[MGNDTH9]

Hi, I am an seller on eBay and I have had SEVERAL problems with Customs in Germany-after many attempts working my way up the USPS ladder I was told that alot of packages that arrive thru USPS to customs get abandoned or "lost" because they will never "return to sender". So I've lost quite a bit of money since that's happened (not the buyers fault) so I no longer ship to Germany either. I'm not sure why some packages don't make it thru customs anymore.

[fatefullotus]

I've shipped to Germany 4 times. Three of out the 4 resulted in some sort of problem. No more shipping to Germany for me.

[helium]

Because some people had a few bad experiences and decided Germany itself was the hotbed of scammers. I remember a few months back I saw a thread that said 'Germany has become very scammy these days'. It made me very angry. Unless you've done a million transactions, you have no right to stereotype their whole country as 'scammy'.

So really, i'm very, very livid at the specific mention of no shipping to Germany and i'm fairly sure that's a form of discrimination.

[stylefly]

Originally Posted by temo

I'm in Canada and I have shipped to Germany several times and found them to be the most courteous buyers of all. I have provided tracking and found their packages to arrive in 1 week! (Don't know why so fast!) Any problems I've had with buyers and items going "missing" have been in the US. (Takes 2 weeks or more to arrive too!)

I second EVERYTHING you wrote here. The French buyers are also lovely. I am very surprised about people not wanting to ship to Europe right now, especially coming from the US- they have money to spend that the US needs and it just takes understanding on the shipper's part to fill out the Customs forms correctly. All of this ranting about things being overcharged, etc. are 90% of the time the fault of the shipper not filling out the information correctly on the form.

I remember a few months back I saw a thread that said 'Germany has become very scammy these days'. It made me very angry. Unless you've done a million transactions, you have no right to stereotype their whole country as 'scammy'.

I completely agree with this too. I have had way more scammers from the US than in Europe, for what it's worth, and I would never assume that the majority of the people in that country are as such! There are rotten apples in every bunch

[shoulderache]

I LOVE shipping to Europe--with the dollar so low, the transaction is a great deal for everyone! I've only had one problem once and that was with a loony from Denmark, but I'm pretty sure that she was an American student studying abroad.

One of the problems with the customs forms is that a good part of the time the person at the post office doesn't know how to fill them out, either.

[LegacyGirl]

Originally Posted by CallMeObsessed

I did not know you could not ship leather to Italy...........good to know. I have shipped jeans there before, but never bags.

Take it from an Italian, Italy is WACKED! It is so hard to send things to my family! Here's a list I keep of what can and cannot be sent there:


PROHIBITIONS:

Albums of any kind (of photographs, postcards, postage stamps, etc.).
Articles of platinum or gold; jewelry; and other valuable articles unless sent as insured packages.
Artificial flowers and fruits and accessories for them.
Bells and other musical instruments and parts thereof.
Cartridge caps; cartridges.
Clocks and supplies for clocks.
Compound medicaments and medicines.
Coral mounted in any way.
Ether and chloroform.
Exposed photographic and cinematographic films.
Footwear of any kind.
Haberdashery and sewn articles of any kind, including trimmings and lace; handkerchiefs; scarves; shawls, needlework including stockings and gloves; bonnets, caps, and hats of any kind.
Hair and articles made of hair.
Leather goods.
Lighters and their parts, including lighter flints.
Live bees, leeches, and silkworms.
Nutmeg, vanilla; sea salt, rock salt; saffron.
Perfumery goods of all kinds (except soap).
Playing cards of any kind.
Postage stamps in sealed or unsealed letters.
Radioactive materials.
Ribbons for typewriters. Live bees, leeches, and silkworms. Parasites and predators of harmful insects.
Roasted or ground coffee and its substitutes; roasted chicory.
Saccharine and all products containing saccharine.
Salted, smoked or otherwise prepared meats; fats; and lard.
Tobacco.
Toys not made wholly of wood.
Treated skins and furs.
Weapons of any kind and spare parts for them.

Live plants and animals.
Arms and weapons.
Human remains.

RESTRICTIONS:

Coins; bank notes; currency notes (paper money); traveler's checks; jewelry; and other precious or valuable articles must be enclosed in an insured parcel post package in order to be mailable to addressees in Italy.
Postage stamps for philatelic purposes are admitted in registered letter-post shipments on condition that the package bears a completed Form 2976 and the addressee complies with the Italian financial regulations.

[LegacyGirl]

Oh and I don't ship to Nigeria but can anyone blame me?

[sw0pp]

wow, how comes Italy has such strict policies? Are they trying to protect their market?

[ShoeFanatic]

Originally Posted by LegacyGirl

Oh and I don't ship to Nigeria but can anyone blame me?

[BlkLadyLaw]

I don't because most of my items are over $400 and the last few times I tried to ship expensive items there via USPS the most affordable option the USPS cap on insurance was $400 or $450. I think I have faced an insurance cap for Australia before also. Though an option is to use Fed Ex or someone else which will be much much more expensive.