Shipping Abroad ?

[Savvi]

Got some Escort items advertised on ebay and keep getting asked to post abroad ............ Malta, Greece etc ?

 

Never done this so what's the best way to ship and at what cost's do i charge ?

 

Finally is it worth doing at all ?

[Fiesta Steve]

You can just take most stuff to the post office, it will probably cost a lot less than you think.

 

If you go on the royal mail website you can get a quote by typing in the details of the parcel

[Tracey]

I normally send stuff Airmail, but if I want a signature I go for International signed for, its another £3.50 on top of the postage

[Cookie]

I would say 95% of any postage problems I ever had were from sending abroad, Now I just tell people UK post only, and block overseas bidders, Imho it is more hassle and money than it's worth.

 

Also done a little experiment the other week, I send approx 30 parcels a week via PO and had sent every one recorded for last 18 months, so at 70p a time it was adding up, don't very often have stuff getting lost in post, but funnily enough the week they all went standard post I had 4 items not turn up!!!!!!! same amount as the whole of the previous 8-9 months combined!!!! Always pay that little bit extra for a 'proof of delivery' service

[countrybumpkin]

i will have to defend selling to people abroad as i recently sold a mk1 transit v4 the the guy came all the way from germany to devon to collect it we had a few difficultys what with him not speaking english and me no speaking german but it was a great transaction and i would be happy to do it agian.

[ratman]

sent a few bits to Aus been fine and quite cheep have sent a indercator lens to Aus its about £2 dearer than sending in the UK and its going half way around the world and arived with in a week

 

best bit i orderd a small part from burtons and it took 7 days to get from east london to south london