Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was rather taken aback to hear of your difficulties sending shipments to, and receiving payment from, persons in Canada. I've made a dozen or so purchases from members of this list and the Rangefinder list (including two from you - the Leica M3 and the 6 x 9 Fuji system), as well as various commercial sources, and not once has anyone reported any difficulties receiving payment, or problems with packages going through customs. Goodness knows I'm no fan of the Canadian postal system, but even so, I'd like to think we are at least a bit above a third-world rating. David Scollard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dante Stella" <dstella1@ameritech.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Just curious > If you want an empirical explanation of why I offer international > shipping but why it's not my first choice, here's a non-exhaustive list > of problems that are unique to international commerce. > > 1. People who don't understand English have a hard time reading > descriptions. > > 2. Paypal doesn't protect you on high-dollar items out of the country. > > 3. Half the time you fill out an airmail parcel post customs form, postal > employees don't know what to do with them. > > 4. It's impossible to insure packages to many international destinations. > > 5. If you have to file an international insurance claim, good luck. > > 6. You get persistent requests for customs fraud from buyers in countries > with problematic/corrupt/venal customs regimes (particularly England and > Canada). > > 7. Theft of packages, particularly with Global Priority Mail > (prioritaire). > > 8. Through paypal, domestic shipping works through Internet-driven > labeling; everything else is waiting at the post-office. Just what you > want to do for a $5 item. > > If I had to rank countries as least and most problematic, Japan would be > at the top (fewest problems) and surprisingly, Canada would be at the > bottom (highest number of hangups). > > Dante > > > > On Jul 28, 2006, at 2:00 PM, Robert Beaudoin wrote: > >> Bonjour, >> >> I just noticed that one of our lugger friend is selling a camera and >> will only ship to the US. I've also noticed that many people on eBay >> make it clear that they do not ship outside of the USA. Heck, some >> won't even ship an item to Alaska! Now just out of curiosity really, in >> this day and age of globalization and international trade, why are so >> many americans refusing to ship outside of the continental USA, and >> potentially lose sales and money? >> >> Again, just curious and...puzzled. >> >> Best, >> >> Robert (Un chevalier sans blason) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >