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03-17-2013, 03:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Makarska, Croatia | |  Fear of Europeans or ...??
I'm interested in one thing.
Why people from America very rarely want to send a shipment to Europe?
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03-17-2013, 03:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | | International shipping is expensive. |
03-17-2013, 03:25 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Purple Mountain Majesties | | | We fear extensive paperwork and unforseen extra charges. Which seems to happen to those of us who only ship a bass overseas once in a blue moon.
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03-17-2013, 03:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Makarska, Croatia | | | But the buyer will pay the shipping. Am I right? |
03-17-2013, 03:30 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Makarska, Croatia, EU | | Quote:
Originally Posted by line6man  International shipping is expensive. | Buyer pays shipping..and it is arround 100US via USPS for bass guitar |
03-17-2013, 03:31 PM
|  | When I come around, homeboy, watch yo nuggets | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | | International shipping is more costly, has more variables, and offers less recourse for protection than domestic shipping.
It's not a fear of Europeans --most of you outclass us Americans-- we're just largely not fans of more cost outlay and higher risk of complications. |
03-17-2013, 03:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Purple Mountain Majesties | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Srza But the buyer will pay the shipping. Am I right? | The seller may attempt to calculate shipping and charge the buyer accordingly, but that in itself is extra work. Then, the calculation could be wrong, there could be hidden or unforseen charges, and the seller often gets stuck with it if the buyer refuses to help.
For most of us who don't do this for a living or with any degree of regularity, it's a gamble and a pain in the ass. Sorry to be so blunt, but you asked, and that's my answer.
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03-17-2013, 03:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Norway | | Quote:
Originally Posted by electracoyote The seller may attempt to calculate shipping and charge the buyer accordingly, but that in itself is extra work. Then, the calculation could be wrong, there could be hidden or unforseen charges, and the seller often gets stuck with it if the buyer refuses to help.
For most of us who don't do this for a living or with any degree of regularity, it's a gamble and a pain in the ass. Sorry to be so blunt, but you asked, and that's my answer. | I understand your point of view. I will gladly pay some extra $$ for S/H and any hidden charges if they should emerge.
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03-17-2013, 03:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Canada | | It's extra hassle for merchandise they can move without the hassle. Who likes extra trouble? I don't. I like Europeans, you've got some sexy chick 
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03-17-2013, 03:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiefHoghead I understand your point of view. I will gladly pay some extra $$ for S/H and any hidden charges if they should emerge. | Most people wouldn't be interested in paying such high shipping costs. The point of buying used gear is usually to save money, unless it is something rare or unique that can't be purchased new. |
03-17-2013, 03:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida, US | | | I'm not positive there's not a possibility that you Europeans may not decide to start another set of wars.
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03-17-2013, 03:52 PM
| | Temp Banned (TOS Violation) | | Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: New Jersey | | | The CITES treaty has made many a felon simply by shipping a guitar off shore. |
03-17-2013, 03:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Makarska, Croatia | | | Shipping for effect pedal is maximum 30$. |
03-17-2013, 03:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | | There are three of these threads going right now........
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03-17-2013, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by guy n. cognito There are three of these threads going right now........ | Let's make this one special then,
exhibit A in favor of europeans: 
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03-17-2013, 04:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rochelle, Illinois | | | For any American who casually sells goods, there is a rich domestic market where we have the choice of numerous shippers, each of which is easy to use, reliable, predictable and, above all, cheap.
Then, 1 buyer out of every 50 is international and wants the goods shipped to Germany or Japan or Venezuela and even though they agree to pay shipping, the whole process turns into something unpredictable, time consuming and expensive. Most of the regular shipping options we've gotten usedto disappear and the total cost can only be determined by actually going through the process of shipping it.
Sorry, but if there is one thing we Americans are known for these days, it's our addiction to doing things the easiest and laziest way possible and if you expect us to do an ounce more of work than is necessary, then you'll be disappointed.
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03-17-2013, 04:14 PM
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03-17-2013, 04:16 PM
| | | | I had a bass for sale on ebay once and even though it stated no Intl. shipping, A fella from south korea won the auction. He sent a shipping address, I had no idea how to read it let alone how to print it for shipping. I had to explain to him it just wasnt going to work, let alone the cost and time to fill out the proper paper work. |
03-17-2013, 04:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Makarska, Croatia | | | Thanks for your answers. To some extent I understand what the problem is. |
03-17-2013, 04:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Anasleim, CA | | I'm Afraid of Americans
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