No, no reason to worry. That is their usual less-than-helpful message on many classes of international mail (First Class, Priority Flat Rate Envelope, Priority Small Flat Rate Box). USPS usually does not scan those items anywhere along the line, but they typically get to their international destination just fine.

How did you ship the package?

If you shipped it by First Class International or Priority International SFRB, FRE, there will be no scan as there is no tracking on any of these services.

I shipped it by Priority Mail International .

Good luck on that! I just had PayPal refund an auction sent to a United Kingdom buyer, because the USPS website showed that it had tried twice (unsuccessfully) to deliver the package.

Here's what I found out. When it goes through foreign customs, it's assigned a new package ID number. Mine went through Parcel Force Worldwide (parcelforce.com) and it was given a different number than the USPS number provided by PayPal through PayPal's shipping.

My int'l buyer didn't want to pay the customs charge--so no one knows where the goods are now. All I know is where the money isn't--it's not in my PayPal account.

After 11 years of successful ebaying--and on PayPal as long as it's been around--I'm throwing in the towel with regard to international bidders. I'm realizing what a scam PayPal is--the seller has no rights--even though PayPal was used to buy the postage through PayPal shipping--and even though it clearly states that the problem was the buyer not paying the customs charge--PayPal took my money out of my account (I don't have the goods, and I had to pay for shipping to the UK--$31.35).

Honestly, it's the first time I've ever had trouble with international shipping--but if you check the PayPal and ebay forums, I guess it happens a lot.

Yours will probably be delivered without a hitch--I wouldn't worry about it, until it turns into an issue. Even then, it's not really worth worrying about. You just have to decide what risks to take on ebay--I've decided that shipping internationally is too risky for me, personally.

I don't sell enough on ebay to cover a loss like that. Sad part is that the last time I decided to sell to US bidders only, I got a lot of emails from international bidders begging me to sell to them. Live and learn!

Good luck!! