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Topic: International Shipping Problems
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MAB_Rapper
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posted April 10, 2011 04:13 AM
        
Ok, this is hopefully a simple question. I'm looking to start doing some international shipping, besides Canada. I know some countries have huge problems with their mail and I wish to stay away from those places. My question is, which countries have problems and which don't? I only ask because I hate ignoring huge deals on the sales list out of pure ignorance and fear.Edit - This is what I heard before: Major Problems: Italy, South America __________________
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[Edited 1 times, lastly by MAB_Rapper on April 10, 2011]
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wayne
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posted April 10, 2011 05:29 AM
Singapore has an awesome mail system
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Filip Cec
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posted April 10, 2011 05:49 AM
Biggest problem:
Italy - sometimes even registered air mail packages get lost (although that never happened to me). I heard that the same applies to Spain but I'm not sure.Russia, Spain and South America can be problematic if you do not use registered air mail. If you use registered air mail then everything will be perfect. From my personal experience the rest of Europe is functioning perfectly and you can use normal air mail without worries.
Japan has an extremely fast air mail system. Singapore is also great. Good luck!  EDIT: almost forgot: Croatia is also great! 
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Tranderas
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posted April 10, 2011 05:49 AM
I've had packages arrive to me from England faster than domestic mail (3 business days).Singapore is pretty good, yes. From what I understand, not all of South America is bad, but Brazil and Colombia definitely are. I've had positive experiences shipping to Singapore and Russia.
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s14sh3r
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posted April 10, 2011 05:50 AM
Japan is excellent as well.
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Thanos
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posted April 10, 2011 12:23 PM
I've had problems with Brazil quite a few times.Never had a problem with Italy yet, but I always send registered mail. In most cases people from Italy understand and have no problem paying for it.
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Volcanon
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posted April 10, 2011 05:03 PM
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Originally posted by Thanos:
I've had problems with Brazil quite a few times.Never had a problem with Italy yet, but I always send registered mail. In most cases people from Italy understand and have no problem paying for it.
Really? People from Italy seem to be huge cheapasses and refuse to belief that their postal system is staffed by thieves in my experience.
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Thanos
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posted April 10, 2011 05:08 PM
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Originally posted by Volcanon:
Really? People from Italy seem to be huge cheapasses and refuse to belief that their postal system is staffed by thieves in my experience.
My experiences are all from ebay. I'm guessing since a lot of sellers don't want to deal with Italy, they're willing to pay the extra money to get what they need. I've also found they are willing to overpay for a card if you ship to them.
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bigbob585
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posted April 14, 2011 04:58 AM
I've had four registered packages lost in the last year. two to France, one to Brazil, and one to Germany.Express mail generally is the way to go if people don't mind spending $30-30 for secure shipping. UPS or Fedex are by far the best choices for secured international mail... getting decent rates is the tough part.
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Tha Gunslinga
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posted April 14, 2011 05:15 AM
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Originally posted by bigbob585:
I've had four registered packages lost in the last year. two to France, one to Brazil, and one to Germany.
That's pretty bad. I've only lost 3 registereds ever. Hungary, France, and Brazil. The Brazilian one was stolen out of their post office when someone broke in and cleaned out the registered stuff. __________________
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CoupDeGrace
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posted April 14, 2011 05:22 AM
I had lost 2 registered mail to Italy and Brazil before!
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MAB_Rapper
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posted April 14, 2011 10:49 AM
Yeah, I knew Brazil and some European spots bad, but didn't know it was that bad. I posted on my sales list where I will and won't ship, so hopefully it will help a little bit.__________________
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MAB_Rapper
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posted June 15, 2011 08:58 AM
Hate to necro this, but what about Germany? Was it a one off or is more than that?__________________
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yukizora
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posted June 15, 2011 09:25 AM
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Originally posted by MAB_Rapper:
Hate to necro this, but what about Germany? Was it a one off or is more than that?
Everything worked great. At least from there, a neighbor country 
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bigbob585
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posted June 15, 2011 10:54 AM
I've had two $100+ order losses to Germany. Same with france, italy, spain. While italy and Spain used to be much worse, The rest are on par it seems as my latest lost package was to germany.I have yet to lose a package using express mail.
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sdematt
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posted June 15, 2011 07:37 PM
No problems with Germany. For Italy, I've only shipped one package, but I sent registered, insured, etc. -Matt
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andrew777
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posted June 17, 2011 09:23 AM
I've never had any registered mail lost, but the postal system in Italy and South America will often never update any tracking or proof of delivery for items. If you sell on eBay even though Italians will pay for registered mail be prepared to receive 3 or less star rating on shipping cost even if the stamp is more than what you charged. Also, I've found the Spanish postal system to be great, but Spain seems to have more buyers looking to rip you off than any other country. I would never send to Spain without tracking.
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tyler416nes
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posted June 17, 2011 06:29 PM
I've only ever had problems sending to Italy and only once. It was actually from a repeat buyer from the country so I know he wasn't trying to scam. Since then I won't send to Italy, not worth the hassle. Anything in South America is kinda sketchy, but I've sent twice to Brazil unregistered with no problems
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Green-Rocket
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posted June 17, 2011 06:46 PM
Im from Argentine, south America. Years in Ebay and never a problem with shipping from Canada, USA, Germany, China and Singapore.If I have to choose, I will have everything shipped with 1st Class Mail
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Valmtg
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posted June 17, 2011 06:53 PM
I've shipped all over Europe except Spain and Italy as I've read numerous issues with their mail system. Japan and Singapore are great, Canada was ok but slow, and I've shipped and recieved before from Brazil so I might be one of the few lucky ones that have had no problem there.__________________
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