Shipping to Greece?

[RisC]

I had an earring order from Greece back in January that I mailed out on Jan. 17th. It has still not arrived to the customer so I am assuming it was lost or stolen. I am planning to resend some earrings and am wondering if anyone else has had any problems shipping to Greece? Any tips?

When I have shipped there in the past, it only took a few weeks so I am not sure why it didn't work this time. I ship First Class International and try to make the package look as plain and inconspicuous as possible. Is there anything else I should do or just try again and hope for better luck this time?

[ChrisOsCreations]

hi there
i'm from Greece
our postal service is really slow cause they have fired too many ppl
so now they do deliveries once every two weeks (at least at my neighborhood)
a friend had sent me a present few months ago and it took 2months to arrive
also we have another incident with some books (3months)
in your position i would wait a little longer (1 more week)
especially if they don't leave at Athens
only registered mail has fast delivery

[RisC]

That is crazy long! I will ask the buyer to wait another week or two before I send out replacements. Hopefully she will understand that it is out of my control.

[ChrisOsCreations]

i know
and the weird thing is when i mail orders to USA it takes 5-6days to deliver
i hope when the crisis pass everything will be a little better

[Former_Member]

Wow Chris, that must be terrible for your business.

[ReyesRobledo]

I have also found that in Europe, if you do not live in the main cities, the post service tends to be dreadful. I live just 8 km away from Madrid, Spain's capital cities, and we only get our mail delivered every 10 days or so, I also lived in a village in Normandy (France) and I had the same problem with the mail.

[Former_Member]

I would suggest that you wait at least a couple more weeks with a package to Greece.

I sent a package Priority mail to Greece in early December and it arrived at the beginning of March!!!

I've never seen such slow postal service.

[ChrisOsCreations]

worldwide shipping works really fast
domestic is a nightmare