I asked RDR about this: Mark Cole replied: "We are aware of eBay's global shipping program and after evaluating it we determined that it is not appropriate for us. It still exposes us to costs and risks that we are not willing to accept. The loss of time and the additional risk of international shipping doesn't fit with our business profile."
-marki -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Robert Atkinson Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013 9:30 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Cross border shipping ==> was: GPS receivers W/timing outputs greater than 1PPS It actually even easier than ever now. Ebay.com do a global postage programme http://pages.ebay.co.uk/shipping/globalshipping/buyer-tnc.html#paymentsplit The seller ships it to a US processing center (an item I just won went to Kentucky) and they preprocess the customs. I prepaid which saves the £7.5 "collection charge" that the UK postoffice levies on the receipient to collect the customs fees. OK sometimes an item might miss customs in the UK but you can't count on it. Robert G8RPI. ________________________________ From: Graham <planoph...@aei.ca> To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013, 10:46 Subject: [time-nuts] Cross border shipping ==> was: GPS receivers W/timing outputs greater than 1PPS 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
