you.
• Arguably the best packing you will find on ebay (see my feedback for references).
• Arguably the fastest shipping you will find on ebay (again, refer to my feedback).
• Arguably the best customer service and communication you will find on ebay--NOTE: proper maintenance of YOUR email account is important. If your box is over quota, YOU WILL NOT GET OUR EMAILS. The same holds true for having updated/current contact information linked to your ebay and PayPal accounts. If it is incorrect, we can not reach you.
• ALL my items (with the exception of the few I have listed with described flaws and listed "as is") carry a FULL REFUND POLICY if not as described.
• Finally, you get the assurance and confidence, that comes from transacting with a seller with a superb feedback rating (99.8% at time of this writing), and an extremely high customer repeat rate guaranteeing that your ebay transaction will be as expected.

NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS

PAYPAL PAYMENTS:

I only accept PayPal FROM US FUNDED, CONFIRMED ACCOUNTS as payment. THIS MEANS YOU MUST HAVE A CREDIT CARD LINKED TO YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT and note, being verified is not the same thing as being confirmed. To be covered under the PayPal Seller Protection Policy, I MUST ship to the confirmed address on the payment. Please do not ask me to ship to another address, different from the one on your payment. Moreover, if you have one address linked to your eBay account and a different one on your PayPal payment, the PayPal payment address is the one the package will be shipped to. SO, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOUR PAYPAL CONFIRMED ADDRESS IS CORRECT AND IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THAT ADDRESS CURRENT.

Payment must be received no later than 10 days after auction end. If payment has not been received within that time-frame (and if the buyer has not contacted us regarding a delay in payment), a Non-Paying Bidder Complaint will be filed with eBay to recover our listing and final value fees and if that process ends without payment receipt, the item will be re-listed, the buyer will be blocked from future bids on J.D.Katz, Inc. items, and eBay will give the buyer a strike on their membership.

NY STATE BUYERS:

I CHARGE NY STATE SALES TAX SO I ASK YOU TO NOT PAY IMMEDIATELY, PLEASE SELECT THE REQUEST TOTAL FROM SELLER LINK SO I CAN INCLUDE YOUR CORRECT SALES TAX IN AN INVOICE.

MULTIPLE ITEM BUYERS:

I GLADLY COMBINE ITEMS IN SHIPPING TO SAVE MY BUYERS SOME SHIPPING FEES. PLEASE DO NOT PAY IMMEDIATELY BY PAYPAL. EMAIL ME AND TELL ME THE ITEMS YOU WANT COMBINED. OR, SELECT THE REQUEST TOTAL FROM SELLER LINK AT THE UPPER LEFT OF ANY COMPLETED AUCTION. I WILL THEN SEND YOU AN EBAY GENERATED COMBINED INVOICE. PLEASE WAIT FOR THIS INVOICE, BEFORE PAYING!

INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS:

I CANNOT ACCEPT AN INTERNATIONALLY FUNDED PAYMENT NOR CAN I SHIP THIS ITEM OUTSIDE THE US.

I test ALL MY PHOTOGRAPHIC ITEMS. before they are wrapped for shipping. I am incredibly anal about how I prepare and pack my items for shipping and label all items with SEVERAL labels telling the way the item was rated in the listing, what is included, when it was produced, and other important notes and tips relevant to the item (e.g. warnings about leaving batteries in items, about how to clean items, etc). No one else does this and it takes time and costs extra money that most sellers are not willing to give up.

I pack better than the vast majority of eBay sellers and ONLY USE FRESH bubble wrap and other expensive consumables. ALL lenses, flashes and cameras are bagged before being wrapped. All alkaline batteries are removed and bagged. I do not use shredded paper, newspaper, diapers, socks, plastic garbage bags, etc. (like most my competition) to protect your important items in shipping. My consumables costs are very high and they are reflected in my shipping costs. BTW, don't believe others who claim to never charge for consumables like packing envelops, bubble wrap, peanuts, etc. Don't be fooled--you are paying for those consumables in the selling price because no smart businessperson will have a business practice that consistently loses him or her money. I wrap all bicycle frames with foam rubber tubing, using dozens of plastic wire ties. The front and rear ends are blocked to protect against collapse and then the whole frame is wrapped in large bubble wrap before being inserted into a customized, double-walled bike box that I pay for and that price and all consumables are included in the shipping fee, including insurance.

