I shipped fairly well worldwide, but it's been awhile. I may have left out Africa, but mostly included Asia, Australia, Europe, South America. Never really had many problems, no more than right here in the good ol US of A, but things change, not sure how it would be now. It can be a bit more paperwork, usually there's at least a customs form, but it never bothered me much. It can also take a bit more study, but I used only USPS for overseas, so at least I only needed do my searching on one site. Canada I might use UPS or FedEx(think it was mostly UPS I used at that time). I shipped one palletized item to Vancouver BC once, but used a freight carrier I'd used numerous times already in the states. I mostly sold computer parts and laptops, but sometimes had office equipment etc.
One of the first packages overseas went to Taiwan. The guy wanted economy, so it went ground, and ground when it reaches the shore, goes onto a ship (I'd anticipated a plane, but nope), so we both waited anxiously almost 8 weeks until it finally arrived. He turned into a regular customer, but began opting for more expeditious shipping rates.
Once I listed some type of medical monitor, around the size of a small CCTV monitor, or maybe a bit larger. A man in Ukraine needed it badly and won the bidding. Neither FedEx or UPS serviced Ukraine so it only left shipping it with USPS. I figured it all up online, sent him an invoice, which he paid with a Western Union wire transfer. I had thoughts about dropping it off at the Post Office first, but opted to pick up the money first. When I got to the PO it hit a snag, there were strict package size limits to Ukraine, and this package was ever so slightly over. I was totally unable to ship it. I sent him a full refund, and we each had to eat one Western Union wire transfer.
Far as the money goes, I was well ahead over all by choosing to ship worldwide. Overall as well, there were few headaches involved once I got started and learned the ropes. Far as unpleasant surprises went, I had far more here at home, than overseas
I figured shipping each time on an individual basis, but then, I wasn't shipping the same thing everywhere
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