Hello Dick! I wonder who that person is here in Sweden that you mentioned. Best regards Bertil Olson Bertil Olsson, Krokvägen 15, 291 44 Kristianstad SWEDEN 1965 Imperial Crown convertible 1965 Imperial Crown 4 d HT Plymouth PF 1934 Mercedes-Benz 220 SE 1959 Tel. +4644127070 mobil+4670877 38 13 Skype Plymouth1934 e-post bertil.olsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] För DickB@xxxxxxxxx Skickat: den 24 augusti 2007 17:59 Till: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ämne: RE: IML: Overseas/out-of-USA Shipping notes I'd like to second what Kenyon just said, and add a bit of my own experience. I've been very actively selling hundreds of my spare Packard parts on eBay lately and a significant portion of my sales have been to offshore folks. I've been using Priority Mail International, a service of the USPS, very successfully. Canada (and Mexico) are special cases for the USPS - they have a special deal worked out which cuts the cost significantly (if the part is less than 70 pounds, I think). Most items are a flat $22.80. The other tip is to mark the item value on the package as very low - because that changes the duty due at the border crossing. I always mark the package as "used auto part" and "value under $10" - this helps the buyer a lot! I also ask the buyer what service he would prefer that I use - some are really hard to deal with at the other end (UPS in particular, in Canada, I'm told). Most foreign buyers know of services whereby parts can be shipped to a US destination and shipped in bulk to a foreign port - I sell a lot of stuff to Northern Europe, and there is a person from Sweden who comes over here and picks up the stuff, once every 2 or 3 months, and takes care of shipping it (this is for large items like parts cars, engines, body parts etc.) I've also used a similar service for down under shipments. Dick Benjamin -----Original Message----- From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kenyon Wills Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 9:10 PM To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: IML: Overseas/out-of-USA Shipping notes --- Jim Carpenter <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 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! ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm