I recently noticed a link when I'm making my listings to participate in eBay's Global Shipping Program.
Has anyone tried this out yet? I'm intrigued but a smidge hesitant. I do ship internationally but I only ship usps express which is expensive but lowers my anxiety about international shipping a bit.
Ouch... I live in Sweden....
and do LOT of buying on ebay.....
I bought from a few sellers who used Express, and for shipping to Sweden... it is SO NOT worth that kind of money....
It cost twice as much to ship Express than it does Priority....
and both are trackable to my door.... and both require my signature...
However, Express arrives about 3-5 days LATER than Priority......
in my eyes.... Express should be just that... EXPRESS.....
Of course it depends on what country you are shipping to.....
I wish there was a website that would rate each countries Postal System....
and describe the way customers receive their packages....
Like for example....
Sweden has one of the FASTED most reliable postal systems in ALL of the world.......
Here in Sweden, EVERYTHING is either brought to your door.... and is HANDED right to you.... or you are given a ticket to go pick it up at your
local Postal Service Store..... Packages are NEVER left on your door step...
There is REALLY no way I could receive an item, and lie about it... since no matter what, it is handed right to me personally....
Then you have Italy, that has very slow and corrupt postal system.....
Customs can take weeks.... and I have read that there is a LOT of theft from the Postal Employees..... I have heard it is one of the most corrupt postal systems in Europe.......
Being I live in a country with such a reliable system.... it is annoying that I have to pay the same as somebody in Italy, where their postal system is not so reliable.....