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08-18-2011, 09:01 AM

#51

watterstide

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Join Date: Oct 2009

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Exactly! heck some countries have a hard tme getting 100% cotton! a women on this board has a really hard time getting cotton. so i made her up a special package for her, and now am hoping she can actually get it.

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Originally Posted by bob1414

I guess what the seller wants to do is up to him/her .
I ship my batik all over the world - yes, it's more work to print out all the customs forms, attach the plastic envelope to the package and insert the forms, but people from all over the world need batik......don't they???!!!!!!!!!!!

08-18-2011, 11:53 AM

#52

misseva

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Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: East Arkansas

Posts: 2,534

Here at work the hassel is in filling out the customs papers.

08-18-2011, 06:16 PM

#53

alwayslearning

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Join Date: Feb 2011

Location: Central Florida

Posts: 1,465

Remember back in the good old days, when traveling back and forth and mailing back and forth to Canada were simple? Those were the days!

08-18-2011, 09:19 PM

#54

raksmum

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Join Date: Nov 2006

Posts: 786

Thanks to those of you who are willing to ship to Canada. We appreciate and you get a sale!

08-19-2011, 06:36 AM

#55

ShopaholicUS

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Join Date: Aug 2011

Posts: 2

Hi there, just a suggestion - you may want to use a package forwarding service. It's so much easier. This way you can buy any item in the US without running into this problem. MyUS.com is good and have been around for awhile. Simply speaking, they provide you with a U.S. address, all your items are shipped there and you can consolidate your purchases into smaller packages for cheaper shipping. This way you aren't limited on what can and cannot ship to international addresses. Here's a special discount code for you to use to get 15% off your first shipment. Hope that helps! http://myus2.myus.com/programs/main/...kd=&id=1001517

08-19-2011, 09:32 PM

#56

dogpursemaker

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Join Date: May 2011

Location: Wonderfully Wet PNW

Posts: 246

I've not sent a package to Canada for a couple of years, but I too have sent items all over the world. It is possible to track and insure international packages through USPS-it must be sent Priority. One very bad experience with a buyer in Croatia has resulted in my choice not to send ANY ebay sales internationally unless they are sent Priority and insured. Private sales off of ebay, I send them all over, and I allow the buyer to decide how they want it shipped. I've recently sent handbags to Germany and Poland. Germany was no problem, but it took almost a month and two trips to the customs office by the customer before it cleared customs in Poland. Oh-and she had to pay an extra $30 to be allowed to keep it. I have NO idea what the difference was-all customs forms were filled out the same, just different laws I guess.

08-19-2011, 10:14 PM

#57

Vicky K

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Join Date: Jul 2011

Location: AB,Can

Posts: 130

My husband was burned by UPS when he purchased something through Ebay from US. The brokerage/custom fees were $50.00 on an $11.00 item. I've purchased about a handful of things online and have been okay, but all my items were mailed through USPS.

with regards to customs:
Putting "Gift" on package does work to not incure charges but a lot of stores don't like doing that because its lying.

If the products were made in the US, Canadians are not charged customs. I've been able to use this a lot as I get a lot of books online.

I will not purchase from a company that will not send via USPS. I just made a purchase and had to have a PO BOX to ensure USPS as UPS cannot ship to a PO, they take it directly to the door.

Its a live and learn world. I'm sorry for those that have bad experiences.