Re: Why some sellers don't sell their lights/stuffs outside US?
For USPS, you can print out the mailing label and custom forms, however you must get the customs box attachment and special packaging from the post office and present the package to them in person, if you are a residential customer.
That's odd. Section 123.5 Place of Mailing reads...
123.5 Place of Mailing
Except as specified in items a and b below, a mailer may
not deposit a postal item that requires a completed customs declaration form into a collection box, lobby drop, Automated Postal Center® (APC®) drop, postal lobby, postal dock, or other unattended location. In addition, items that require a customs declaration are precluded from pickup service as defined in
215.3, 225.2, and 235.2. Mailers must present such items to a Postal Service employee at a Post Office facility or other location as designated by the postmaster. The Postal Service will return improperly presented items to the sender for proper entry and acceptance. Exceptions are as follows:
- Express Mail International® shipments paid through an Express Mail corporate account (EMCA).
- Express Mail International and Priority Mail International™ items that have the mailing label, customs declaration (including an electronic round stamp), and postage prepared and paid online through Click-N-Ship® service on usps.com, through the eBay/PayPal integrated shipping solution, or through an authorized PC Postage® vendor Web site.
That b exception sound clear to me. Use USPS's click-n-ship or other authorized web site and your good to go. Print, stick on bubble envelope or small packet, then drop in corner mailbox. What could be easier?
About 3 years ago I spent 15 minutes talking on the phone to a USPS customer service rep about various shipping levels from the US and when I asked then about US residents always having to go to their local post office to mail International stuff I was told that that's just not the case.
I was also told that it was always a good idea to phone the customer service folks at USPS for clarification on any and all of the mailing regulations. I was given the impression by the USPS rep that many of the staff of small local post offices are not always up to date on what can and can't be shipped and that if there was ever a problem then the customer should immediately ask the clerk to call the customer service hotline for clarification.