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Why are many private sellers reluctant to post abroad?!

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  • chja
    chja Posts: 913 Forumite
    Sent loads of stuff abroad - US, Canada, Brazil, Australia, France, Germany, Finland, Italy & Spain. Never had a complaint about postage rates (I generally just double my UK rate) and only had one item to Italy "go missing", which is really no worse a hit rate than the UK.

    There are parts of the UK that I am more nervous about posting to !

    Standard RM proof of posting insures you to £39 - they paid my claim in full without trouble.
  • ANGSTDATA
    ANGSTDATA Posts: 411 Forumite
    I`ve had 2 requests today about shipping to Malaysia from different buyers with 0% feedback - dosen`t look very good to me !
  • I've had too many no paying bidders from abroad. I cant be bothered with the hassle

    ANGSTDATA - ignore them. Don't ship out there, In my experience you wont get payment or they'll whinge about the cost of posting.
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