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I have a number of WGSH figures from 1975 in boxes, which I am considering selling due to financial pressures. I would rather they went to a collector who would appreciate them. There were my own toys and have been reasonably well cared for.
The problem is....most Mego collectors who are likely to want to buy my stuff are located in the USA.....and I live in the UK. Our postage costs are higher than most, and there isn't much in the way of a reliable tracked service to the USA that doesn't cost the absolute earth.
Royal Mail do offer an overseas tracked service called "Airsure" which is basically the airmail cost plus a supplement, but I sent a package of collectable books to Switzerland by this method a few months ago. Although the buyer got the books ok, the parcel was never reliably tracked as it stopped after the package left the UK and the Royal Mail eventually confirmed the whereabouts of the package over four months later...you guessed it, they wrote to the buyer to ask if they had got it! So as you can imagine, the thought of sending Megos this way fills me with horror!
My preferred option would be to use DHL. But they're not cheap. My question is basically....have you bought from the UK before, what shipping method was used, and what is the absolute maximum you'd be prepared to pay to ensure you received your package safely?
Thanks!!!
The problem is....most Mego collectors who are likely to want to buy my stuff are located in the USA.....and I live in the UK. Our postage costs are higher than most, and there isn't much in the way of a reliable tracked service to the USA that doesn't cost the absolute earth.
Royal Mail do offer an overseas tracked service called "Airsure" which is basically the airmail cost plus a supplement, but I sent a package of collectable books to Switzerland by this method a few months ago. Although the buyer got the books ok, the parcel was never reliably tracked as it stopped after the package left the UK and the Royal Mail eventually confirmed the whereabouts of the package over four months later...you guessed it, they wrote to the buyer to ask if they had got it! So as you can imagine, the thought of sending Megos this way fills me with horror!
My preferred option would be to use DHL. But they're not cheap. My question is basically....have you bought from the UK before, what shipping method was used, and what is the absolute maximum you'd be prepared to pay to ensure you received your package safely?
Thanks!!!
Who says they have to go Stateside 
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