I understand allot of knife companies and Ebayers wouldn't ship outside of the US, Is it that much of a hassle?? How much of a diffrence is it really in regards to shipping prices? I am going to ship an item (SWORD) to Sweden and I am curious how much out of the pocket expenses I am going to encounter? Thanks
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Shipping to another country ????
- Thread starter TheBadGuy
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dear calyth.....
Why so critical about shipping outside of US
ANY bad experience?
Same is meant for people who ship from Europe to US: Always get your
money first, never know who is the client in the US. The bad guys not always sits outside of the USA.....
I always try to look at things from BOTH sides. It's helpful to keep the perspective
Why so critical about shipping outside of US
ANY bad experience?
Same is meant for people who ship from Europe to US: Always get your
money first, never know who is the client in the US. The bad guys not always sits outside of the USA.....
I always try to look at things from BOTH sides. It's helpful to keep the perspective
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I ship almost 100 packages/month to the US (and rest of the World) all the time and they ALL arrived safely.
When receiving packages here, I never had have any problems with regular mail, but if I order something expensive like a nice knife, I always ask for Global Express Mail (EMS) that costs $25-30 -for a single boxed knife- and gets here in less than a week and has a nice tracking number that allows both me and the seller to track it in between.
Then I had to go pick it up at teh Customs section of the Post office and pray not to pay 50% over the value of what I ordered, but that has nothing to do with the service of the post
NsB
PD: if you are overseas and see something cool on eBay, ask the seller even if s/he stated NO DELIVERY outside the US. I've been luck ALL times
When receiving packages here, I never had have any problems with regular mail, but if I order something expensive like a nice knife, I always ask for Global Express Mail (EMS) that costs $25-30 -for a single boxed knife- and gets here in less than a week and has a nice tracking number that allows both me and the seller to track it in between.
Then I had to go pick it up at teh Customs section of the Post office and pray not to pay 50% over the value of what I ordered, but that has nothing to do with the service of the post
NsB
PD: if you are overseas and see something cool on eBay, ask the seller even if s/he stated NO DELIVERY outside the US. I've been luck ALL times
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Moving to TGB&U....
I live in Israel and have boxes coming in and out all year long.
During the last 3 years or so, dozens if not hundreds, came and went and none got lost.
Global priority mail sometimes beats the UPS...that is, I get the knife here from the US before someone else gets it inside CONUS..
Shipping expense are reasonable, as long as you dont use the special carriers...they may charge up to 45$ for a single box with one small folder in it...I think it's not worth it...Plus they have a tendency to take all their packages for customs inspection with regular mail or GPM this rarely ever happens
During the last 3 years or so, dozens if not hundreds, came and went and none got lost.
Global priority mail sometimes beats the UPS...that is, I get the knife here from the US before someone else gets it inside CONUS..
Shipping expense are reasonable, as long as you dont use the special carriers...they may charge up to 45$ for a single box with one small folder in it...I think it's not worth it...Plus they have a tendency to take all their packages for customs inspection with regular mail or GPM this rarely ever happens
I'm involved in a cash/trade deal at the moment for a Busse Steel Heart, involving me shipping a knife and cash to the US from the UK. I used the UK Post Office, and had no problems. I work for a company that ships specialist car parts around the world on a daily basis, yet when I enquired about shipping a single knife they went ape, so my advice is to stick with your local postal services.
Cheers
Shaun
Cheers
Shaun
The last months I received about 6 knives from the US (to the Netherlands).
All came in a USPS Global Priority Mail Flat-Rate Envelope. The knifes were wrapped in plastic, and the boxes were folded flat.
Shipping cost is $5. No insurnace I guess, but I even received my Sebenza in one. (my risk of course).
All came in a USPS Global Priority Mail Flat-Rate Envelope. The knifes were wrapped in plastic, and the boxes were folded flat.
Shipping cost is $5. No insurnace I guess, but I even received my Sebenza in one. (my risk of course).
One thing to remember is that shipping out of the US costs a lot more than shipping to the US. I have some friends in the Netherlands and we compared shipping charges one day. I would cost me approx 3x the amount on an average 7 day Airmail package to ship there than it would be for him to ship to me. It's kinda sad. On that note, I've shipped to a number of different countries when selling stuff on Ebay. I've never had a problem with anything arriving. I shipped out USPS Airmail (not ground!) and they always took around 5-7 days.
The whole reason I started this thread was because I had two swords I needed to ship out of the US, One sword to Canada, and one to Sweden. I was mostly worried about cost, B/C I was given $15 from each person for shipping. Well the first sword to Canada cost me $17.50 to get it there in 5-10 days. Not to bad. Only $2.50 out of pocket. The second sword to Sweden ran me $25 for the slowest method of shipping(4-6 weeks) So I am out $17.50. Thats darn near all I was making on the deal. 
Oh well, I was thinking it was going to be worst anyway. This was an Ebay deal and my auctions said for US Residents only, But I guess they didn't notice the red print Well no more of that
Oh well, I was thinking it was going to be worst anyway. This was an Ebay deal and my auctions said for US Residents only, But I guess they didn't notice the red print Well no more of that 
Originally posted by TheBadGuy
This was an Ebay deal and my auctions said for US Residents only, But I guess they didn't notice the red print
I'm a UK reader/ebayer.
Most of the ebay stuff I buy has come from US only sellers - I write and ask if they'll ship.
Most have heard of and are content to use Global Priority Mail.
$10.00 to the UK? It's great.
Never lost a package in 3 years...