@femmefan1946 wrote:
Given that philatelists, in my experience, are easier customers than most (they read! they follow instructions!) and you have lost one package out of 25, I think that would be enough problems to block the country.
I have most problems with US customers, but they also make up about 85% of my buyers.
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Yes certainly the stamp world is a lot safer than most.
I always have heebee jeebies whenever I ship to India or South Africa, yet just like Israel I've only ever lost one package to either country in the last 5 years.
Looking at it from another perspective, if you told me I could sell 25 items to Israel but it would cost me 4%* more to do that, especially given how slow things are going these last few weeks, I would JUMP at the opportunity!
(*this is on the assumption the value of the lost item was the same on average as the other 24 items sold)
Also for some odd reason I've always been committed to the "I will sell everywhere" concept. Certainly I've made adjustments based on problems, but my main point here was my perceived problems in my brain are much less severe in actual mathematical facts.....
Having said all this:
-I think it is worth noting that I think Music made a good call given their situation
-I think it is important not to let the weight of stuff one reads here over-ride one's own experience/experiments (one can learn a lot from what one reads here but everyone's situation is different, even though you and I are both in the stamp world, things that work for you might not for me and vice versa).
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