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Sead

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Turn signal switch postage to USA
« on: August 22, 2025, 10:31:43 »
Dear friends,
due to crazy custom regulations of your fellow Orangeman, our state post has suspended shipping to USA.
Long story short, DHL Express shipping rate at 65,-€ is now only option.
thank you for the attention in this matter 8) ;D

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Re: Turn signal switch postage to USA
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2025, 03:42:20 »
Lol.. he may not let you in the usa

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Re: Turn signal switch postage to USA
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2025, 00:06:46 »
. . . due to crazy custom regulations of your fellow Orangeman, our state post has suspended shipping to USA.
Long story short, DHL Express shipping is now only option . . .

From what I can see quite a few postal services throughout Europe are taking similar action.  From posts on other automotive forums to which I subscribe it appears postal service shipping to the USA has also been suspended from the UK, Netherlands and Germany, and probably other countries as well.

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Re: Turn signal switch postage to USA
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2025, 02:44:43 »
This shipping to the USA thing is getting stupid crazy!

I just went online to search for a replacement plastic rotary knob for our DeLonghi toaster oven. Found it on
E-bay, price $10.99.  Shipping from Italy?  $10,000.00 . . .

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175759949438?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338590836&toolid=10044&loc_physical_ms=89175&customid=7566607ca7d21416dd0008d2f95287f9&gclid=7566607ca7d21416dd0008d2f95287f9
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Re: Turn signal switch postage to USA
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2025, 10:05:12 »
This shipping to the USA thing is getting stupid crazy!

I just went online to search for a replacement plastic rotary knob for our DeLonghi toaster oven. Found it on
E-bay, price $10.99.  Shipping from Italy?  $10,000.00 . . .

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175759949438?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338590836&toolid=10044&loc_physical_ms=89175&customid=7566607ca7d21416dd0008d2f95287f9&gclid=7566607ca7d21416dd0008d2f95287f9

Mike, of course it's $10,000.  It's coming from Palermo, Italy.  Who do you think is running all services (including postal) there?   :o
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Re: Turn signal switch postage to USA
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2025, 22:32:50 »
This shipping to the USA thing is getting stupid crazy!

I just went online to search for a replacement plastic rotary knob for our DeLonghi toaster oven. Found it on
E-bay, price $10.99.  Shipping from Italy?  $10,000.00 . . .

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175759949438?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338590836&toolid=10044&loc_physical_ms=89175&customid=7566607ca7d21416dd0008d2f95287f9&gclid=7566607ca7d21416dd0008d2f95287f9

Mike, if you are not in a great rush, you can have it shipped to me.  I’ll bring it to the states in November for free!
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Re: Turn signal switch postage to USA
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2025, 06:34:02 »
Is it 10,000 Lira?
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Re: Turn signal switch postage to USA
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2025, 08:29:32 »
No more Lira Rodd!

It seems small value packages are still ok, at least from France they are, under EUR 86 (which equates to approx USD 100).

The number of countries that have suspended shipping packages to the US is now 25.
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Re: Turn signal switch postage to USA
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2025, 16:14:14 »
This is absolute nonsense. One could hire a private plane to courier the piece from Palermo to the USA for $10,000. That is a price put in by the seller to discourage overseas shipping. I have seen that done on more than one occasion. Best to simply not deal with any international sales.

But, aside from that, eBay is notorious for having bad shipping calculations. Not that bad, but bad.

I do not blame the international postal services for halting shipments to the USA. We have nothing but chaos in almost everything that the administration is touching. Customs and tariffs and valuations of imports are top of the list.
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Re: Turn signal switch postage to USA
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2025, 14:27:33 »
No more Lira Rodd!
It was humor, I should have used some smiley faces.
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