Hi Boz and all, it's not completely true that there is no insurance available at all. I sent a parcel with a lens to an Australian PDML member. There was an insurance available, but not for the complete way. IIRC it was insured up to Australia. Inside Australia it was not insured. But I selected a delivery which has to be signed by the receiver. That gives a certain amount of security. But to express the big amount of fees in Germany. I had to pay at the post office around 30 US$ for transport and insurance !!!!! If I would transfer money to America, it would cost me about 15..20 US$ !! That's crazy. Only escape is via VISA, PAYPAL and similiar possibilities. Even if we want to transfer money to other European countries ( most of them use now the EURO, so there are no currency eychanges ), the fees are still about 10..15 US$. We wait hopefully that these fees get cancelled, but up to now I have no date for that. As long as the banks don't get forced by the government, I suppose they will take a lot of money for such transfers.
Hey American guys, do you still claim about the nationalistic Germans ? I suppose and hope not. Ciao Bernd H. Boz wrote > My statement applies only to Germany. The German Postal > Office will NOT > ship insured to any country outside of the EU. I found this > incredible, > so I asked at three different post offices, and then made an official > inquiry. The result was always the same --- no insurance to countries > outside the EU. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
