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, planoph...@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. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.