Here they give me the customs form and let me pay for the shipping and go off fill out the forms and just drop it back off at the front. no need to stand in line again. I also got a bunch of extra customs forms the last time I went so I could fill them out in advanced.

We did just have a postal strike so that may explain some recent things that happened.

I have never refused to ship anywhere lol I try to keep the extra forms here or do it online. Most everyone outside of the US acknowlege that the shipping cost will be high and are willing to pay it. I have found that parcel post is sometimes alot cheaper than priority flat rate and it only takes maybe a day or two longer. I just go in and tell them I want the cheapest rate possible!!! yes sometimes it takes two trips - I like to let the buyer make the final decision on shipping costs. Now that I have a scale I can do it all from home and drop it off at po or even the local grocery store for mailing!!! I do usually take to po though so I make sure I put enough postage on it - dont want that package coming back. lol

We welcome members from outside the US and use their ideas and enjoy their company - Isnt it worth it to go a little out of our way?? It is for me!!!

I have never had a problem shipping to Canada or anywhere. I don't post it in my ads that I will ship here or there, because I will ship anywhere.....hmmm....must have Dr Seuss on the brain!!! LOL

I figure when they say they are from Canada, I tell them the shipping to Canada, they know before they ask that shipping will be more.

I do special things for them occasionally, like sending the item for the cost and not charging shipping. Or only charging shipping that would be Stateside price. It's not their fault that shipping is so much more.

The customs labels are usually just the green ones, they are smaller and easier than the A forms.

I can't really understand why either if the person is willing to pay for shipping. I have shipped scraps worth $10 to UK and shipping was about $14 and the buyer was ok with it. The only issue i guess would be the insurance since i can't get international insurance unless through a third party which is a hassle. Once i ship it won't be my responsibility and i provide tracking always for reference...IMHO

I don't mind shipping things to other countries as long as the buyer is willing to pay the extra shipping cost. I shipped an AccuQuilt Go! to Canada and sent it UPS. The UPS person did all the paper work, just asked me a few questions and I was good to go. And it made it without a scratch on it! Yeah!!

I feel sad for those in other countries who don't have access to all that we do, fabric wise, that is, and have to pay such high prices. I am more than willing to help someone out.

I ship to where ever they are.
They seem to know the rates are different
when they contact me for purchase.

If you use the FLAT rate PRIORITY envelopes (cardboard or padded), you only need the small GREEN form. You don't have to fill out the larger white customs form. As long as it weighs under 4lbs. (check for destination country limitations on the usps site) you can stuff as much as you want in there.

Thanks, MTS, I will look into it!

I ship to Canada and the customs forms aren't that big a deal. I just make sure that they know that they pay the extra cost for shipping to Canada. My only problem was when I accepted a money order from Canada and my bank wouldn't take it. It even said US dollars on it and they refused it. Said it was too much hassle on the other end. They finally took it but charged me a fee for it so I did lose money on that purchase. But PayPal from Canadians avoids that problem.

on larger more costly items, it becomes an issue of customs, more than shipping costs OR the fact that there is NO way to track it and it is non-insurable! It is very easy for an international buyer to claim the item never arrived...here in the US we have NO way to prove that it did! So we have to send a refund and are out the product and shipping costs!

I ship international and have been burned many times this way..but I remain positive that the vast majority are honest buyers and really will do the right thing...