Originally Posted by
karlej
Shipping to most countries out of CONUS is expensive. Small flat rate international express USPS is the only way I have found to do it with tracking and it's in the neighborhood of $60.00 to most countries. Then there is the import duty based on the value you placed on the custom form. Global shipping cost less than we pay to ship tracked packages but they place the true cost of the item on the custom document so the duty cost together with the shipping cost comes out about the same. If you sell a razor through eBay and it gets lost without tracking you will have to refund the customer and you will not be refunded the money you sold the razor for. Sometimes I take a chance and send razors out of CONUS without tracking but it's a gamble. If you are a business you can just write the loss off on your taxes but for an individual it's just a painful loss. A few years ago I sent a $250.00 razor to Rome, Italy without tracking. The buyer said he never received it. That was an expensive lesson.