Re: IML: Overseas/out-of-USA Shipping notes

[aeyn <mr85000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank You Kenyon for bring this up.
   The one thing that many people forget about it MEDIA MAIL
(domestic US) is about 1/3 the cost for shipping items list
FSM's, magazines, recordings, posters and other forms of recorded
infomation in nearly any form.  

Æyn


--- Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> --- Jim Carpenter <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > Hi all, just want to make sure you all know that I
> > can help avoid 
> > international shipping woes as we are a Canadian
> > Company that does our 
> > own cross border transport 
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> Jim, that is a really super, positive thing to offer
> the club and to inject into the discussion.  We sure
> do have a diverse, deep group of good people!
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> People selling parts specialize in selling parts, and
> shipping items out of the continental US is terribly
> challenging and viarble to do RIGHT.  I sell things on
> ebay, and while I want to do right, I frankly don't
> devote myself to being an international shipping
> expert - just not enough time in the day.  
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> So: I can either ship however I can figure it out and
> get yelled at for expensive shipping, or I can decline
> to allow ebay bids from other countries and receive
> complaints that I'm blocking people that REALLY
> desperately want my items and why am I not offering to
> ship to them?, etc.  
> 
> USPS recently eliminated "Surface" transport overseas,
> jumping the price significantly for heavy things like
> heads and manifolds.  -Had a person in Britain get
> hopping mad when I refused to ship "surface" (because
> I can't) and the price was triple what he'd paid just
> 12 mos earlier for something similar.
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> Shipping a bumper or fender?
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> If you live overseas, you'll do well to find yourself
> a postage buddy here on the list or elsewhere and ship
> to them OR do the legwork to find a freight
> forwarder/logistics firm that can help you.  
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> I use Sierra in South San Francisco, but didn't see
> them on a casual google search...  Companies like this
> are often clustered around major airports.
> 
> Greyhound is the secret for transporting heavy items
> in the USA - they're cheap, and the hold on each bus
> is big enough to swallow a bumper.
> 
> If you order anything that is more than you can hold
> easily in one hand, you're in for some serious trouble
> if you leave it to the seller to figure out.
> 
> By the way, DHL has been very hungry lately, and you
> could do worse than to get a quote from them.
> 
> Suggest that you bookmark the shipping calculator
> pages for DHL, FedEx, UPS, and the US post office.
> 
> Post Office is USPS.gov 
> 
> Get a quote from these vendors FIRST as you consider
> purchasing your part, and educate yourself on what you
> need to get things to you.  Most vendors don't care
> and will take requests, so perhaps making requests
> makes more sense than trusting businesses to make the
> right choices for your needs?  
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> Hooray for folks "elsewhere" that keep their cars
> ticking.  It's hard enough to do here at "home".
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> Kenyon Wills
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