Former_Member
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How do you post your items

Hi everyone,
Just basically wanted to ask how do you post your items. Do you trust the post a lot. Last year I had some personal experiences luckily they were packages from my family arrived quite badly. Nothing was stolen but i felt there are some people at the post quite curious. I am paying excessive fees for sending my items right now. Last time I have paid 23 euros for 200 gram object to send USA just because it is followable and with signature. How do you send your items?

Thank you for your help
Isil
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aeliosdesign
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Re: How do you post your items

I know what you mean... registered is expensive. I just send regular post, but I offer registered post or courier if the client is willing to pay for it.
I include the cost of regular post in my shipping, but in the listing I say they can have courier or registered if they wish.
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misala
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Re: How do you post your items

As an international seller I hear your pain. Items over 100g are extremely expensive to ship via conventional post services.

I do a few things to keep the cost down to
maintain my competitiveness: For my small purses I try my best to control my weight to make postage of $5 possible. (normal registered air mail) Occasionally I went over because of the packaging but I shell out those extra.

For my larger bags I am sure to lose money on shipping even when I put $10 as the cost, but I make that up by pricing slightly higher, and I encourage people to combine ship orders when they buy more.

When you are shipping more than 200g, courier services like DHL becomes more affordable if you can find the right connections to get the corporate rate.
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Former_Member
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Re: How do you post your items

Hi Isil,

When I send anything internationally, I usually just package it well (to the point that it would take a truck to destroy the outer packaging).

I don't use signature confirmation although I do pay for insurance for anything over a certain dollar amount.

Over the past 20 years or so I've shipped packages all over the world with very few problems.

Yes, some have been beaten up pretty badly but for the most part they have been ok.

For me to send a 200g package to you would cost me approx $8.00 or 5.5 Euros. That's without any tracking or insurance.
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Former_Member
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Re: How do you post your items

Thank you all for you precious advice!
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