I don't consider myself a particularly dumb individual, but how difficult must it be to ship to the EU? ..... After calls and stops at my local express post provider I'm not sure if I'm sending a watch or a Black Market kidney. I was wondering if a thread about the best methods to send internationally (from the US) would be helpful. Or maybe this is a subject that is usually discussed privately. I made it through this time and I'm sure as I do it again it will become easier. But if anyone has tips to share, feel free to do so.
In my two attempts shipping internationally, I haven't had trouble using UPS / ParcelPro. Apparently you get into a bit of a grey area if the buyer wants to avoid customs duty though, as PP will only insure the declared value.
it's probably harder to ship something with a battery in it these days... abrod520 mentions the hardest part really.. the rest is just paperwork and parcelpro makes that easy as they create the waybill for you.
I assume that is if you are using UPS? In this case DHL was my best/only option that wasn't crazy $$$
Huh, I requested the FedEx option when I signed up. Their response was that I could use them but only UPS and DHL on the website portal. I will inquire again.....
I had to request FedEx and the ability to ship internationally, but once the request was made it was fairly quickly resolved.
i signed up before UPS acquired them.. in fact, FexEx is the only option i can use. i can't use UPS.. even if i wanted to. weird.
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