I've used USPS Global Express to ship packages to the UK, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Chile, Korea, and other places over the past year and a half, probably about two dozen packages or so. I've never had any problems with the package arriving, and in most cases they've made the 3-5 day delivery promise right on time. On two occasions they took about 8 days and caused a bit of worry, but there was no problem and they arrived at their destination in good condition.
No shipping service is perfect. Insure, obtain tracking, and set reasonable expectations with any of them. Godfrey On Feb 7, 2007, at 8:46 AM, Amita Guha wrote: > I just had to ship two lenses to buyers outside the US. USPS > International Express Mail seemed like a good method because I would > get a tracking number and insurance. The problem is that my "3 to 5 > day" delivery time ended up being about two weeks for each recipient > (in the UK and France.) I ended up having to call the post office and > track each package over the phone to get detailed information so that > my buyers could get their packages. > > DHL and FedEx seem way too expensive. I know a lot of people ship > things Airmail Parcel Post all the time without a problem, but doing > that makes me nervous with certaun items. Is there another method I > haven't thought of? Within the US and Canada I use FedEx Ground, which > works great. > > Thanks, > Amita > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
