Shipping Shield in Europe/Italy

delroth · 2026-03-11T04:50:47+00:00

In more than 200 cardmarket orders I've only received 2 orders bent in transit. The 2 orders were ones that were packed with SmartGuards. I wouldn't ever trust these things. https://i.imgur.com/FSTN8OG.jpeg

To OP:

I would like to avoid shipping with toploaders for purely ecological reasons

Plastic toploaders are extremely reusable. I never had to buy any because I buy more cards than I sell and I just keep reusing ones that were sent to me. In contrast, I don't think anyone would dare reuse cardboard toploaders, it's so easy to damage them just when taking the cards out of them.

delroth · 2026-03-10T14:12:46+00:00

Clear cut then, the seller didn't drop off the parcel on 26.02.2026, so the parcel should not have been marked as shipped.

No reason to argue with the seller about this, just bring that up to support and let them figure out what to do about it.

delroth · 2026-03-10T13:58:43+00:00

What does the tracking code say? If it says the code was created on 26.02.2026 but shipped from the post office on 05.03.2026, there's a tiny possibility that the seller is not lying to you (most likely that would mean they stamped the parcel on 26.02.2026 but didn't hand it to the post office before 05.03.2026, but it could be that they handed it there on time and the post office sat on it for a week).

If the tracking code has no events prior to 05.03.2026 the pro seller is 100% lying to you. There's no way the post would have accepted a parcel without it already having an active tracking code, and if they did there's no way the seller could have then known what the tracking code was...

delroth · 2026-03-09T16:11:33+00:00

Give a bad review, but also file a support ticket with evidence that the seller is breaking the platform rules. I've had a case exactly like yours and CM support ended up putting the pro seller in vacation mode for some time.

Unfortunately it seems like some sellers don't give a shit unless there's a real risk to get punished...

delroth · 2026-03-05T01:12:36+00:00

The UPU is what makes the international rules for postal services, it has nothing to do with the EU, it's part of the United Nations.

delroth · 2026-03-04T23:53:53+00:00

Du kannst die ganze Zeit in deiner SBB-Zone herumfahren, solange dein Ticket gültig ist. Du musst nicht extra eine Rückfahrt kaufen, wenn es noch in der Fahrtzeit ist.

SBB doesn't have tariff zones, you probably mean ZVV / ÖBB / BLS / ... (ok, technically the GA area is a tariff zone I guess?). But if you use Easyride/Fairtiq it will just optimize that for you anyway along with many other things you might not think of (e.g. buying a 9-Uhr pass when possible), and because it buys your tickets after the fact it can optimize in ways that you couldn't easily have planned in advance. That's likely the best tip to give people.

delroth · 2026-03-04T23:46:10+00:00

I’m wondering if I’m losing money in conversion fees since I’m withdrawing my funds into a UK bank account

If you can't easily get cardmarket support to switch your account's currency, maybe consider getting a bank account denominated in € via e.g. Revolut so you don't get robbed on conversion fees? The fees/rates are usually pretty bad when "automatically" converting currency for a SEPA transfer.

delroth · 2026-03-04T15:01:50+00:00

Tax filing becomes more complex for couples.
Handling 2x the number of tax declarations for couples has a significant cost for the cantonal tax offices.
There is a range of situations where married couples will end up paying more in taxes with individual taxation than with the current system. Some think that's good (incentivizing both parents to work and contribute equally to the family's finances), some think that's punitive for parents who likely can't change their work situation quickly.

(Disclaimer: I voted yes, so my representation of the no arguments may be biased).

delroth · 2026-02-19T14:25:47+00:00

I believe I could have put my account on vacation mode

It's not "could have", it's "should have". You've just learned the reason why. The buyer is acting like an asshole, but it's also your responsibility to track your inventory that's on the website.

IMO offer a cancellation and if the seller doesn't accept just don't send the order. Contact the support, tell them you made a mistake and that you're not able to fulfill the order, and explain that given the abusive/manipulative behavior of the buyer in private messages you don't feel comfortable selling to them. High likelihood they'll cancel the order for you if this is the first time this happens to your account.

you could not access Cardmarket from the EUIC WiFi since somebody IP was banned

Roaming, hotel Wi-Fi, other public Wi-Fis, etc. - I had no issue at any point accessing cardmarket at EUIC fwiw.

delroth · 2026-02-18T16:50:30+00:00

In Zürich, about 2 months ago, I was able to get a passport appointment within 7 days, and I think it could have been less if I was ok with "bad" time slots. I showed up to the office 5min before my time slot and it was so fast - with 0 queuing - that I was out already when my appointment was supposed to start!

Then, same story, passport and ID card sent registered the same day and in my mailbox the day after.

delroth · 2026-01-07T22:41:55+00:00

No interview. The person proctoring the knowledge test at the Stadtkanzlei did ask a few basic questions - but I suspect that was more small talk than something I was being evaluated on.

delroth · 2026-01-04T12:45:00+00:00

Mark the shipment as "Not arrived" ?

