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| | | | | Author: | psusaxman2000  | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 10:25 | | Subject: | Re: Pirate Ship - Simple Export Rate | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, peregrinator writes:
My wife and I have been using Pirate Ship for a few years now. I've not
had to ship anything internationally, but I know she has and it has never been
an issue.
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 11:04 | | Subject: | Re: Pirate Ship - Simple Export Rate | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, psusaxman2000 writes:
| | In Shipping, peregrinator writes:
My wife and I have been using Pirate Ship for a few years now. I've not
had to ship anything internationally, but I know she has and it has never been
an issue.
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Oh I've been using Pirate Ship for a while, and I've used it to ship
internationally. But this is far cheaper than the regular USPS rates, even the
commercial ones available through Pirate Ship.
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| | | | | Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 13:29 | | Subject: | Re: Pirate Ship - Simple Export Rate | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, peregrinator writes:
So I read the PS documentation about this. What you are doing, is sending the
package to a US consolidation address. They replace your US label, with a customs
form and then do freight consolidation to the destination country. They are not
allowing USPS to handle the international transport.
In theory, you end up with two tracking numbers, one from your door to the freight
consolidator, then another to the destination. Currently they provide tracking
to 55 destination countries. They will handle freight consolidation to other
countries, but without destination tracking. HK gets tracking, while PRC does
not. Missing from that list of 55 is Africa. I do not see any African country
on it (not even SA).
I think a valid question (which I cannot answer) is how the payment services
feel about PS as a freight consolidator, and will they accept the dual tracking
number system as proof of delivery.
I believe the prices on that page, are only for the second part of the journey.
You still have to buy USPS for the first part.
Nita Rae
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| | | | | | | Author: | psusaxman2000 | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 13:33 | | Subject: | Re: Pirate Ship - Simple Export Rate | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, cosmicray writes:
| | In Shipping, peregrinator writes:
So I read the PS documentation about this. What you are doing, is sending the
package to a US consolidation address. They replace your US label, with a customs
form and then do freight consolidation to the destination country. They are not
allowing USPS to handle the international transport.
In theory, you end up with two tracking numbers, one from your door to the freight
consolidator, then another to the destination. Currently they provide tracking
to 55 destination countries. They will handle freight consolidation to other
countries, but without destination tracking. HK gets tracking, while PRC does
not. Missing from that list of 55 is Africa. I do not see any African country
on it (not even SA).
I think a valid question (which I cannot answer) is how the payment services
feel about PS as a freight consolidator, and will they accept the dual tracking
number system as proof of delivery.
I believe the prices on that page, are only for the second part of the journey.
You still have to buy USPS for the first part.
Nita Rae
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That's an interesting concept. I wonder what the delivery times would end
up looking like for this then?
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| | | | | | | Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 13:43 | | Subject: | Re: Pirate Ship - Simple Export Rate | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| For eBay's International shipping option, which looks like an equivalent
to this, you have 3 tracking numbers:
(1) USPS tracking number from your door/post office to the freight consolidation
facility.
(2) Freight consolidator tracking number (I belive it starts with "EU") for which
tracking usdually ends at customs.
(3) Local "last mile" tracking number from when the pacakge is picked up by the
local post office to the customer.
Not sure, but I think you would need the 3rd tracking number to prove delivery
to PayPal.
In Shipping, cosmicray writes:
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In theory, you end up with two tracking numbers, one from your door to the freight
consolidator, then another to the destination. Currently they provide tracking
to 55 destination countries. They will handle freight consolidation to other
countries, but without destination tracking. HK gets tracking, while PRC does
not. Missing from that list of 55 is Africa. I do not see any African country
on it (not even SA).
I think a valid question (which I cannot answer) is how the payment services
feel about PS as a freight consolidator, and will they accept the dual tracking
number system as proof of delivery.
I believe the prices on that page, are only for the second part of the journey.
You still have to buy USPS for the first part.
Nita Rae
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| | | | | | | Author: | bigasbricks | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 14:13 | | Subject: | Re: Pirate Ship - Simple Export Rate | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| We have never had issues using them for this service. PayPal has had not issues
with the dual tracking and it held up for us when a claim was made a while back
ago. I would recommend it
In Shipping, cosmicray writes:
| | In Shipping, peregrinator writes:
So I read the PS documentation about this. What you are doing, is sending the
package to a US consolidation address. They replace your US label, with a customs
form and then do freight consolidation to the destination country. They are not
allowing USPS to handle the international transport.
In theory, you end up with two tracking numbers, one from your door to the freight
consolidator, then another to the destination. Currently they provide tracking
to 55 destination countries. They will handle freight consolidation to other
countries, but without destination tracking. HK gets tracking, while PRC does
not. Missing from that list of 55 is Africa. I do not see any African country
on it (not even SA).
I think a valid question (which I cannot answer) is how the payment services
feel about PS as a freight consolidator, and will they accept the dual tracking
number system as proof of delivery.
I believe the prices on that page, are only for the second part of the journey.
You still have to buy USPS for the first part.
Nita Rae
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 14:32 | | Subject: | Re: Pirate Ship - Simple Export Rate | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, bigasbricks writes:
| | We have never had issues using them for this service. PayPal has had not issues
with the dual tracking and it held up for us when a claim was made a while back
ago. I would recommend it
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Thanks!
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2021 14:31 | | Subject: | Re: Pirate Ship - Simple Export Rate | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, cosmicray writes:
| | I believe the prices on that page, are only for the second part of the journey.
You still have to buy USPS for the first part.
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No, I believe that is the total price. And there is no "second part" of the journey
for shipping to Canada, that's all handled by USPS. Hence why that seems
like a particularly good deal (sending an 8oz. package to Canada by First Class
mail is currently $14.25 at the retail rate).
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