Overcoming Itl. Sellers Not Willing To Ship To US

[up1950s]

Plaza Japan rocks though I have never asked a question . If you want those dimentions , wait , mine is due soon .

[One of One-Sixty]

For Europe - mostly Germany, just read their listings beforehand - there are some who are clearly willing to ship to the US and some who are not. Just find the ones who do.  After a while you will be adept at "Model railroading German" as a second language.

Lou

What gets me are the sellers that say they ship to North America, but not the US.

[up1950s]

What gets me are the sellers that say they ship to North America, but not the US.

So what , the people who sell have a right to cherry pick . Just think if the sellers , you , were mandated to sell to all countries , and you had bad experiences with the country of Goscrewyourself . To think everybody is tickled pink to deal with the USA is too much of a stretch .

[christoph]

I get a lot of my stuff from the U.S., mail order and ebay.  If it is not clearly stated in the description, I ask politely.
Right now I decided to bid for something on ebay-US  ;D

Often I have to pick up packages at our local customs office, which is fortunately quite close to my home.  They request a proof of payment, because people always lie at them about the value of stuff.
What becomes a problem is getting free replacement parts, because, free or paid, the stuff has a value and dues must be paid  :

[Chris333]

I've got stuff off ebay from Japan before stuff from my same state before.  I have used Plaza Japan as well with no problems.  Once I transfered money to someone overseas who then bought an item and mailed it to me.

Canada is the worst in terms of time, I guess it take a while to get things over the border. Never a problem, but it takes a while (Fasttracks).

[One of One-Sixty]

I understand sellers not wanting to sell to ppl in the US be atleast give me a heads up so I pass over it.

I bid on and won an auction the seller said they ship to all of North America. I asked for the invoice only to get a response sorry I don't ship to the US.

[up1950s]

I understand sellers not wanting to sell to ppl in the US be atleast give me a heads up so I pass over it.

I bid on and won an auction the seller said they ship to all of North America. I asked for the invoice only to get a response sorry I don't ship to the US.

Well thats something all together different . Something worth disputing with EBay . Had I bothered to read your original post I would have known that .

[bbussey]

We ship overseas without incident, via USPS International.  Never been an issue.

[RailSpikeTie]

I,m an American livin in Germany also. I have developed good connections over the years and I usually get what I need with no problems. My main source is Chuck though. He has everything I need and if not, he goes out of his way to help me to get what I need. His shipping prices are the best also. You cant get better service than that. If ebay sellers say, I only ship US, well they can keep their stuff. One said it was a hassle to fill out the custom forms...oh well. I always get what I need thru some great people all over the world! Many of these connections have developed thru great forums like this one.

[delamaize]

I,m an American livin in Germany also.

where abouts in germany? Rhineland-Plafz by any chance?

[RailSpikeTie]

where abouts in germany? Rhineland-Plafz by any chance?

Wetzlar, Hessen

[MichaelWinicki]

Canada is the worst in terms of time, I guess it take a while to get things over the border. Never a problem, but it takes a while (Fasttracks).

It's stunning how long it takes to get shipments to folks in Canada...

This seemed to start right around April of this year.  Before that it would be 8 days, 12 days... Maybe a couple of weeks.

But now it's routinely over two weeks, with some as long as a month.

And Canadian Custom's is opening far more packages and adding duty to them.

[up1950s]

Canadian Custom's is opening far more packages and adding duty to them.

That's one way to clean up after you dog .

[Puddington]

It's stunning how long it takes to get shipments to folks in Canada...

This seemed to start right around April of this year.  Before that it would be 8 days, 12 days... Maybe a couple of weeks.

But now it's routinely over two weeks, with some as long as a month.

And Canadian Custom's is opening far more packages and adding duty to them.

I am surprised you say it take that long; I recently got two USPS packages from the great 48 in three days.... it took eight days for a similar package from Vancouver....

As for the Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency; they are hit and miss. "Toy trains" seems to be a free pass as a description; "hobby materials" is a death sentence - they think it's your evil, chemical paint that we know will kill all Cariboo or some such tripe.....

All I can say is never, never, never, never use UPS to ship to Canada - they add over $ 30.00 in brokerage fees (and they are the broker) - the U.S.P.S.-Canada Post add $ 5.00......UPS is a borderline criminal offender in my opinion with those brokerage fees....

[Ian MacMillan]

I am surprised you say it take that long; I recently got two USPS packages from the great 48 in three days.... it took eight days for a similar package from Vancouver....

For me its the other way around. NH's USPS is slower than a glacier. When I ordered signals from SMD it took 1 day to get from NB to the NH border... it took USPS 7 days to get it the remaining 200 miles to my house... :