Ebay seller in GB can't ship to USA?

If they are items for very good prices or that you can't live without I recommend setting up an account with a parcel forwarding service in order to access items in countries from sellers who won't ship to your country. I've used one service in Italy to buy an eclectic coin collection that went crazy cheap relative to the price it would fetch on eBay.com and another forwarding service in Spain and have been very pleased, though the Spanish service required a scanned image of my passport and it took a while to figure out their process. Wish I figured out parcel forwarding sooner as over time I've missed out on some rare antiquities that went stupid cheap.

Figure it out now and it will pay off long-term.

 

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Great! Be sure to double-check everything and make sure all your necessary documents and info is uploaded and accurate, they probably at least want a scan of your Driver's License or ID, and make sure to review the different shipping options, subscriptions/fees associated with combining parcels into 1 shipment, and be certain that you can stomach the costs before sending your prizes to them. Good luck!

 

From another perspective, I don't ship anything that requires custom papers. I don't have time to go to the post office and wait in line. I like to drop things off in the bins on off-hours so there's no hassles whether it's coins, clarinets, bicycle or other stuff.

On another note, a friend of mine in Brazil who a local state vendor that I know won't ship to Brazil. He has a relative in Florida that forwards stuff to him from the US.

 

As a fellow Canadian - shipping charges are my pet peeve for sure.
I had 6 coins shipped to me in one well-packed envelope from Frank Robinson - it took only a week and he charged me $2.45 USD total. @Valentinian is also very reasonable and tries to keep charges down. Others want $15 or $20 per coin... why?
I have purchased a few coins from an eBay dealer in the UK and shipping was free... yes no tracking and inexpensive ($20) coins but still... it arrived in good time, safely.
I have no issue if there is higher rate charged for tracking, more expensive coins, etc.. but charge me the actual cost... I avoid all sellers who try to increase their profit margin via shipping charges (that seems to include most unfortunately).

 

You can print off shipping from Paypal and fill out the customs info online and then print your label. Below is a shipping label I printed off tonight (addresses hidden) which took me almost a minute to complete. You can then mail it from your home.






I also use Avery adhesive labels--

 

Primarily for the tracking number. Small parcels from the US to Canada start at about $9 and go up from there. If either the seller or buyer needs or wants a tracking number, that is what it will cost. In some cases you may not want the actual cost, it is often higher than the standard fee many charge.

 

I consider the shipping charge part of the price. Why should the dealer have to pay the difference out of their profits? I do not mind being charged the actual cost...particularly if I have requested a certain level of service. However, what I deplore is paying say 30.00 for shipping when the cost on the envelope I received clearly states 10.00.

 

Exactly. And PayPal requires you to include tracking to protect you against unscrupulous who receive a package yet claims it never arrived and demand a refund. Unfortunately, this happens a lot, which is why I switched to using eBay's international shipping service.

 

The seller can obviously do what they want, charge what they want, do business in any way they desire... I just reserve the right to bypass their listing if the shipping is unreasonable. What I am saying is pass on the actual cost.. if you insist on tracking - then fine.. just pass on that actual cost - no one will have an issue with that.

Have you looked at the cost passed on to the buyer for eBay's international shipping service? I believe it's about $22.50 per coin... yet I regularly get coins from Germany for $5 plus $1 per coin for combined shipping.

 

Right. And that's why I don't blame people for avoiding coins that use Ebay's international shipping service. But that cost includes import duties and tracking, and it's based on the rate for a parcel, not a letter. I could send my coins overseas in a first class letter, but if the coin goes missing, I have to eat the cost, and I'm not willing to do that because it happens too frequently.

 

I haven't had any shipping problems with Ebay from Europe so far. I have acquired a few coins from Spain and Portugal via Ebay. When I used to buy uncleaned lots from England there was a certain export procedure for antiquities (including my coins) that required registration and a certificate from a Ministry of Art or something to that effect, which took about a week for the seller to get. So maybe the dude just doesn't want to deal with the paperwork.

 

Shipping costs is one of the reasons why I almost entirely stopped buying from Heritage for shipment to Europe.
H.A now use Fed Ex for shipping, and If I remember correctly the last charge was $50 for a $400 coin. Not only that, being Fed Ex it seems to invariably attract attention at customs, and they kindly hit you with an additional 19% (of the total price coin+ shipping, yes.....)
I now avoid all the hassle and buy only from Europe.

 

I buy rarely from Heritage for the same reason. The 50.00 USD shipping makes many of their coins out of reach for me. I buy from Europe instead. Faster shipping (Heritage does use Fedex but there is usually a week or so delay before they tender to Fedex), and cheaper shipping. If I buy a coin in a Savoca (Germany) auction I get charged 15 Euro for shipping and I usually have the coin in 3 days.

 

Not to mention they have some of the highest fees in the business. I would never buy from them.

 

Hello I was shipped a 3pound package to Canada Ottawa , anyway I was told shipping would be $37.68 . I get an email telling me I need to email $23 .78 more for my package to clear customs.. It's not worth the trouble.

 

That might have been your tax responsibility.