Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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