Advice on sending item Overseas please 30 December 2009 at 7:45PM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Ebay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales 3 replies 554 views

me_eevie

Hi

I am currently selling an item on ebay and to my amazement I have had people from Australia and USA asking me for P&P costs.

Now I have never sent a parcel abroad before and have been looking into various methods of sending the parcel.

So far the cheapest quote I have (including insurance of £200) from DHL is almost £50 to send outside the EU.

This seems excessive - am I doing something wrong? Can anyone advise how I can get the cost down?

The item is a doll which I will pack in a box measuring 30cm x 20com x 12cm and the parcel will weigh approx 600g.

The item on ebay is 180450278484

I hope someone can offer advice as I don't want to put off potential buyers with extortionate shipping costs

soolin

How much does he weigh?

If it is under 2kg then use Royal Mail airsure with the additional insurance (£2.20) but limit your sales to countries (as far as you can) that airsure covers.

me_eevie

Thanks for your prompt reply

The package will weigh about 600g

Limiting to the countries served by Airsure sounds a good idea - thanks

cyberbob

Airsure still wont guarantee tracking once it has left the UK though (no service will)