U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in

Re:U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in by Scoundreller on Thursday September 26, 2019 @12:17AM (#21078104)

Or too afraid to consider sending something without insurance. Even though it will have tracking.

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Re:U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in by sokoloff on Thursday September 26, 2019 @05:47AM (#21079537)

Who would (have their customer) pay $40 for insurance on under $100 (retail) of product?

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Re:U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in by Scoundreller on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:47AM (#21081365)

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.

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Re:U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in by mikepurvis on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:00AM (#21080921)

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.

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Re:U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in by Scoundreller on Thursday September 26, 2019 @11:13AM (#21081617)

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.

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