Shipping to Venezuela...

[serving4theking]

I would advise against it.

I ship internationally. I have shipped over 300 packages in 2008 and 2009 to about 20 countries...UK, Australia, Spain, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Hungary, other places as well.

I just lost a Paypal claim for shipping about $20 in cards to Venezuela. The buyer does buy often from the US and at least one other seller posted in this buyer's feedback that he lost a claim to this buyer as well, from the buyer claiming non-receipt.

The hard part is that I can't say for sure if it's just an unethical buyer, or if the situation in the country is such that several packages are being stolen by customs officials, post office workers, or others. Either way, I will continue to ship internationally, but not to Venezuela.

I know the risks of international shipping, and will continue to do so since it's been profitable. Just a general notice.

Tony

 

[VizquelCollector.com]

FWIW, I buy from Venezuela fairly often it's not unusual for it to take over a month. I've received numerous packages that have been opened and retaped by the post office, US customs, and I believe even homeland security. It's amazing that I've received packages from Taiwan in a week or so and it takes 4x as long from Venezuela. I've only lost one package out of about 50.

 

[serving4theking]

FWIW, I buy from Venezuela fairly often it's not unusual for it to take over a month. I've received numerous packages that have been opened and retaped by the post office, US customs, and I believe even homeland security. It's amazing that I've received packages from Taiwan in a week or so and it takes 4x as long from Venezuela. I've only lost one package out of about 50.

Yeah, I hear ya. Shipping to Australia, half way across the world, is pretty darn quick for USPS! I have a feeling the guy is skimming off the top by filing claims here and there, but it's just my hunch. And as far as I know, there's no reasonably cheap option to send with DC or tracking down there, at least through USPS.

But I also think the situation in volatile countries (putting Venezuela in this category is debatable I'm sure) makes for lots of corruption and theft so I can't say for sure if he's an honest dude who is using his Paypal advantage to screw the seller and get his money back, or if he did get the cards and wants to have his cake (or Santana and Zambrano) and eat it too.