posting overseas

[nickstmoritz]

Has anyone had problems sending to certain countries? I have recently read about problems with posting to Russia and Brazil and some sellers will not send there (also Italy) apparently it is to do with how long it takes for the parcel to arrive and claims that item has not arrived which leads to problems.

I have a parcel to send to Russia today which is a first for me so I am hoping all will be well. I am not sending recorded. Hope that is not a major mistake but it is not a hugely expensive item.

Has anyone had any issues with particular places? So far it has been ok but mostly it has been EU countries, Australia or USA. I have found that they don't always leave feedback though. I used to get stung with underestimating postage but I am getting better with that.

There's a site for reporting bad Ebay buyers, Ebaysucks.com, maybe?

Most common email address locations on there are 1) Yanks, 2) Russians, 3) Brits.
Make of it what you will. Russia is definitely on my "be wary" list.

Tbh, although nominally I rarely post outside UK, I am fine if a buyer contacts me direct and asks nicely and I feel like I establish a friendly tone with them. Then I'll change my settings to let them bid & post to wherever they are (posted something to Egypt recently). As long as it's not a high value item, I would probably post to most countries.

i post everywhere but certain countries only send signed for to be honest had very few problems with parcels going missing I sell mostly ceramics so the big risk is breakages I have learned to pack so it can basically be thrown and survive

out of over 1500 parcels only 4 have gone completely missing never to turn up one to portsmouth one to lincoln one to london and one to china (which despite paying for signed for somehow wasn't) more have gone awol for a while or been very late