Originally Posted by
obrentharris
Thanks
iab for the help and for pointing me at Ebay Italy.
It appears that all of those sellers offer international shipping. Is that typical of Italian Ebay sellers or is there a special search tool you used to locate sellers who will ship internationally?
Brent
Nope. I just go to ebay.it and see what catches my fancy. I'd say about 20-30% will have a shipping cost to the US. Otherwise I always ask if they ship to the US and how much is registered mail. "Ciao. Scusa la traduzione. Spedirai negli Stati Uniti? Se sė, quanto costa la posta raccomandata? Grazie." Posta raccomandata costs more, but I have only had issues shipping from Italy not using it.
The only worst case scenario than saying no to US shipping is if they don't accept paypal. While pretty rare, it does happen. At that point, I like to use Xoom for a bank transfer, it's about $5 per transaction. The biggest risk they take your money and you have no recourse. Hasn't happened to me, but knock on wood.
Be prepared to wait. Things out of northern Italy tend to get to me quicker, but not always. I think 6 weeks was the longest I waited. 10 days was about the quickest.
Or, it you are feeling really adventurous, there is a great swap in Milan in February or Imola in September. A great time had by all.