Yep. I have been burned a couple of times, and had insurance, and got dicked. USPS wants to see receipts, and all sorts of other documentation. They're terrible about collectibles, because they won't acknowledge what something is worth on the secondary market. I've never had a successful insurance claim. Also, count me as one of those dastardly "I don't ship international" sellers. I've been burned three different times with international sales, so a couple of years ago I just made the decision not to do international business ever again. I don't care how many "Well, I've always been fine" stories others tell. Is what it is.
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International Shipping - A Dilemma
- Thread starter SeppukuSamurai
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Yep. I have been burned a couple of times, and had insurance, and got dicked. USPS wants to see receipts, and all sorts of other documentation. They're terrible about collectibles, because they won't acknowledge what something is worth on the secondary market. I've never had a successful insurance claim. Also, count me as one of those dastardly "I don't ship international" sellers. I've been burned three different times with international sales, so a couple of years ago I just made the decision not to do international business ever again. I don't care how many "Well, I've always been fine" stories others tell. Is what it is.
As somebody who'd have to rely on sellers good will being outside of the states, in the past I have handled it simple: The seller decides how to ship it. Insured Shipping is more expensive and to me the fair (and logical thing is) the seller covers shipping what it would cost him within their home country, everything above that is covered by the buyer, or they meet in the middle somewhere since it covers both of them (since insured generally means tracked as well). But if an international buyer is fussy, I wouldn't blame anybody not doing business with them. I got burned once about 10 years ago, so I can understand why people are sometimes hesitant.
And it depends on the person to an extent of course as well, I kinda doubt anybody would do a long term con for a 200$ knife for example by sticking around for years on here. And 50-70$ shipping maybe divided through two people for a say 500+ knife seems reasonable to be on the save side.
And it depends on the person to an extent of course as well, I kinda doubt anybody would do a long term con for a 200$ knife for example by sticking around for years on here. And 50-70$ shipping maybe divided through two people for a say 500+ knife seems reasonable to be on the save side.
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I always offer to cover the full cost of shipping to me here, if the advertised price is "shipped to the US" that means I will cover the difference between US shipping and to me here. Paypal also adds an extra .5% to the deduction for the seller so I cover that as well. Communication and understanding make the process that much easier. I also have a couple of proxy delivery locations in the US if that route helps, and to be clear, once the knife is there (the US address) everything beyond that point is on me. I am lucky that the guys who receive for me are also able to check the knife is as described so the deal can be properly completed at that point. None of this BS we have seen where a knife goes via a proxy and then a month later lands in another country with an issue.
Another thing to consider is that USPS only offers international tracking to select countries with 1st class and priority mail. If you send something 1st class or priority to a country that isn't on this list... https://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc2_022.htm ...you will not receive any tracking updates once the package leaves the US, so you won't have proof of delivery, which paypal requires for seller protection. For countries not on that list, I believe you have to use some form of Express mail with USPS to get complete tracking info, and that's usually ridiculously expensive.