UK items visible on ebay Italy

soolin

Just be careful with your seller preferences if you prefer not to deal with the notorious Italian Post

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/201106241537042.html

GregtheHammer

Italy is already on my blocked list & will stay like that, once bitten twice shy..

xxdaisyxx

I've heard alot about the Italian Post being not very good . I post a fair bit to Italy and I have never encountered any problems.Am I just one of the lucky ones?

soolin

xxdaisyxx wrote: »

I've heard alot about the Italian Post being not very good . I post a fair bit to Italy and I have never encountered any problems.Am I just one of the lucky ones?

Probably yes, I lose very very little stuff yet everytime i start allowing Italian bidders again I lose something in the post.

xxdaisyxx

soolin wrote: »

Probably yes, I lose very very little stuff yet everytime i start allowing Italian bidders again I lose something in the post.

I don't sell to overseas with Ebay just UK (personal items only) .
I have my own business-an online store I post alot of parcels overseas (dont panic I wont plug it on here lol) ive never had a lost parcel yet....I shall count my blessings as it seems alot of you on here have had many problems with postal services

soolin

xxdaisyxx wrote: »

I don't sell to overseas with Ebay just UK (personal items only) .
I have my own business-an online store I post alot of parcels overseas (dont panic I wont plug it on here lol) ive never had a lost parcel yet....I shall count my blessings as it seems alot of you on here have had many problems with postal services

My losses are about 1 in a 1000 so I don't believe things are bad at all, it's just that for me Italy accounts for more than their fair share of issues.

xxdaisyxx

Ahh that's not too bad then

terra_ferma

I must say that ISF does not get lost, in my experience, and tracking can be followed all the way through to destination, via the Italian website.
For cheaper items not worth it, probably, but many Italians don't mind paying for the signature and reliability of ISF, in my experience, so there is no cost/risk to the seller.
I don't know much about normal Airmail to Italy, only sent a few items, never lost anything.

sgh1976

I sell a fair bit to Italy and just send the stuff normal air mail and never had 1 issue.

The only country I seem to have problems with is China. Sold to Brazil today for the first time, so interesting to see how that one goes.

terra_ferma

It seems that some people have more issues than others.
I wonder if there is something that scammers/thieves use to identify possible juicy pickings, like address from ebay invoices, paypal postage etc???

soolin

terra_ferma wrote: »

It seems that some people have more issues than others.
I wonder if there is something that scammers/thieves use to identify possible juicy pickings, like address from ebay invoices, paypal postage etc???

I have no reason to believe that my Italian losses are due to scammers. I have a friend who is married to an Italian and lives near Naples, she always tells people not to send anything at all to her in Italy but instead to wait for her mum or sisters to go and vist and send it with them.

She talks darkly or bribery and corruption although as she has lived there now for many many years she just accepts that that is how it is.