The majority of my packages get shipped two ways: USPS First Class Mail (for the very small items), and USPS Priority Mail, for everything else. The few, very heavy packages that I sell will go out via Parcel Post. I have shipped over 19,000 packages via USPS and they are, BY FAR, the best, and most reliable, least expensive, and safest couriers for the domestic shipping of the items I sell. They usually pick up at my home 6 days a week and when they don't I take the packages to my local Post Office. All my packages get electronic/on-line labeling and those labels cost me for each one (the actual cost of the 3-part label plus the fee the on-line service charges me) plus every box gets at least one LARGE Fragile Sticker and all bubble envelopes get stamped Fragile in two places. The stickers, stamps and the ton of package tape I use to seal my packages all cost a lot (and the prices go up yearly). These costs are directly related to and included in my shipping fees.

I ship next day after proper payment receipt/or payment clearing (which is far faster than most eBay sellers), and the packages arrive at the buyer usually 2-3 days for Priority Mail, or 3-4 days for First Class Mail. This is as good as you will find on eBay and far better than most online stores. All packages carry delivery confirmation numbers and those with items worth over $250 carry Signature Confirmation numbers (an extra cost for any USPS package). These confirmation numbers are given to the buyer in an email sent from my online service within hours from the time the label was generated. The confirmation number IS NOT a tracking number and will only show up when the item is delivered or if there is an attempted delivery by the USPS. Like any business, when the USPS raises their rates, I will respond with raises in my rates.

We stand behind all our sales with a full refund policy, which INCLUDES return-shipping fees (UNLESS NOTED AS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LISTING), if any of our items (excluding those listed as is with no returns) is found to be SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT than what I have described. The item must be returned, with all parts, in the same condition as shipped by J.D.Katz, Inc., within 14 days of the buyer receiving the item.

The reason why we use the term significantly different (besides the fact that that is the term eBay and PayPal use to identify misrepresented items) is because ratings are based on opinions and while we may rate something as excellent, a buyer may feel it is only very good. So, to allow for this possible difference in opinion, an item must be significantly different to be covered by my return policy. We rarely sell items as is with no returns. This is because we trust our ability to sell accurately described items. The only items we list as as is/no returns will be listed as for parts or for repair items or have a defect that is clearly noted and the price of the item will be reduced so much that it must be sold as a no return item.

WE DO NOT ACCEPT RETURNS DUE TO A BUYER NOT READING THE LISTING DESCRIPTION, NOT UNDERSTANDING THE DESCRIPTION, OR DECIDING THE ITEM DOES NOT LOOK RIGHT WHEN USED WITH OTHER ITEMS, DOES NOT FIT RIGHT, OR DUE TO THE BUYER HOPING TO RECEIVE AN ITEM BETTER THAN DESCRIBED. BUYER'S REMORSE IS NOT AN ACCEPTED REASON FOR RETURNING AN AUCTION PURCHASE. WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY MISTAKE WE MAKE AND WE HOPE OUR CUSTOMERS WILL SHOW THE SAME LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

We (my wife and myself) have been selling Minolta Maxxum cameras, lenses, flashes, bicycle frames, bicycle components, and other related items for well over 10 years on eBay.

We are a legitimate, NY State Corporation and declare ALL our eBay income to the IRS and NY State authorities and we charge appropriate in-state sale tax. This is important to know since most my competition does not do this and that is why many are able to sell at lower prices than I do. With the state the economy is in, I feel I am doing my part to keep this great country running by declaring my eBay income and having the country deduct for that income. In addition, I don't want to find myself in jail when and if the country realizes all the lost income taxes and goes after the illegal sellers. Those that don't (you can easily tell them because they never charge sales tax) will have a lot of explaining and fast talking to do if the IRS and local jurisdictions start looking at the undeclared income and uncollected sales tax of eBay sellers.

When it comes to selling Maxxum items, we have been selling on eBay longer than virtually ALL other Maxxum sellers on eBay and we are arguably this country's number one private seller of used Maxxum items--I doubt there is any other private seller with over 18,000 used Maxxum item sales (and over 19,700 total eBay sales).

We are also a member of Square Trade and we are a Trading Assistant (so I can sell your items on eBay). You can be assured of a high level of selling professionalism when you transact with us.

We consistently run between 100 and 225 eBay auctions daily and have been an EBAY POWER SELLER many years AND WE ARE A MEMBER OF TSAM--eBay’s TOP SELLER ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM where we get a SENIOR LEVEL eBay Account Manager to handle our account.

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