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Posting to Italy

edinburghgirl
edinburghgirl Posts: 281 Forumite
in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
Anyone have any experience of posting to Italy
Have had a buyer enquiry if I would be willing to post to Italy
Only have experience of uk postage
Thanks
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  • forestwn6
    forestwn6 Posts: 77 Forumite
    Hello,
    I had a similar inquiry to Norway. Just put all the details into myparcel.com and then choose an option which suits you in terms of price and speed of delivery.
    Hope that helps.
  • moneypooh
    moneypooh Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    We post all over the EU through RM and no problems so far.
  • samsmoot
    samsmoot Posts: 736 Forumite
    edinburghgirl wrote: »
    Anyone have any experience of posting to Italy
    Have had a buyer enquiry if I would be willing to post to Italy
    Only have experience of uk postage
    Thanks


    Have sent records and mags to Italy with no problems via Royal Mail Airsure.
  • fifeken
    fifeken Posts: 2,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edinburghgirl wrote: »
    Anyone have any experience of posting to Italy
    Have had a buyer enquiry if I would be willing to post to Italy
    Only have experience of uk postage
    Thanks

    I've been sending stuff to Italy for a while and started a thread on it a week or so ago which may help:

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4864987

    Advice from my past experience of trusting things to the post would be "don't do it".

    samsmoot wrote: »
    Have sent records and mags to Italy with no problems via Royal Mail Airsure.

    Airsure service doesn't cover Italy (as I found out in the thread linked above).
  • steveo3002
    steveo3002 Posts: 2,731 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    italy is known for stuff not turning up with regular post , weve sent stuff to our friend before and its taken 4-5 weeks to get there

    i would suggest pricing them for a courier via parcels2go , ups will get stuff there fast and signed for
  • luvvlyjubbly
    luvvlyjubbly Posts: 2,440 Forumite
    Italy is on my banned list as 80% of things would go missing so just decided not to post there, or Malta.
    Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid doing altogether.:D
  • samsmoot
    samsmoot Posts: 736 Forumite
    fifeken wrote: »
    Airsure service doesn't cover Italy (as I found out in the thread linked above).



    Yes - no Italy. Did send via RM though - maybe was International Signed For I used - it's been a while.
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,438 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Nope, Italy remains on my blocked country list.
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • kronenbourg
    kronenbourg Posts: 229 Forumite
    anything i post to italy i send international signed for just to make sure it gets there and all never had a problem that way
    at the end of the day its the buyer who is paying so if they ask for a postage quote bump it up
  • mgdavid
    mgdavid Posts: 6,710 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    never had any problem with Italy using post or couriers. However my descriptions always include the words Used or Second-hand, which is truthful and seems to deter the average tea-leaf.
    The questions that get the best answers are the questions that give most detail....
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