Tom shipped me an OM2n body to British Columbia about seven years ago. It
arrived in perfect shape with not a dint in sight to either the body or to
the package.
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Scales" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, 29 January, 2007 05:48 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: OT: Shipping to England from the US
>
> I've shipped a few packages around the world -- just a few, don't you
know.
>
> I ALWAYS ship USPS internationally. I just send it regular mail. I've
> never lost a single package. Had a buyer CLAIM the package was lost
(anyone
> remember that former list member) but even that one magically turned up.
>
> Tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 4:46 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: OT: Shipping to England from the US
>
>
> >
> > I have never shipped camera equipment to the UK. That said, I have
> > bought and sold too many antique fountain pens to number. My
> > preference for shipping to the UK is the US Postal Service Global
> > Priority package. If you can keep tit under a pound, you don't even
> > have to fill out customs forms. True, you can't insure Global
> > Priority, either, but then I've never had a GP package lost, delayed
> > or misplaced. I've had stuff delivered in the UK in as little as two
> > days. That said, I don't know that just because no customs form is
> > required that UK customs doesn't have a look anyway, especially in
> > these days of international terrorism, but at least there's no little
> > green sticker to call attention to itself.
> >
> > According to my local postmaster, the contracts with other
> > governments are pretty specific about how Global Priority is handled.
> > For me, it's been safe and foolproof 100 percent of the time. I even
> > use the free Priority boxes. The post office doesn't object, at least
> > mine doesn't, as long as you're using them for Global Priority.
> >
> > If you really want to be sure, use the USPS Global Express. It's more
> > expensive, and you've got the whole customs thing to deal with, but
> > the package is automatically insured for up to something like $400,
> > and it's quick. I shipped a few high-end pens that way and never a
> > problem.
> >
> > A caveat: Check to be sure the above is still true. It's been a few
> > months since I shipped anything overseas. Stuff changes fast these days.
> >
> > Bob Whitmire
> > www.bobwhitmire.com
> >
> >
> >
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