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We are excited to announce a change to our shipping policy that will save you time and money! Beginning May 12th we will no longer be using USPS Priority Shipping. Instead, moving forward, we will be using USPS Ground Advantage. What does this mean for you? No more USPS packaging! All items to be shipped out, domestic and international, will need to be placed in plain packaging. This plain packaging will still be subject to some restrictions, but they are more flexible than Priority Shipping! You can reuse plain boxes as long as they follow the provided guidelines.

Sellers, when listing your items you will still have to pick between a small, medium, and large option. Instead of these categories being determined by the USPS box size, however, they will be determined by your item’s size and weight. You will pick the smallest available box that fits your item and determine which size category it falls in. Please see below for the updated size categories based on box dimensions:

• Small: 4x4x4 to 8x8x8
• Medium: 9x9x9 to 10x10x10
• Large: 10x10x10 to 12x12x12

If the item is small, it must fit in at least a 4x4x4 and at most an 8x8x8 box. For example, if you have a 5x7x6 box and a 50g tin, you will select the small option. If your item does not fit in an 8x8x8 box you must select the medium category. For each category the box you use must meet each minimum dimension requirement and if the box exceeds the one of the maximum dimensions listed (L,W,H) you must select the next category up.

Yes! We are excited to announce that along with being able to use plain packaging you will also be able to save on shipping. Starting May 12th you will notice the following decreased shipping rates based on size category.

• Small: $10.04
• Medium: $17.15
• Large: $22.16

These changes are a part of our commitment to providing you with the best possible shopping experience. Happy bidding!

We are currently tracking an issue with auctions setup as “Buy it Now”.  Our developers are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

Due to the Canadian Postal strike, items bound for Canada will need to be shipped via an alternate carrier.  Buyers and sellers will be notified of any additional cost incurred to ship the items, on an individual basis. If your item has sold to a Canadian resident, please contact us at support@tinbids.com to obtain a shipping label.  Please do not generate a label from the site, the USPS will reject the package.  These conditions will remain in effect until further notice.

Thank you!

We will be performing system wide updates over the next 24 hours.  During this time, the auto email notification system may be unavailable.  If you have auctions that have concluded, you are encouraged to check your account for auction status.  We apologize for any inconvenience, we expect the delivery system to be restored shortly.

Our new user feedback feature is now live.  Buyers and Sellers, will be able to leave ratings and share details about their auction experience within the community.  See our FAQ’s for more details.

To the TinBids community.  We are currently tracking an issue with the “Buy it Now” feature, not functioning properly, across the platform.  Our developers are working on a resolution to this issue.  We will update this page once this has been resolved.  We appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this.

Thank you,

TinBids Support Team

To our community. We have identified an issue with our newly rolled out relisting feature.  There is a possibility that the relisted item will not display properly on the live auction pages. We are working to correct this and appreciate your patience.

Thank you!

To our community.  We are currently tracking an issue with our automated email system, which is sending erroneous emails to individuals stating they have won an auction when they have not.  Our developers are working on a resolution and hope to have this corrected post haste.  We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion this may have caused.

Thank you!

TinBids

To our community.  As a result of an increase in processing fees from our financial partners, our commission rate will increase by 3%, to 18.5% up from 15.5%.  Our 99¢ listing fee will remain unchanged.  This increase will take effect on December 1^st 2023.  Auctions posted prior to midnight December 1st, will be assessed at the current rate. If you should have any questions please contact us at support@tinbids.com  Thank you!

To our valued subscribers:

We are aware of an intermittent issue preventing some users from completing the purchase of the items you’ve won.  Our developers are working to identify the issue, we will update this page once a resolution has been found.

Thank you,

TinBids Staff

The latest enhancement to TinBids is now active. An overwhelming number of our users requested that a “closed auction search” be added to the site, that feature is now available. You can now go to your “My Account” page and search previous auctions that have ended.  On the “settings” list, you will see “View All Past TinBids Auctions”.  From there, you can browse or search all past items that have been sold on TinBids!

To our seller community, please see our updated Terms and Conditions and FAQ’s pertaining to the distribution of payments, post sale.  Please contact us with any questions.

To our valued subscribers.  This announcement serves as official notice, that as a result of new processing fees, our commission rate will be 15.5% effective September 10th.  The listing fee of $.99 shall remain unchanged.  Auctions already posted will not be affected by this rate change.  Please see our terms and conditions for details. Thank you for using TinBids.com, happy bidding and happy selling!

TinBids will be at the Las Vegas International Pipe show, October 21st – 23rd at the Place Station Casino.  We hope to see you there!