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Originally Posted by vinylweatherman
Registered mail is no good if their base is outside the UK, as you would be relying on their own country's postal service to get it right.
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VM, you know I normally love your stuff but this one is a bit off IMHO.
I'm sure there are circumstances where what you say here is true, but in all fairness there are many other cases it's not true at all. In my experience if you are shipping out of any of North America into Europe or vice versa you stand a good chance of getting excellent service.
In another part of my life I make custom silver jewelry -- sorry, my jewelry site is down at the moment -- and ship this expensive stuff all over the place. 9 times out of 10 registered mail is _the_ way to go. There are obvious exceptions but you'd be surprised what a fiver will buy you in terms of tracking and verification.