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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 22177, member: 25"]Independent transit insurance (for US based sellers) is cheap and effective. If $1 per $100 cover did not represent a fair assessment of the risk and a reasonable profit after costs, the premiums would be higher.</p><p><br /></p><p>More than 3/4 of all the ebay items I sold went overseas, I never tracked anything (total waste of money if you have to pay for it as we do in Britain), many were reasonably high value, and reports of loss or damage were trivial, less than 1 per 500 items.</p><p><br /></p><p>I always did my best to help my items arrive by describing them as nearly as possible to 'Utter Rubbish' and valuing them as 'Not worth stealing' which at least did no harm and may have helped.</p><p><br /></p><p>One source of trouble unappreciated by US sellers is auto filled customs forms when printing labels. The last thing you want is an attractive and detailed description of the contents on the outside of the package.</p><p><br /></p><p>Old Shoes trumps Manolo Blanik every time - never ever use brand names or mention precious metals or jewels. All jewellery is dress accessories, all gold Rolexes are Old Watches, all Georgian sterling is plated teapot, and so on and so on.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only people anywhere with any real interest in customs forms are petty thieves in the handling chain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 22177, member: 25"]Independent transit insurance (for US based sellers) is cheap and effective. If $1 per $100 cover did not represent a fair assessment of the risk and a reasonable profit after costs, the premiums would be higher. More than 3/4 of all the ebay items I sold went overseas, I never tracked anything (total waste of money if you have to pay for it as we do in Britain), many were reasonably high value, and reports of loss or damage were trivial, less than 1 per 500 items. I always did my best to help my items arrive by describing them as nearly as possible to 'Utter Rubbish' and valuing them as 'Not worth stealing' which at least did no harm and may have helped. One source of trouble unappreciated by US sellers is auto filled customs forms when printing labels. The last thing you want is an attractive and detailed description of the contents on the outside of the package. Old Shoes trumps Manolo Blanik every time - never ever use brand names or mention precious metals or jewels. All jewellery is dress accessories, all gold Rolexes are Old Watches, all Georgian sterling is plated teapot, and so on and so on. The only people anywhere with any real interest in customs forms are petty thieves in the handling chain.[/QUOTE]
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