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Re: 'Will ship to United States only - Oi!
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lugnet.market.theory
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Sat, 27 Jan 2001 03:28:42 GMT
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In lugnet.general, James Brown writes:
> International postal rates vary by country, and it means before a seller can
> even give a final total, they have to pack up whatever you bought, take it to
> the post office, and find out how much it costs - all before they get paid.
Say it's christmas season and waiting in line at the post office can take up
to 30 minutes. Combine that with a Non-Paying Buyer and there's a problem.
Rather than making 2 trips to the post office and giving accurate shipping,
I tend to just estimate lower than what the final shipping charge might end
up and eating part of the shipping charge myself about 90% of the time. In
the 10% cases shipping is lower than the estimate, I'd give credit to the
buyer on their next purchase or just consider the difference a charge for
the other things that make up shipping - handling, box, packaging tape, etc.
So the only difference with shipping to other countries becomes filing out a
customs form. It works out well, I never received a complaint.
Having to make 2 trips to the post office for international buyers would
mean that I'd rather not ship internationally.
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