[time-nuts] Cross border shipping ==> was: GPS receivers W/timing outputs...
EWKehren at aol.com
EWKehren at aol.com
Thu Jun 27 11:54:48 UTC 2013
we had previous discussions on this subject
I have a friend that is in the bossiness. One of his sites is strictly
limited to material from defense contractors that by law limit shipments to US
citizens or residence, violation as a minimum he looses the contracts.
My time nut projects involve shipping to and from Germany, Switzerland and
Austria and just in the last year shipping cost has more than doubled I
suspect customs fees have something to do with it. Paper work has also shot
up, mainly do to the fact that what was covered by short form now is a long
form. With in EU and the US shipping is reasonable but a 100 mile shipment
from Switzerland to Germany or the other direction and you talk 20 Euro
plus.
Bert Kehren.
In a message dated 6/27/2013 5:53:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
planophore at aei.ca writes:
Often times it is not the perception of additional but rather the
additional paper work involved in the customs declaration and possibly
having to go to the post office and wait in line to get the parcel on
it's way.
To be far, many who list their items as US Only will when I ask, mail
them also to Canada. I have noticed a trend lately however, were many
will list the shipping as First Class International flat fee (or
something like that) which is often 2x or more what it could really be.
There are many sellers which have it all figured out, provide first rate
service and reasonable postage charges. The others just haven't quite
gotten their yet or the amount of their sales going cross border are so
few in number they have just adopted a way of dealing them which
provides them the least amount of work.
There is another US seller "Dans Small Part" who has lots of good items
at good prices but will not mail cross border. Fortunately there are
always other options.
cheers, Graham ve3gtc
On 13-06-26 11:04 PM, Mike M wrote:
> Mark C. Stephens
> Wed Jun 26 10:12:53 EDT 2013
>
> > RDR have some fantastic stuff.
>
> > But they won't ship outside of USA.
>
> > I have tried everything but according to Mark Cole the manager,
> > "The loss of time and the additional risk of international
> > shipping doesn't fit with our business profile"
>
> I don't know why they think there is additional risk with
> international shipments. Just send it with a signature required, and
> it has exactly the same risk as any ordinary shipment in the US. But
> a lot of vendors feel the same way.
>
>
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