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<p>[QUOTE="JBK, post: 322788, member: 1101"]I lived in England and the UK, and I would have to say that their postal services are not as good as the USPS - they are better!</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't fault the USPS because of the size of the US and the volume of mail involved, but many other postal services are far more reliable and faster to deliver. In the UK for example, you can buy a First Class letter stamp that will virtually guarantee delivery within the UK by the next day. In the US you would have to use Express Mail and pay a fortune. </p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is that most Americans and most Post Office clerks see overseas addresses as some unkown, perilous risk. That can be the case to some destinations, but not to most countries an eBayer would be selling to. The main obstacle is probably lack of universal insurance coverage, but for smaller items that should not be much of an issue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JBK, post: 322788, member: 1101"]I lived in England and the UK, and I would have to say that their postal services are not as good as the USPS - they are better! I don't fault the USPS because of the size of the US and the volume of mail involved, but many other postal services are far more reliable and faster to deliver. In the UK for example, you can buy a First Class letter stamp that will virtually guarantee delivery within the UK by the next day. In the US you would have to use Express Mail and pay a fortune. The problem is that most Americans and most Post Office clerks see overseas addresses as some unkown, perilous risk. That can be the case to some destinations, but not to most countries an eBayer would be selling to. The main obstacle is probably lack of universal insurance coverage, but for smaller items that should not be much of an issue.[/QUOTE]
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