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Kindly advise, which is the best way or courier service to use to ship items (like vintage-watch or vintage-watch accessories) to Italy, so that items will not get 'LOST', when there?

Thank-you.

 

I ship things all over the world. I've shipped to Russia and Hong Kong some pretty expensive things but there are too many packages that seem to get lost to Italy for me to ship there.

That really doesn't answer your question.

 

Corporal and capital punishment for watch crimes...... I like it! Can we extend it to people who melt vintage watches?

 

Thievery won't cost you that but touching a lady without her consent will.

 

Certain crimes are punishable by caning on top of fine and imprisonment and vandalism is one of those. Burglary and robbery will likely only land you in the jailhouse. And course there are many people out there in the world who are against caning or any sort of corporal punishment. Apologies for hijacking the thread.

 

Puh-leez! Thread hijacking is one of our good qualities.

 

Well the system is a little rigid but I guess that is a price to pay in return for stability and safety at home. You can walk around almost anywhere late in the night and you will feel safe, even for a lady. Anyways, if you really come by here, drop me a pm and I can show you the nice watch places. But not many vintage watchshops around though.

 

ATTENTION OMEGA FORUMS: if this move comes to fruition, I'm laying odds Ashely comes home married or with a serious gf.

 

One option I now use for shipping things to Italy (only really for people in Europe, sorry ) is to use back-load haulage sites. These can be very useful if you really want to make sure your item is delivered. It can take time to sort out sometimes but it is a way of avoiding the corrupt postal service. Quite a good option for those of you in the U.K as these services have become very popular and normally cost no more than a standard courier service but with the huge advantage of the item going from A to B in the same pair of hands. Not worth the effort for items of little value but for valuable things is worth considering.
Regards Peter

 

get me a plane ticket, I'll deliver the item(s) for you. I'll post pictures to document delivery at no extra cost.

 

While that may very well be true, I bet you'll really fall for Pacific Island women. Further details via PM if needed.

 

It became popular a few years ago as hauliers started to struggle to stay in business. Say a company is sending a van/lorry from the U.K to Italy on a contracted job, they will then sell any remaining space they have at discounted rates. It enables them to pick up and drop off other goods on the way which increases the profitability of the run due to the fact that the original contractor has already paid for said journey. You can now simply post a package on a back-load website and hauliers will contact you with a quote. With tens of thousands of lorries making trips through Europe every day the chances are someone will be going near to your required destination sooner or later. I find about 7/10 of the loads (some single items some up to a pallet) that I post are filled and despatched within a week. It is good for me because I send very fragile items, and the fact they stay on one van/lorry is a big advantage, It is like having your own personal delivery service. As I said before not for everyone but can be very useful for others.
Regards Peter