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<p>[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8289876, member: 134416"]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />I must say, 20 Euros isn't too terrible. I should start a thread asking what is normal to pay for DHL/Fed Ex. I avoid the private shippers like the plague, so I truly don't know. I went into buying a coin truly scared because I heard horror stories of mysterious phantom charges, etc. I didn't know whether to expect 25 Euros or 100 Euros.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do the rates vary from European country to country? Is it pegged to how expensive the item is?</p><p><br /></p><p>After the turntable debacle I don't want to use FedEx, but I'm willing to take a chance on sub-$200 items - if I have no other choice but to use FedEx/DHL. Hey, FedEx could have changed since 2015. They now offer regular Saturday delivery. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can live with 20-something Euros for DHL, assuming they actually deliver the item. 80 Euros for FedEx, heck no. If the delivery's stellar, I can live with 20-30 buck European shipping. </p><p><br /></p><p>The shipping is slow and expensive on this one record auction I frequent, but man is it well-packed. I remember when I bought some cracked glass discs (the pristine set had sold). Packed like a tank; no further damage. And packing unbroken glass discs is hard enough... I can then save the packing material for future records.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8289876, member: 134416"]:cool::cool:I must say, 20 Euros isn't too terrible. I should start a thread asking what is normal to pay for DHL/Fed Ex. I avoid the private shippers like the plague, so I truly don't know. I went into buying a coin truly scared because I heard horror stories of mysterious phantom charges, etc. I didn't know whether to expect 25 Euros or 100 Euros. Do the rates vary from European country to country? Is it pegged to how expensive the item is? After the turntable debacle I don't want to use FedEx, but I'm willing to take a chance on sub-$200 items - if I have no other choice but to use FedEx/DHL. Hey, FedEx could have changed since 2015. They now offer regular Saturday delivery. I can live with 20-something Euros for DHL, assuming they actually deliver the item. 80 Euros for FedEx, heck no. If the delivery's stellar, I can live with 20-30 buck European shipping. The shipping is slow and expensive on this one record auction I frequent, but man is it well-packed. I remember when I bought some cracked glass discs (the pristine set had sold). Packed like a tank; no further damage. And packing unbroken glass discs is hard enough... I can then save the packing material for future records.[/QUOTE]
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