Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
Now, Brazil... that's even worse, in terms of shipping. There was one reader from Brazil who posted on this thread and I'd love to hear what her experiences have been.
the only option there is to send via USPS Express Mail (EMI), because you *can* insure EMI shipments. However... they cost more than twice as much as the PMI.
Years ago I lost my first 4 orders.
Merchandise+shipping over 50,00 are held for taxation.
At this point it goes to a warehouse where they sit for 2 or 3 days. Dishonest people know that those are not trackable.
Since I learnt that
Flat Rate Envelopes up to 50,00 goes through untaxed no one was lost .
When the order is more than 6yds. or include high priced items I split in 2 envelopes.
My friends and I have been buying a lot online and following those rules have not counted a single loss.