Shipping To Belgium

[slayer]

Re: Shipping To Belgium

Thanks bro!! Jack.

[Newc]

Re: Shipping To Belgium

The USPS uses DHL for their international shipping (last I saw, anyway). Insurance to Germany is limited to $500.

Check around the usps site - www.usps.com - calculate a shipment, and check the restrictions for Belgium when you select that country as the Destination.

[YetAnotherOne]

Re: Shipping To Belgium

What you guys want is the International Mail Manual. Specifically all of the limitations and exclusions for shipping to Belgium. When you look at those pages, *always* read the "Observations" section as that will include any country-specific gotchas. Airmail Parcel Post (10-14 day service) has an insurance limit of $5,000, while Global Express has a limit of $2,499.

[YetAnotherOne]

Re: Shipping To Belgium

I should also add that given the relative (in)competence of the average postal employee it's not a bad idea at all to print those pages out and take them along when shipping so you have something to point to and base your (seemingly inevitible) argument(s) upon.

[Crusher]

Re: Shipping To Belgium

Just be aware that shipping with USPS will take forever! I shipped a guitar to Scotland and it took almost 3 months and they told me it would only take 3-4 weeks. I just sent an RR5 to a forum member and spent the extra $$$ to ship express, which they assured me would only take 2-3 weeks and after 5 weeks, still nothing.

[YetAnotherOne]

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Depends on where it goes. I shipped one global express recently and IIRC it hit customs in the receiving country in about 24 hours. A couple of days to clear across a weekend then the first delivery attempt maybe 4-5 days after it was mailed. If you ship via the cheapest method your package goes by sea and it takes forever, if you ship via a faster method the holdups are usualy in how fast it gets through customs.

[GodOfRhythm]

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Just be aware that shipping with USPS will take forever! I shipped a guitar to Scotland and it took almost 3 months and they told me it would only take 3-4 weeks. I just sent an RR5 to a forum member and spent the extra $$$ to ship express, which they assured me would only take 2-3 weeks and after 5 weeks, still nothing.

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Might have been so in your particular case, but this isn't really the case. I received my guitar timely and in a nice state.

And my package was insured as an SL2H, so it's fair to say that's more than $500.

[Newc]

Re: Shipping To Belgium

I shipped one to Australia via UPS and it got there (to the buyer) within 2 weeks.
I shipped one to Tokyo via USPS and it got there within 7 days (EMS).

[Crusher]

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I wonder if it has something to do with my local post office then? I can see one guitar taking a long time, but now 2 of them in a row which was shipped from the same location are taking a long time. Either way, if I ever ship a guitar overseas again, it won't be USPS