[meteorite-list] International shipping isssues

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I have the same concern when shipping abroad from France. Of course I ship far less than you do Adam, and so far never got anything lost. But I already had some delays either for shippings to the US or for items I bought from there. I guess that most of the time, the parcel was stuck for a while at customs... This is the most possible reason to me.
Cheers

Frederic Beroud
http://www.meteoriteshow.com
IMCA member # 2491 (http://www.imca.cc/)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: harlan trammell 
  To: raremeteorites at comcast.net ; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com 
  Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:58 PM
  Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] International shipping isssues


  international shipping is 100% risk- insurance stops at the border and once it is out of our hands (U.S.) they might get it, or they might not. i try to make my buyers aware of that. i have had fair luck w/ fed-ex, but there is no legit insurance. once it leaves our borders, i really wonder what the incentive is to deliver it at all.







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    From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at comcast.net>
    To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
    Subject: [meteorite-list] International shipping isssues
    Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:44:19 -0800
    >Dear List,
    >
    >I was wondering if anybody else is having problems with shipping to other
    >countries, specifically Germany? It seems that about every six months I go
    >through a cycle were things are seriously delayed or in rare cases lost when
    >using USPS Airmail to Germany. I have made hundreds of international
    >shipments and have only had one other incident with another country outside
    >of Germany and this was only a delay. I always ship within 24 hours of
    >payment and to have something take over 30 days is unacceptable. Can anybody
    >tell me how the German postal systems works and why it is so inconsistent?
    >
    >I have had 14 incidences with shipments to Germany the last two years:
    >
    >10-with month or better delays
    >2- lost for over six months and returned to me even though the address' were
    >correct
    >1-opened with no item inside (100mgs of NWA032 fragments missing).
    >1-Never recovered
    >
    >
    >I would like to give German collectors some reasonable explanation to why
    >some of their packages are delayed and others are not so any information
    >would be useful.
    >
    >Thank You and Take Care,
    >
    >Adam
    >
    >
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