Urgent- BFPO addresses???

tirlittan

Hiya,

new to selling on ebay so need advice. Selling a skirt, listing ends tomorrow night and I've had a question from a watcher. Here goes:

Hi, Would you be happy to send this item to a BFPO address? This is a British military address to which postage is the same cost as though sending to any address in the UK. Ebay do not accept BFPO addresses into their system - although they do accept Amercian military addresses!

Is this correct, postage being of same cost? Will email her back and check were she is based.

Thanks in advance for advice.

DaisyChain_2

Yes it is.

More info for you here: http://www.bfpo.mod.uk/faqs.htm

iieee

As above, it is correct. Not quite sure what they mean by "ebay don't accept BFPO addresses" though, I've sent to them before and the address came via ebay/paypal as usual.

ArmitageShanks

I'm fairly sure it is yes.

Best bet will be to 'FAO Custardy' the thread (he works for the RM)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Forces_Post_Office

tirlittan

Thank you for quick reply!
No one was bidding/watching this item so nice to get interest.

fsdss

i recently sent something to a bfpo address and it was the same price as posting within uk

pinkgem

maybe they meant you can't print bfpo addresses through paypal postage?

i tried last week and it wouldn't accept the address without a valid postcode. I ended up putting their address and my postcode, then tippexing out my postcode.

it is the same price as sending mail within the uk. you just need to write "BRITISH FORCES MAIL" or similar on the packet, and an airmail sticker too i think.

ArmitageShanks

pinkgem wrote: »

maybe they meant you can't print bfpo addresses through paypal postage?

i tried last week and it wouldn't accept the address without a valid postcode. I ended up putting their address and my postcode, then tippexing out my postcode.

it is the same price as sending mail within the uk. you just need to write "BRITISH FORCES MAIL" or similar on the packet, and an airmail sticker too i think.

This is what it will be. It doesn't recognize BFPO postcodes

vaio

It will be the same cost as posting to the UK, royal mail deliver it all to a depot in (I think) Mill Hill and the Forces take it from there

Two other thoughts that occur to me…..
Can BFPO addresses be confirmed?
Do pay pal acceptable tracking methods work with them?

Marty_J

vaio wrote: »

Can BFPO addresses be confirmed?

The buyer having a confirmed address is no longer a prerequisite to qualify for the Seller Protection Programme.

vaio

Marty_J wrote: »

The buyer having a confirmed address is no longer a prerequisite to qualify for the Seller Protection Programme.

Ahh, didn't realise that, what about tracking?