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| | | Author: | The_Boyz_Bricks  | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 21:05 | | Subject: | Non-domestic orders. | | Viewed: | 123 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| I want to start shipping to other countries. I've wanted to for quite awhile
but it feels like such a pain. 
I'm currently using Pirate ship for shipping and tried filling out their
customs form but it seems like a lot of hassle to do it for every non-domestic
order.
Is there a fast efficient shipping service that makes it easy for shipping non-domestic
orders? Thanks!
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| | | | | Author: | Caroline77 | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 21:17 | | Subject: | Re: Non-domestic orders. | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | I want to start shipping to other countries. I've wanted to for quite awhile
but it feels like such a pain.
I'm currently using Pirate ship for shipping and tried filling out their
customs form but it seems like a lot of hassle to do it for every non-domestic
order.
Is there a fast efficient shipping service that makes it easy for shipping non-domestic
orders? Thanks!
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Honestly, the amount of non domestic orders you will probably get will be small.
Shipping from the United States outside of the United States (even to Canada)
is very expensive. Pirate ship offers an export service that you have to request
to be enrolled in (it's free to enroll) and the minimum shipping cost
is still $11 for Canada and $15 or $16 for anywhere else.
Is it worth opening up internationally? Honestly, probably not for anything
more than Canada unless you have a large stock of extremely rare and hard to
find pieces and sets. I would say I "maybe" get an international order
once every month or two.
Customs forms aren't difficult, especially using Pirate ship. Just declare
the item is a building toy, the value of the item and the Harmonization number,
which I use as 950300 and that's it.
Anything for VAT and other tax collections, you will receive a separate email
from Bricklink. Follow the instructions and list any VAT IDs that are required
on the customs form.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Caroline77 | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 21:20 | | Subject: | Re: Non-domestic orders. | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Caroline77 writes:
| | In Shipping, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | I want to start shipping to other countries. I've wanted to for quite awhile
but it feels like such a pain.
I'm currently using Pirate ship for shipping and tried filling out their
customs form but it seems like a lot of hassle to do it for every non-domestic
order.
Is there a fast efficient shipping service that makes it easy for shipping non-domestic
orders? Thanks!
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Pirate ship offers an export service that you have to request
to be enrolled in (it's free to enroll) and the minimum shipping cost
is still $11 for Canada and $15 or $16 for anywhere else.
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I misspoke, simple export rate is $9.99 for Canada and 12.99 for the rest of
the world up to half a pound and goes up from there.
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| | | | | Author: | Saitobricks.ca | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 21:24 | | Subject: | Re: Non-domestic orders. | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Is there a fast efficient shipping service that makes it easy for shipping non-domestic
orders? Thanks!
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What ever you do don't use UPS (A.K.A the united pirate service)
I've had several bad experiences with them.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Caroline77 | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 21:29 | | Subject: | Re: Non-domestic orders. | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Shipping, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Is there a fast efficient shipping service that makes it easy for shipping non-domestic
orders? Thanks!
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What ever you do don't use UPS (A.K.A the united pirate service)
I've had several bad experiences with them.
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Not to mention how expensive they are... Don't get me started on FedEx either.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Bond | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 23:48 | | Subject: | Re: Non-domestic orders. | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Caroline77 writes:
| | In Shipping, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Shipping, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Is there a fast efficient shipping service that makes it easy for shipping non-domestic
orders? Thanks!
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What ever you do don't use UPS (A.K.A the united pirate service)
I've had several bad experiences with them.
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Not to mention how expensive they are... Don't get me started on FedEx either.
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Taking into account the reality of how people feel about USPS and the sheer joy
of standing in a common-feeder line at the station (nearly every USPS station
or post office customer service center in the country has a Google Maps rating
averaging 1 star), where does USPS fall into that ranking? (disclosure: I'm
a USPS mail carrier).
- Bond
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 00:17 | | Subject: | Re: Non-domestic orders. | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Bond writes:
| | In Shipping, Caroline77 writes:
| | In Shipping, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Shipping, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Is there a fast efficient shipping service that makes it easy for shipping non-domestic
orders? Thanks!
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What ever you do don't use UPS (A.K.A the united pirate service)
I've had several bad experiences with them.
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Not to mention how expensive they are... Don't get me started on FedEx either.
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Taking into account the reality of how people feel about USPS and the sheer joy
of standing in a common-feeder line at the station (nearly every USPS station
or post office customer service center in the country has a Google Maps rating
averaging 1 star), where does USPS fall into that ranking? (disclosure: I'm
a USPS mail carrier).
- Bond
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From the international receiving end I would say it’s my second favourite international
shipping company (only behind dhl) usps is the most likely to have the lowest
import costs tho the negative is usually you have to make a trip to the local
post office if it does have extra charges
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Bond | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 00:39 | | Subject: | Re: Non-domestic orders. | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Nubs_Select writes:
| | From the international receiving end I would say it’s my second favourite international
shipping company (only behind dhl) usps is the most likely to have the lowest
import costs tho the negative is usually you have to make a trip to the local
post office if it does have extra charges.
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One of our most common (and justified) complaints. We on the 'front lines'
of customer service, as it were, have been asking the uppers to please implement
full shipping features - that is, every service you would get if you were shipping
a parcel in person - to the Send Mail and Packages page for...well, some time.
But yes, one of our highest priorities is to maintain low cost shipping compared
to our competitors; I believe we're still pretty good at it. Just once I
had to ship a massive order (the box of which exceeded USPS parameters) using
a different service; I believe it was FedUp. I maintained what Douglas Adams
called "wonderful restraint" when I heard the price but grudgingly paid.
And to be sure, you can use Clink N Ship to print a customs form, request a parcel
pickup at your home from your carrier, and the CNS prices are usually slightly
lower than they would be than if you trudged to the station. And just to end
this infomercial, if you're just swinging by the station (say, on your way
to or from work), you can drop any ready-to-ship parcel at a designated location
on the front counter or into a hamper placed in the lobby; you don't have
to wait in line for that.
- Bond
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 22:32 | | Subject: | Re: Non-domestic orders. | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Shipping, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Is there a fast efficient shipping service that makes it easy for shipping non-domestic
orders? Thanks!
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What ever you do don't use UPS (A.K.A the united pirate service)
I've had several bad experiences with them.
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They're fine for shipping within the USA but their customs brokerage fees
are crazy.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Saitobricks.ca | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2024 11:38 | | Subject: | Re: Non-domestic orders. | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, peregrinator writes:
| | In Shipping, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Shipping, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Is there a fast efficient shipping service that makes it easy for shipping non-domestic
orders? Thanks!
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What ever you do don't use UPS (A.K.A the united pirate service)
I've had several bad experiences with them.
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They're fine for shipping within the USA but their customs brokerage fees
are crazy.
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My problems have been, failure to deliver, saying a package has been delivered
but it arrives a week later, and very badly damaged packages.
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| | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 21:27 | | Subject: | Re: Non-domestic orders. | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | I want to start shipping to other countries. I've wanted to for quite awhile
but it feels like such a pain.
I'm currently using Pirate ship for shipping and tried filling out their
customs form but it seems like a lot of hassle to do it for every non-domestic
order.
Is there a fast efficient shipping service that makes it easy for shipping non-domestic
orders? Thanks!
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Every international package requires a customs form. You'll get the hang
of it eventually; it's only a few extra steps compared to domestic orders.
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