*** FREE SHIPPING TO ALL CUSTOMERS
WORLDWIDE, EXCEPT TO THE UNITED STATES. AMERICAN BYERS: PLEASE SEE EXPLANATION WHY
AT THE END OF THE LISTING! ***
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR MY AMERICAN CUSTOMERS:
Ever since I started selling on eBay in 2012, I have offered "free shipping" on all my items/auctions. The reason I have been able to offer this is that I have used older stamps as franking and I have great access to this and have been able to keep costs down.
From January 1, 2026,
unfortunately new rules came from the US and all shipments to the US must now
be registered online, US customs fees must be prepaid by the seller (me), and
shipping must be paid with a credit card. Postage stamps are now only allowed
on normal letters and postcards without any value, and part of the customs
handling fee. From 1st January, I was unfortunately forced to charge
full shipping, (which is very expensive from Norway) to all my American
customers. To all other countries in the world, I can still frank with stamps
and still offer free shipping. 80% of all orders that come in from eBay are
sent to the USA so needless to say this is disastrous for my business, but
unfortunately nothing I can do anything about, and I must start concentrating
on selling to other countries. As an example, I can send a 2-kilo package of
goods to a customer in Canada, Japan, or Australia with free shipping (franked
with older stamps), while an American customer must pay over US$25 for the same
package. I really regret this, both for you and me. I am in the US a lot both
on vacation and for work, (my main job is for an American company based in
Miami), and I think the US is a wonderful country, but the new tariff rules are
of course not to my liking.