Re:U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in
by Scoundreller on Thursday September 26, 2019 @12:17AM
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Or too afraid to consider sending something without insurance. Even though it will have tracking.
Re:U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in
by sokoloff on Thursday September 26, 2019 @05:47AM
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Who would (have their customer) pay $40 for insurance on under $100 (retail) of product?
Re:U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in
by Scoundreller on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:47AM
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They think everywhere outside the US is a 4th world country.
International shipping does require a bit of a knack for risk assessment. There are countries that most think are fine, but with terrible postal systems. Or annoying customs. Or people that flip out when a package takes more than 3 days to arrive.
Shipping to Sweden is fine. Shipping to Italy isn’t. German Customs will inspect a lot and send a bill, Canadian customs often doesn’t bother with American packages.
Re:U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in
by mikepurvis on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:00AM
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Potentially a seller who a) doesn't really care about customers outside the US or b) is used to shipping $1000+ complete products and doesn't do enough volume of small spare parts to make it worth investing in a separate process for those orders.
Re:U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in
by Scoundreller on Thursday September 26, 2019 @11:13AM
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Probably the former. As a Canadian, I would ship anywhere and generally made enough off the extra demand to pay for any losses.
And I was happy to make some Super Nintendo collector in Sweden happy.
You can send that for $10.50 from USA to Canada as an International Small Package [1].
They just don't care enough about you as a customer to bother.
Thank god for China! You are not at the mercy of the douchebags.
[1] https://www.nerdylorrin.net/jerry/postages/