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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2108967, member: 71234&quot;]The last two posts before Chrisild&#039;s are both as misguided as can be. In order backwards, USPS does an electronic delivery confirmation service for first class mail to many countries,&nbsp; look it up on the USPS website under e-Delcon.&nbsp; Registered US mail is treated as nothing special outside the US. And inside the US it travels at a snail&#039;s pace. There are far cheaper ways that $12 to cover risk.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Too many claims for non-delivery and charge backs. Many of these countries don&#039;t offer tracking and will not respond to U.S. Postal inquires.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Forget tracking for international sales. You do not need it. For about 1% premium you can insure your packages to most countries. Coins and notes can be covered as &#039;numismatic items&#039; with a collectable value over face value. Canny sellers self insure.</p><p><br /></p><p>A loss rate of 1 in 500 for all packages, mostly international, and covering over 10,000 packages was my experience. I have no doubt that I may have helped myself a little with customs forms that always read as near as possible to &#039;Boring Rubbish&#039; and valued at &#039;Not worth stealing&#039; but even without this precaution the risk is minimal.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course you will see loads of reports of missing items on discussion boards, what&#039;s the news if something arrived safely. Then people read the reports and assume all stuff goes missing. It does not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many European sellers are blocking or considering blocking US sales because the delays at import points to the US are just too long for customers to tolerate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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