International shipping

[Geraki]

So far I was buying my cartomizers from madvapes due to low prices and good quality.
I live in Greece and for shipping my choice was
USPS - First-Class Mail International
with a cost of 4-10$ depending on weight

Yesterday tried to place an order for 20 dct cartos but there was no USPS for my country.
Only FEDEX for 43$.

Why you remove USPS for international shipping?

 

[hoogie76]

I hear you Geraki, we're working to find an alternative that is comparable to USPS first class international shipping. Unfortunately USPS recently passed new regulation that we can't ship li-ion batteries internationally. Our cart can't tell if you have batteries or not so we had to turn USPS off for all countries. We are upgrading our cart as well as looking for alternatives, so hopefully it's only temporary.

hoog

 

[Geraki]

ty for your answer and hope to find an alternative.

 

[darkpoet]

FedEx always declares at customs in Korea perfectly. I pay 15-30% duty on anything over 150,000 won (about $120)... the shipping cost included... which sucks cause FedEx itself costs $40ish...

But now, I'm crying in my e-liquid cause the cost (for me anyway) basically just went up 50%... and that's if I order the max $70 worth of juice to justify a $40 shipping cost.

Double whammy... Korea charges roughly $0.50/mL after 20mL of e-liquid... so I used to order small shipments of 50mL 0mg and 20mL 36mg to follow the rules... Now... Oh, Madvapes, please allow USPS again.

 

[hoogie76]

Hi Folks, we've turned USPS shipping back on but have also put a notice on all of our pages about shipping li-ion batteries:

Attention International Customers:
On May 16th, 2012, USPS has suspended international shipping of Li-Ion batteries until January 2013.

Our cart cannot tell if you have Li-Ion batteries added to your order.

If you are ordering Li-Ion batteries or any Personal Vaporizer that contains a Li-Ion Battery, please choose FEDEX as your shipping option. Orders with Li-Ion Batteries that have USPS as the shipping method will be cancelled and refunded.

Sorry for any inconvenience,

Madvapes

hoog