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Inspired in part by that threadabout unpainted stuff, and partly by the fact that I'm running out of room to put all the minis I have accumulated over a misspent lifetime of gaming, I have decided to just get rid of, well, a lot of things. The downside of this plan is that I live in Japan (surprise!), and I know that people are a little leery of trading outside of their home country. Would my low, low just-barely-covers-shipping be enough to get you to take some things off my hands?

Make up a list of what you have and what you want for it and post it in swapshop. If no one bites, you have your answer.

I've shipped and ordered from oversea's many times, ranging from local-Europe (mainly Spain and Italy) to further afield (in the last few days I've sent two Swap-Shop parcels to the 'states.) I used to order CD's from Japan all the time (they have a load of limited or collectors items that we in the UK simply don't get), and I've got a weird taste for Russian Heavy Metal (direct from a select few Russian labels.) So yeah, all in all, I can't see it being a problem.

I mean, sure, back in the day there were no tracking numbers or fancy delivery options. But now we can see the (almost) exact location of our parcel through the web, there's much less risk in the posting. It's just about trusting the person on the other side of the email. The main issue is simply having something that someone from oversea's really wants!

If I bought all my minis from australia I would be broke lol.

Why ask, just try it. I'm selling a lot of stuff to other countries on ebay, so far successfully. If you are hesitating about US buyers, think about rest of the world. In my experience, US and UK have their own markets and you will rarely be able to offer anything cheaper than they already have, but it is possible to interest them in well-painted stuff. Other countries may buy from you just as well, because items from US/UK markets is either not available for them, or shipping is expensive.

I've bought second hand miniatures from overseas before, and never had a problem. That said, I've only bought from members of a fairly small historical gaming forum, and it's easy enough in a small community like that to see if someone is trusted by the others or not.

No problem as long as I feel I can trust the person I am trading with, and if the price is rigth for what I where buying

Trust isn't an issue for me. There's always recourse through paypal to get your money back, and many sites like dakka have trade ratings that you can examine if you are worried.

However, the much higher cost of posting items overseas usually counters any discount I'm getting on price. I only ever buy overseas if I'm getting cheap or free shipping.

what are you selling? but yes I order from overseas all the time.

Yes, yes I would, though it depends on how much it would cost after factoring in shipping and what nots.

What kind of stuff?

No problem buying from overseas

I'll have a total I'm willing to pay for something so as international shipping costs more I just tend to pay less for the stuff

Bought dozens of miniatures from people in the UK ( i live in Germany) and NEVER ever had anything strange occurred.

There's a few countries I won't buy from (generally Italy, China, and Russia) due to the prevalence of counterfeiting or mail thievery, but I've had no problems buying from the UK.

There's a few countries I won't buy from (generally Italy, China, and Russia) due to the prevalence of counterfeiting or mail thievery, but I've had no problems buying from the UK.

I am from Russia, thank you for perpetuating the idea that all minis sold from Russia are counterfeit. I do agree that there's a lot of that, however I myself only sell legit stuff originally bought online from UK. Also, never had any mail stolen so far (four 40k armies and a lot of Warmachine's worth of mail orders). I wouldn't order a cell phone or tablet by mail, but toy soldiers are not interesting to thiefs.

I've been buying from foreign countries (mostly US, UK and occasionally Sweden) and I never had a problem.

Well, at least until Maelstrom started fething up, anyway.

Gnawer wrote:

There's a few countries I won't buy from (generally Italy, China, and Russia) due to the prevalence of counterfeiting or mail thievery, but I've had no problems buying from the UK.

I am from Russia, thank you for perpetuating the idea that all minis sold from Russia are counterfeit. I do agree that there's a lot of that, however I myself only sell legit stuff originally bought online from UK. Also, never had any mail stolen so far (four 40k armies and a lot of Warmachine's worth of mail orders). I wouldn't order a cell phone or tablet by mail, but toy soldiers are not interesting to thiefs.

I don't mean to come off as prejudiced against all of Russia or China; I just end up shopping for old metal models on eBay a lot, and often when they come up from Russia or China they're recasts. I know there's recasters everywhere, but they're most prevalent in China and Russia from my experience on eBay. If I was buying plastics or anything new in package I'd have no qualms buying them from pretty much anywhere in the world. Alternately, if I was communicating directly with someone on Dakka or something along those lines, I wouldn't assume the worst either.

One more vote for go ahead and buy/sell internationally.

As long as postage isn't too much I buy from most anywhere. Off the top of my head, I know in the past years or so I've dealt with UK, China, Hong Kong, New Zeland, Russia, Canada, and a few others. (There are a few countries that I get a bit wary about, but I'm not going to list them). Do your research, know who/where you're dealing with and if it seems legit, then go for it.

As for the Russia thing, I buy from Russia quite often, though it's usually Technog stuff (Robogear, Cyberon, etc), which I'm quite sure isn't recast. For affordable plastic 28mm mechs, Russia has the market cornered!

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I have bought lots of stuff from overseas (mostly America) because the exchange rate is so favorable right now. I am looking to clear out piles and piles of minis, mostly GW, dating back to the mid-80's. I have more than I can ever hope to paint, even if I declare them a part of my son's inheritance, and I'd like to see them go to someone who will use them. I'll try putting an ad up in the trading forum and see if I get any bites.

I have purchased several items, mostly 40k stuff, from people overseas. Because the armies I play are mostly older metal models and much OOP, I need to get what I can find. My few bad experiences in this regard have far been outweighed by the several good deals and buys I've had when dealing with people overseas. As long as you have nothing to hide, you should have no problem finding a willing buyer.

I pretty much get all my stuff from USA/UK now as GW Australia prices are a joke. All my BFG stuff came from UK as well.

No hesitations from me to buy overseas, the biggest consideration for me is price + shipping compared to something local.

I have no problem ordering from overseas. The only times I wouldn't order from someone has less to do with how much I trust them, and more to do with the fact their countries have a track record of shipping issues beyond the norm - I'm looking at you, Italy and Russia.

No, NEVER!!!!

Thats why you should just box them all up and give them to me.

That's hard to say. Shipping is what kills it. Maybe if it was a large bulk order then yes. Unless its china. To much shady stuff going on there and I won't risk it.

if you use Paypal, then the buyer has alot of protection. I've managed to get refunds from two bad sellers (one on Ebay and one at Bartertown) by filing a Paypal complaint. They seem to side with the buyer almost by default.

So yes. I would and do buy from overseas all the time.

 wowsmash wrote:
That's hard to say. Shipping is what kills it.

This. Living in Japan meant that the shipping cost of ordering from people abroad usually made it not worth it. I'd buy from people in the US and have the stuff shipped to my parents', who'd stash it in a closest until the next time I came home and visited.

Through eBay I've sold stuff around the world. A lot of my older more collectible figures went to people in France and Spain, but I've sent things to several countries in Europe, the US, Japan, New Zealand and Australia.

I buy stuff from people in another country all the time. Mostly through Ebay, but when there is Paypal in the middle there's no problem. Shipping can be an issue. Sometimes its expensive or people try to get through overpriced shipping what they do not dare to charge for the selling item. Then again there is the rarity factor. For example i bought japanese manga nibs some time ago with quite alot shipping charge, but I couldnt get this particular brand from anywhere else at lower cost. The day before yesterday I bought a hardback copy of ''Slaine the Horned God'', an extremely popular 90's comic that stopped being printed in large format. I payed 6 pounds for the actual item and 12 for shipping. I know the guy is ripping me off but since I got it so cheap (nobody else bid), generally its priced about 35+ pounds and most importantly I really wanted it, I allowed him to steal abit. I was feeling kinda bad of getting this masterpiece of Simon Bisley for the price of a sixpack

I buy practically all my gaming stuff from overseas because it's usually cheaper even WITH shipping.

Shipping costs are usually no problem, but then you get people from the US only wanting to use UPS to ship it to you (yes, like I'm going to pay 100-150 dollars to ship some figures to Europe) when there's far cheaper options available.