How much to ship to Italy?

[LEGEND33]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

Thanks for the info !

Alberto

[Parisian Yankee]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

Hello from Italy,
i received tons of items from USA (jersey - shoes - basketball......)
I usually ask for USPS PRIORITY MAIL INTERNATIONAL (25-35 USD).
Item with amount declared over 35-40 usd are submitted to italian customer fees (very high - about 40% of tot amount).
This fees are obviously to pay by the buyer (never asked for a remboursement).
I ask the seller to declare only 20 usd (always at my own risk)
Only if item is very expansive i ask for DHL - UPS - FEDEX.
Usually itens arrives safe from USA to Italy.
The problem is the Italian Mail Service !!!! very bad !

Alberto
excuse me for my poor english...

Hi Alberto,

I also sometimes use a service called myus. It provides you with an address in the US you can have items shipped to and then they consolidate and fedex it to you. I am not affiliated with them, it's just that it is really helpful for sellers who are reluctant to ship overseas.

[Parisian Yankee]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

Hi, I have been visiting this website for quite a while to get some facts and information.. extremely useful information, and thought I would chip in here.

I live in France, and sometimes purchase bats. I regularly pay just under 40 bucks or so for priority mail shipping, registered. Actual postage costs around $33-36. I have ordered a few items and have had them shipped by regular mail, unregistered, only to have them "disappear" in the system. I guess I didn't know that Parisian postmen loved baseball that much...

[I7coder]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

if you want cheaper shipping to any country outside US, then viaddress is preferable. their service is really good. i have been using then since many years. its below $10 to any country.

[suave1477]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

Ok no problem, just thought it was a coincidence that the gentleman who contacted me said he was from Italy and his name is Alberto.

[LEGEND33]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

Not me Suave 1477.
About the quake, thanks very very much !!!

[suave1477]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

Suave 1477 which is the item ? Usually i send about 15 msg a week asking about shipp. to Italy.

Regarding the New Era Yankees cap.

Also my condolances to you about the quake

[LEGEND33]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

Suave 1477 which is the item ? Usually i send about 15 msg a week asking about shipp. to Italy.

Joelsabi, i live in the northern-east part of Italy (2 hour from Venice).
I was 18 years old when a bigger quake destroyed my area....
thanks for your kindly words !!!

p.s.
If a member planned to visit Italy for holidays (Venice area) let me know, i am happy to give assistance

[joelsabi]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

Hello from Italy,
i received tons of items from USA (jersey - shoes - basketball......)
I usually ask for USPS PRIORITY MAIL INTERNATIONAL (25-35 USD).
Item with amount declared over 35-40 usd are submitted to italian customer fees (very high - about 40% of tot amount).
This fees are obviously to pay by the buyer (never asked for a remboursement).
I ask the seller to declare only 20 usd (always at my own risk)
Only if item is very expansive i ask for DHL - UPS - FEDEX.
Usually itens arrives safe from USA to Italy.
The problem is the Italian Mail Service !!!! very bad !

Alberto
excuse me for my poor english...

thanks for the post alberto. it is much appreciate by the forum. how is the recovery for the quake for you? hope all is well.

[suave1477]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

Alberto was that you who emailed me about shipping an item to Italy?

[LEGEND33]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

Hello from Italy,
i received tons of items from USA (jersey - shoes - basketball......)
I usually ask for USPS PRIORITY MAIL INTERNATIONAL (25-35 USD).
Item with amount declared over 35-40 usd are submitted to italian customer fees (very high - about 40% of tot amount).
This fees are obviously to pay by the buyer (never asked for a remboursement).
I ask the seller to declare only 20 usd (always at my own risk)
Only if item is very expansive i ask for DHL - UPS - FEDEX.
Usually itens arrives safe from USA to Italy.
The problem is the Italian Mail Service !!!! very bad !

Alberto
excuse me for my poor english...

[quiggle28]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

I sent mine with a tracking number using USPS and the furthest update they gave was that the item was being processed in their postal facilities. The purchaser e-mailed me to let me know he received it, which I was happy about, but also that he wanted me to reimburse him 100$ USD in tax fees that incurred because I did not write "gift" but instead "jersey".

[uhgrad2002]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

You might want to research how much trouble people have had with shipments going through the Italian postal system. I had a purchase from there get to the Rome post office and disappear. Sender provided a tracking number but no further assistance. PayPal would not follow through with its buyer's protection because the sender had proof of shipment (though they took weeks to come to that conclusion). Only after the purchase did I research problems reported with the Italian postal system and there were a lot of them. Stuff disappears.

Best of luck on it -- Mark

[suave1477]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

did the buyer ask you to label the package only as "gift" or they will get taxed and nag you to reimburse them.

Actually he did not ask, that was one of my concerns when it comes to shipping the item.

[trsent]

Re: How much to ship to Italy?

did the buyer ask you to label the package only as "gift" or they will get taxed and nag you to reimburse them.

I always felt it is the buyers responsibility to know about their own country's export and import policies - How could the shipper be responsible?

They want you to lie and say the item is a gift and then declare the value less than the item is worth so if it gets lost you cannot declare proper value for insurance?

Sounds risky for the shipper to me.