Amazon buyer in eu - should i post?

cestlavie

hello
just had a buyer enquire if i ship to france.. it's a heavy book and i reckon printed matter/small packet it will cost me £10+ and mr amazon only gives me £3... i was looking for advice from any of you professionals! i can't track item for this price so is it safe to send without insurance? supposing buyer claims non-receipt?
fyi book is on amazon at 34 quid..
thanks for any info

teapot2

Presumably you have the item listed as UK only? If you want to sell it internationally to this buyer you could edit the listing to increase the price to cover postage and make it available to 'domestic and within Europe' destinations. Just email the buyer first to tell them this is what you have to do as its a heavy item to post and they may still be willing to buy? Don't be tempted to sell it off Amazon though.

Premier_2

How heavy is the book exactly?

In order for it to cost £10.00 postage using airmail/printed papers to Europe I estimate it weighs 1.66kg

In order to send that item in the uk it would cost £5.85 first class or £4.41 standard parcels (no second class option available)

Amazon have set delivery charges for marketplace sellers.
For books this is £2.75 in the uk and £3.94 to Europe.
(amazon will take fees from this amount before passing remainder onto the seller)

Hopefully you've already priced the book accordingly to take account of the shortfall you'll receive in postage from a uk buyer. Remember to include this amount before establishing how much extra you need to raise the price of the book to post to Europe.

I wouldn't bother about tracking on amazon sales - if a buyer claims non receipt and files an a-z claim the buyer will be refunded whatever proof the seller has.
Legal action against a foreign buyer isn't usually a viable option either.
In reality, you don't get as many scammers on amazon compared to say ebay as amazon place a limit on how many a-z claims a person can make.

cyberbob

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What???????

frivolous_fay

cyberbob wrote: »

What???????

Looks like a spammer in training to me.

frivolous_fay

Wow, someone's on the ball, post already gone.
Next target: username DARD

cestlavie

thanks to you all. much appreciated