02-14-2014 08:37 PM
Does anyone here ship to Russia often?
An item shipped using Small Packet Air arrived to a buyer in a little over 2 weeks - is this a fluke? Or maybe it's because the buyer lives in a major city?
02-14-2014 10:20 PM
I find that items going and coming from Europe arrive faster than items shipping within North America.
Even items going to former Soviet republics like Kazhakistan seem to move fairly quickly --- or disappear completely.
02-15-2014 03:42 AM
I banned Russia 2 years ago. Even if all packages arrived to their destinations, almost all of them were late (2 months or so),
2% of the business volume, 90% of all complaints. Never again!
02-15-2014 11:21 AM
Two weeks is like as mini miracle! It can happen but not that often.
I ship to Russia every few weeks, it usually takes 4 or 5 weeks.
02-15-2014 12:21 PM
Ive had quite a few to Russia the past few months, 3-4 weeks for the ones Ive heard back from/got fb. None reported not received, never get a "not here yet" from there. Asked one after the ebay courier warning who said he called the post office and nothing has changed. Don't know if my unprofessional looking packages make things any better or worse
02-15-2014 04:05 PM
02-15-2014 07:28 PM
02-15-2014 07:52 PM - edited 02-15-2014 07:53 PM
@toby**bleep**zu wrote:Ive had quite a few to Russia the past few months, 3-4 weeks for the ones Ive heard back from/got fb. None reported not received, never get a "not here yet" from there. Asked one after the ebay courier warning who said he called the post office and nothing has changed. Don't know if my unprofessional looking packages make things any better or worse
Mine look unprofessional too and no losses yet! ::knock on wood::
I don't ship to Russia. The Russian buyer I was talking about was complaining on the eBay.com forum that packages from the US take forever to arrive while an item he bought days later from Canada arrived in about 2 weeks. I asked him if the Canadian seller used small packet air and he said yes.
At the risk of getting flamed, I was actually contemplating using the GSP to ship to Russia. I don't know any insurer that will cover shipments to Russia -- at least not for low volume sellers.
On my other ID, I ship some of my items using USPS and I've been reading about the GSP. I think as long as the item is located in the States, listed on eBay.com + other requirements, it should be ok..
02-16-2014 10:08 AM
For me, Russia and Israel, are hit and miss. Russia due to its' antiquated postal system, and Israel because it is a "war zone". I am dividing up my inventory into what doesn't bother me if I lose it and what I do not want to lose. That defines which countries I ship to. Chile and Mexico and are on permanent no ship list.
Ladies at the PO have 70 years experience between them. They gently offered "Do not ship there. They get the parcel and lie about it.".