I just recently decided to ship Lego internationally. And I wanted to add a cheap
letter mail option for minifigures. In the Netherlands, I can just ship these
minifigures in a bubble envelope and that won't cause any trouble. But I
read online that sending items in an envelope marked as letter mail internationally
is not allowed anymore. It needs to be marked as a small parcel which is significantly
more costly. But I see that some shops still offering letter mail internationally.
So I am confused as to what is possible. I would hate to use the letter mail
option just to get it sent back or held up at customs.
Thanks for reading and feedback in advance,
Dragonrisen
I just recently decided to ship Lego internationally. And I wanted to add a cheap
letter mail option for minifigures. In the Netherlands, I can just ship these
minifigures in a bubble envelope and that won't cause any trouble. But I
read online that sending items in an envelope marked as letter mail internationally
is not allowed anymore. It needs to be marked as a small parcel which is significantly
more costly. But I see that some shops still offering letter mail internationally.
So I am confused as to what is possible. I would hate to use the letter mail
option just to get it sent back or held up at customs.
Thanks for reading and feedback in advance,
Dragonrisen
I'd say it depends on your carrier, and possibly your VAT status - I ship
with Austrian post, within the EU there's no problem with letters (though
the "Light package" option is cheaper here, so I use that as the standard
option). Outside of our Promised Continent I couldn't say, the horror stories
about US mail services are legion... ;p
I just recently decided to ship Lego internationally. And I wanted to add a cheap
letter mail option for minifigures. In the Netherlands, I can just ship these
minifigures in a bubble envelope and that won't cause any trouble. But I
read online that sending items in an envelope marked as letter mail internationally
is not allowed anymore. It needs to be marked as a small parcel which is significantly
more costly. But I see that some shops still offering letter mail internationally.
So I am confused as to what is possible. I would hate to use the letter mail
option just to get it sent back or held up at customs.
Thanks for reading and feedback in advance,
Dragonrisen
I'd say it depends on your carrier, and possibly your VAT status - I ship
with Austrian post, within the EU there's no problem with letters (though
the "Light package" option is cheaper here, so I use that as the standard
option). Outside of our Promised Continent I couldn't say, the horror stories
about US mail services are legion... ;p
Ah okay that's good to hear, thanks for the reply.
Netherlands, Zuid-Holland
Austria, Steiermark