It would cost me only about $12 dollars if I ship international first class with no extra insurance and no tracking. The postal workers at the usps have told me numerous times that uninsured first class international mail does not provide tracking. For tracking international packages, one must use priority international/express mail international, and even then, the tracking stops at customs.
Quote from: burnside on February 04, 2014, 04:44:55 PMIt would cost me only about $12 dollars if I ship international first class with no extra insurance and no tracking. The postal workers at the usps have told me numerous times that uninsured first class international mail does not provide tracking. For tracking international packages, one must use priority international/express mail international, and even then, the tracking stops at customs. Not true in my personal experience. All small packages for recent eBay purchases mailed via First Class International for around (and often under) $10 came with tracking that worked perfectly fine over the border and from both sides, USPS and Canada Post, for the complete route.
I had a look back as some of my ebay purchases over the month. And I got a tracking number with all of them and some were shipping costs as low as $8. So I dont know what type of USPS service it is, but that should meet paypal requirements for tracking.
252.2 Electronic USPS Delivery Confirmation International252.21 DescriptionElectronic USPS Delivery Confirmation International service — abbreviated E-USPS DELCON INTL — is an optional service available for First-Class Package International Service items to select destination countries at no charge. Tracking information includes the date and time an article was delivered or, if delivery was attempted but not completed, the date and time of the delivery attempt. The sender can check delivery status by going to usps.com and clicking on the “Track & Confirm” feature.252.22 AvailabilityElectronic USPS Delivery Confirmation International service is available only electronically by using USPS-approved PC Postage vendors, Click-N-Ship, Click-N-Ship for Business, Webtools, and Global Shipping Software (GSS) or other USPS-approved software. The service is available only to the countries listed in Exhibit 252.22:Exhibit 252.22 Countries Accepting Electronic USPS Delivery Confirmation International Service AustraliaIsraelBelgiumItalyBrazilLatviaCanadaLithuaniaCroatiaLuxembourgDenmarkMalaysiaEstoniaMaltaFinlandNetherlandsFranceNew ZealandGermanyPortugalGibraltarSingaporeGreat Britain and Northern IrelandSpainHungarySwitzerland 252.23 Customs Label and MarkingMailers must use an electronically generated PS Form 2976 that includes the Post Exprès logo (globe and chevron design) — see Exhibit 252.23.Exhibit 252.23 Customs Label and Marking(Image removed from quote.)
Quote from: Marius on February 04, 2014, 08:26:13 PMQuote from: burnside on February 04, 2014, 04:44:55 PMIt would cost me only about $12 dollars if I ship international first class with no extra insurance and no tracking. The postal workers at the usps have told me numerous times that uninsured first class international mail does not provide tracking. For tracking international packages, one must use priority international/express mail international, and even then, the tracking stops at customs. Not true in my personal experience. All small packages for recent eBay purchases mailed via First Class International for around (and often under) $10 came with tracking that worked perfectly fine over the border and from both sides, USPS and Canada Post, for the complete route.Then all I can say is that the people at my local post office don't know what they are doing. Next time I'll try a different post office. In any case, First Class International is not available with insurance, and a lot of sellers prefer to insure high value items.
All my purchases are on Pay Pal.He has not executed "buyer protection plan".He said he did receive the knife, but for whatever reason, he has not marked it delivered. Or, he has refused to pick it up.To clarify: I executed the E-Bay shipping methods, i.e. I used Pay Pal to pay for the shipping and it came out of my Pay Pal account. So, the shipping forms were automatically filled out, to include item description (same as the E-Bay selling description listed for the ad) and item worth ($260). He never asked me to use a different shipping method, etc. He had sent another message (a day or 2 before I started this thread) stating in over 100 transactions, he has never had this happen before. Who knows: maybe he bought cheaper SAKs or something and this was his first.I am going to clean-out my Pay Pal account ASAP and have it transferred to my personal accounts.Not my problem...he should have known about his country's laws and regs.
Quote from: burnside on February 04, 2014, 10:39:38 PMQuote from: Marius on February 04, 2014, 08:26:13 PMQuote from: burnside on February 04, 2014, 04:44:55 PMIt would cost me only about $12 dollars if I ship international first class with no extra insurance and no tracking. The postal workers at the usps have told me numerous times that uninsured first class international mail does not provide tracking. For tracking international packages, one must use priority international/express mail international, and even then, the tracking stops at customs. Not true in my personal experience. All small packages for recent eBay purchases mailed via First Class International for around (and often under) $10 came with tracking that worked perfectly fine over the border and from both sides, USPS and Canada Post, for the complete route.Then all I can say is that the people at my local post office don't know what they are doing. Next time I'll try a different post office. In any case, First Class International is not available with insurance, and a lot of sellers prefer to insure high value items.I can believe this about the people at that post office. Not sure that going to another office it will improve the situation however True story, happened to me recently: I asked a friend in US to mail me a small package. He mailed it (was around $10, First-Class Package International) and told me that he was told at the post office there is no tracking number. OK. So the package arrives to me via Canada Post's XpressPost with a big fat and valid tracking number label on it, I checked it at both USPS and Canada Post and it was working, displayed the whole route in both places, up and including the delivery. Fast forward couple of weeks. I ask the same friend for another mail like the one before. This time I remind him to ask at the post office about tracking, the package before obviously having it and they saying it did not. The girl there said: no tracking. When my friend insisted she pointed to a number that she said is some customs number. That was the tracking number in fact (fine and working) but she had no idea. Conclusion: USPS workers are not always up to date with their own company services, to say it politely
Doesn't matter if you clean out your paypal. it will go in the minus and they will get their money. I've seen this several times.
Correct, most likely when you opened your PayPal account, they required you to link it to a bank account. They will tap right into that to retrieve the money regardless of your PayPal account balance.Quote from: Espen on February 05, 2014, 01:30:35 AMDoesn't matter if you clean out your paypal. it will go in the minus and they will get their money. I've seen this several times.
Yes, I only purchase using PayPal. I have never sold anything. I do not like having Paypal have access to my bank account, thus I only use my credit card. I have noticed of late that when I purchase things, my fees are very high because I am not using my bank account. What the hell!
UPDATE: I just reported the current status on this item to E-Bay, just in case he tries to pull a stunt.
I have separate bank accounts, one where most of my money is, and a second that is linked to paypal.
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