posted on May 12, 2007 08:30:08 AM new
I have a potential bidder asking if I will ship to Russia. I usually only ship to the US but I am selling some records and it is for one of them. I know, in the past, when I have had records listed I ended up with international bidders and was fine with them but this is a first. Has anyone shipped to Russia and had problems???
posted on May 12, 2007 08:54:24 AM new
I've shipped to Russia just two times and have had no problems. (Not a representative sample, I know!)
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posted on May 12, 2007 10:02:40 AM new
I shipped to Russia once. It took four months for the package to arrive. My buyer said it was because of Russian Customs. Perhaps the value ($250+) was a factor.
He had paid me in cash via Western Union at his request.
posted on May 12, 2007 11:21:32 AM new
Lucy..I don't know if paypal is available in Russia. I have reponded to his email asking how he plans to pay if I accept his bid. I haven't heard back from him yet. Thanks to all for the help.
posted on May 12, 2007 01:42:47 PM new
I have recently sold to Russia,the guy used paypal,no problem.
I believe he is an American expatriate there.
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posted on May 12, 2007 02:13:06 PM new"I have recently sold to Russia,the guy used paypal,no problem.I believe he is an American expatriate there."
ALL of the former S-Union & E.Europe is a hotbed of fraud -- I'd never accept a PayPal payment from any of those places...
But, YOUR risk tolerance level may be greater than mine...
If yer talking $20, then so what? If yer talking $200 or $2000, and you accept a PayPal payment from Kate-the-Great's Horse, donna here come whining when ya get screwed: "Oh! Boo-Hoo! PayPal is BIG MEANIES & stole my money! Boo-Hoo!"
posted on May 12, 2007 07:15:53 PM new
I have been accepting Paypal payments from Australia,Germany,UK,France,Denmark,Sweden,Japan,Canada.
These days one out of 4 auctions is from overseas bidders,I would take my chances.
BTW,seller can take out insurance to protect themselves.
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posted on May 12, 2007 09:49:57 PM new
parkman wrote: ...I have a potential bidder asking if I will ship to Russia. I usually only ship to the US but I am selling some records and it is for one of them. I know, in the past, when I have had records listed I ended up with international bidders and was fine with them but this is a first. Has anyone shipped to Russia and had problems???... Just curious..do you take paypal from international bidders?
I've sold and shipped to numerous ex-Soviet Bloc countries since 2001 for amounts ranging from US$20 - approx. $2300. All without incident (though customs clearance can be slow).
I never used PayPal or accepted credit card transactions for obvious risk management reasons. Rather I accepted bank transfer or deposit (several of my banks have Eastern European branches or accept Russian Rouble, Latvian Lat, Estonian Koruna, Lithuanian Litas, Polish Zloty, etc.), or online payments via MoneyBookers.
Lastly it helps if you can print Cyrillic characters on the address label (except the country name which should be in English) - it speeds delivery time in the destination country.