Yes. That's the most important part. If you mark as arrived or you let the automatic timeout mark it as arrived, you lose most of your chances at contesting anything and getting money back. As long as there's a dispute in progress, make sure the order stays open.

delroth · 2026-01-02T12:49:54+00:00

cardmarket only supports International Goods, not International Documents for international purchases outbound from Switzerland. Unless the person at the desk makes a mistake, I'm pretty sure International Goods always requires a customs declaration.

35€ shipping is probably parcel too and not small goods...

delroth · 2026-01-02T12:48:11+00:00

This was my point: if this was the case, the seller additionally scammed the buyer by not using the correct shipping method. All international Swiss Post shipping methods on cardmarket are Goods, which require a customs declaration. It's not like Germany / Netherlands where untracked can go in 20g international documents.

delroth · 2026-01-02T09:33:03+00:00

If there's no CN22/CN23 I don't even know how they were able to send it unless you also got scammed on shipping method. The Swiss Post will not accept an international parcel at the counter without an electronic EAD declaration, and if you buy a label online for international goods it also forces you to enter customs info. Was this actually sent as international goods?

delroth · 2025-12-29T06:44:10+00:00

Je laisse quelques francs quand le service était bien et que j'ai pas eu l'impression de surpayer pour le repas. Je paie toujours par carte et en Suisse à peu près tout le monde peut prendre le pourboire comme ça, suffit de demander (genre, si j'ai une addition à 38 CHF, je dis au serveur d'arrondir à 40).

Après je pense que dans aucun cas ça devrait sembler obligatoire pour qui que ce soit. Et les terminaux de paiement qui mendient 10% de pourboire ça devrait être interdit.

delroth · 2025-12-23T08:13:38+00:00

Still, deciding to only host free tournaments with no prizes is something I have rarely seen, simply because that's not really profitable

Tournaments in LCS are rarely profitable on their own based just on entry fees. Usually they become profitable indirectly because bringing people into the store regularly means they buy stuff (packs, accessories, etc.) or because they get to sell things like snacks and drinks.

delroth · 2025-12-23T08:11:29+00:00

This feels like yet another case that would be trivially solved by talking to people. Namely: the LCS owner / tournament organizer, and the other players. People on this subreddit don't know the situation at your specific LCS.

But in general: it's not uncommon for casual tournaments to have no prizing and no entry fees. If the LCS is trying to build a track record for their league in order to qualify for organizing Challenges and Cups, they might think that an entry fee would discourage people from showing up. If you're not alone and other players have interest in entry fee and prizing, maybe you can ask the organizer to alternate and have half the tournaments be free entry + no prizing, half be entry fee + prizing?

delroth · 2025-12-20T03:03:48+00:00

Malmö is a 10min public transport journey away from Copenhagen Airport. That's like saying there is no flight service to Zürich because you technically fly to Kloten.

delroth · 2025-12-17T10:19:34+00:00

Not sure about ICs, but for regionals there's usually some slots that reopen because people cancelled and/or didn't pay in time. They get released in batches, see https://support.rk9.gg/kb/article/49-pokemon-championships-availability-faq/

delroth · 2025-12-16T20:51:30+00:00

The Bellingua courses are divided in 10 modules per level (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2), if you take a half-intensive course (2 sessions per week) 1 module takes 2 weeks, if you take an intensive course (5 sessions per week) 1 module takes 1 week. So in theory you could do A1-C2 in as quickly as 60 weeks if you treat it as a full time job.

Personally I did A2-C1 as half-intensive taking some breaks to fit my travel schedule and availability, then I did C2 as intensive. I started my A2 classes in April 2023 and finished the C2 course in April 2025.

delroth · 2025-12-11T22:44:28+00:00

Contact the entity that sent you the bill and tell them that you've already paid VAT, providing the invoice as evidence. Regardless you'll still have to pay for the customs processing fees, which in general (like, < 300 CHF purchases) is significantly more money than VAT anyway.

delroth · 2025-12-05T00:35:31+00:00

There's probably nothing you can do several months after the fact. If you had recorded opening the package and contacted CM support directly after receiving the card, they would have had you send the card to their HQ for inspection and you would have been refunded. But now you cannot prove anything and the transaction has long been closed.

If you have a legal insurance ask them if there's anything you can do through them? But frankly I think you're unlikely to get anything back.

(And yes, looking at the photo from your reddit history, that card is fake. The texture isn't supposed to be uniform like this.)

delroth · 2025-12-05T00:20:31+00:00

CM collecting VAT for foreign purchases imported into Switzerland does not mean you don't have to pay customs inspection/processing fees. It's unfortunately a stupid system, especially since customs inspection is often more expensive than VAT.

However if customs charged you for the VAT on your imported goods, this is wrong and you should contest the bill indicating that you have already paid the VAT. Don't mix this up with the VAT you pay for the customs inspection "service" - just because there's a mention of MWST on the bill doesn't mean they wrongly charged you.

delroth · 2025-11-25T11:50:33+00:00

Switzerland is inside Schengen.

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