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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4862514, member: 96898&quot;]I guess that depends on the shipping method they use and the risk they are willing to take. To give three examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.) I won some coins from a well-known and respected Spanish auction in March. They shipped them in early April when the post offices in Spain had reopened. At that time, I was still living in California. Due to COVID-related delays, the coins spent more than three months in customs. By mid July, when they were finally delivered, I had moved to Germany. Fortunately, I was able to redirect my mail to an American friend, who accepted the package and will give it to me next time we meet. Obviously, that&#039;s a difficult situation for the auction house – I&#039;m pretty certain they had to deal with a lot of nervous customers who assumed, maybe even correctly, that their shipments were lost and demanded refunds.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.) Another shipment from Austria took a mere three weeks, an envelope from Germany (not coins) just eight days. Delivery times appeared to be rather unpredictable and depend on both the shipping company and the type and size of the parcel.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.) About eight weeks ago, I mailed a small consignment from Germany to an auction house in Canada (you can imagine which one). To my knowledge, my coins haven&#039;t arrived in Canada yet. The friendly employee at the post office told me that tracking to the US and Canada doesn&#039;t really work at this moment. All overseas parcels and packages are currently shipped via sea freight, which can take a long time, or a short time, or anything in between. If I were a professional seller, I probably would think twice before I sent out a valuable shipment in this situation...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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