Best way to send parcel to USA ?

django_2

What if the parcel got lost ? can you get compensation for overseas thingy?

cafenervosa_2

django wrote:

What if the parcel got lost ? can you get compensation for overseas thingy?

Yea its still insured for upto £32. However Royal Mail say they don't have to pay out for lost mail overseas.

Contains_Mild_Peril

Surface mail is generally a bad idea, since the deadline for an "item not received" claim on eBay is 45 days, and surface mail can sometimes take longer than that.

soolin

cafenervosa wrote:

You say put the sender address on the top right hand side?...well the Postage label goes there.

Sorry, I meant top LH for return address.:o

It makes a small jiffy envelope look horribly crowded..the one I sent last week I had completely forgotten about the new rules, so I ended up with a large address label, an able label with my address on the top LH side, a post office 'postage' label on top RH and the customs label hanging on for dear life at an angle on the bottom LH side.

Soo

cafenervosa_2

soolin wrote:

Sorry, I meant top LH for return address.:o

It makes a small jiffy envelope look horribly crowded..the one I sent last week I had completely forgotten about the new rules, so I ended up with a large address label, an able label with my address on the top LH side, a post office 'postage' label on top RH and the customs label hanging on for dear life at an angle on the bottom LH side.

Soo

Thanks Soo, I will have to change my way of working from now on.

soolin

cafenervosa wrote:

Thanks Soo, I will have to change my way of working from now on.

I would double check with your PO as mine are often odd about these new rules and I can find nothing official about them yet.

Soo

martindow

Canada for quite a while have required return addresses to be in the top left but I have not heard anything about this requirement for other countries. Has anybody got a link to a PO site about this or is it coming from an eccentric PO like Soo's?

nightswimmer

martindow wrote:

Canada for quite a while have required return addresses to be in the top left but I have not heard anything about this requirement for other countries. Has anybody got a link to a PO site about this or is it coming from an eccentric PO like Soo's?

My Post Office has said the same to me about it. I think for most countries it's a case of this is 'best practice' rather than essential, however with Canada you have to address it the correct way or it will be returned to you. I had one parcel returned from Canada with an official sticker on it that listed all the reasons why my parcel might have been returned. What had I done so wrong that prevented Canada from accepting my parcel? My return address label didn't have my name on it! :mad: All the other reasons listed were just as petty.

richt71

mom23 wrote:

Hi
Have never posted outside of uk before.
But a potential buyer has emailed me to see if i will reconsider selling to USA
I have an item that weighs roughly 250 g,is Airmail small packets the best way to go???
Sorry to sound thick but have always been a bit of a wuzz when it comes to selling further a field.
Thanks in advance

Most services go by airmail unless they want to wait weeks! However most offer a fast service (which is usually delivered to US address with 2-3 days) or a noraml service (which usually takes about a week!).

I've used parcelforce, UPS and FED EX for shipment to US . No problems with any of them.

mattman110

I agree, I have just used a company to send via a parcel to the USA via UPS and DHL. The company seem to get better rates than going direct with the courier!

I used www.worldwide-parcelservices.co.uk/, I saw lots of other and not to say that others arent good just this one gave me a decent service for a parcel to the states.

What is it you sell out of intrest.

richt71 wrote: »

Most services go by airmail unless they want to wait weeks! However most offer a fast service (which is usually delivered to US address with 2-3 days) or a noraml service (which usually takes about a week!).

I've used parcelforce, UPS and FED EX for shipment to US . No problems with any of them.