Today, I shipped a package to Canada, and I am looking to send another international package to a different country in the future. I had never dealt with this type of thing before, so it was a learning experience, not entirely unpleasant, but painful, nonetheless. The topic was brought up as I went through the customs rigamaroar (Sp?) was that I and the receiver were supposed to be registered collectors. I had never heard of such a thing in my life. Also, I'd like to hear from those who have been through this mess to chime in with advice for myself and those who have never done it before. It wouldn't hurt to get the point of view from other sides of the US borders as well. It would be interesting and good information for all to know, in my opinion. :thumb: :hammer:
I really have to beg you to be a bit lenient when it comes to international shipping. There have been many many times when I wanted some coins from US sellers but they refused to send it over because of many negative experiences they faced which I can totally understand. Depending on certain countries, postmen would either steal from the package or not bother delivering or there are just dishonest people. I personally would send coins out as discrete as possible and send them by regular airmail. When it comes to declaring, the best would be to declare as tokens or medals. When package gets more expensive, let's say over 50USD, it would be best to send via registered mail and declare them as such. Please don't let one negative experience let you down - I'm sure there are buyers out there in the rest of the world willing to pay more for what you have.
I may have misled people to believe that this was a negative experience. It wasn't. It was simply a learning experience, since it is the first time I've ever done anything like this. I would, and probably will do it again in the future. I simply wanted input from those who have done it before so I can make transactions such as these as easy, legal, inexpensive, and hassle-free as possible for everyone involved. Customs for different countries, including the US, can be a huge pain. I'm not interested in horror stories, I just want people like yourself to chime in. I am NOT at all interested in discouraging trading/selling to international buyers and collectors. I hope that sets your mind at ease with my intentions a bit, GX.
I ship and receive registereds all the time, I haven't had any real problems with them. Can't ship them in padded envelopes etc, the USA is a lot more stringent with regulations than foreign countries. I have done this for so long because USA stuff is darkside to me.
I ship to other countries and recieve from other countries all the time. Never heard of this registered collectors business. I do know that you should not write "coins" one the customs form. People get sticky fingers. The one time I did that was also the one time my package never arrived.
"stamped metal disks" literal and honest, but uninviting to the pilferers. The best package that came registered was a 10 kilogramme box of Australian predecimal pennies, 1912-1964 a few years ago. They are large half dollar sized coins and they were literally bursting out of the box - but they were all there safe and sound.
