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| Author: | Black Dog [ Sun Sep 05, 2010 11:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | UK to USA Shipping |
I have a query about shipping a watch from the UK to the USA. I recently sold one of my Breitlings on ebay which was bought by someone from Texas. I have looked into the cost of postage and cannot find any company which will ship it for less than £70 insured. I have obtained a number of on line quotes for around the £30 figure but this is without insurance. The buyer claims that it should be possible for a maximum of $50 and I'm not suggesting that he's wrong on this but I can't seem to find anyone that can do it for this amount; e.g. DHL Economy is around £35 but this figure does not include insurance. Royal Mail Parcelforce quote £97 but exclude watches from being insured. I sold the watch for £1,250 and this is the amount I have stated when looking for a quote. I would welcome some ideas from UK forum members who have sold overseas. Thanks for your help. |
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| Author: | Sharkmouth [ Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: UK to USA Shipping |
Discussed here. No idea of the costs involved. http://www.breitlingsource.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6236&hilit=shipping |
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| Author: | Black Dog [ Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: UK to USA Shipping |
Thanks for your response. Most helpful. |
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| Author: | Driver8 [ Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: UK to USA Shipping |
Apparently there are companies in the States who will insure 3rd party packages in transit. There's no such thing as that in this dump of a country (i.e. the UK), so you may have to get your buyer to arrange insurance for the package at his end. I had the same issue with DHL, UPS, Royal Mail and Parcel Farce (sorry, I mean Parcel FORCE) myself. As it turned out I found a friendly post office worker who insured it as if it wasn't a watch, and luckily it arrived in the States without incident. I don't know what would've happened if it didn't arrive, but I was too fed up dealing with this country's pathetic courier services to care any more! |
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