Andrew,

I live in the Netherlands. I know we have some smaller freight 
shippers.  You might try TNT, they deliver most of my sample orders.  
Just last month I shipped a package from the DHL office with 1500 euros 
insurance, thats nearly $2000.  It didn't seem that they had a limit, 
and the cost was reasonable (1% of value, IIRC).

As for customs and duties: I'm not too sure.  Things coming into the 
Netherlands seem to be randomly taxed, a package here and there - never 
consistent with the actual value of items shipped.  I pay the delivery 
person any taxes assessed by customs. My outgoing shipments to the US 
are never taxed, but they have been mainly repairs/returns.  I would 
assume that the (US) receiver pays duties at the time of delivery.

Regards,

Ian

Andrew Warren wrote:

>I know there are a few Europeans on the lis, and a number of people 
>who routinely ship items between Europe and the USAt; I hope one of 
>you can offer some advice.
>
>I live in the USA and just bought an item from an individual in the 
>Netherlands.  Now I need to have it shipped, and it's turning out to 
>be more difficult than I thought it would be.
>
>The seller says that UPS and DHL are unsuitable because they don't 
>offer enough insurance (the item's value is slightly over $US2000).  
>I don't know if that's true; I'll check tomorrow.  He's going to 
>investigate Federal Express's policies tomorrow, as well.
>
>Any other ideas?  Also, do import duties or other customs fees 
>generally apply to this sort of person-to-person transaction?
>
>-Andy
>
>=== Andrew Warren - fastfwd@ix.netcom.com
>
>  
>
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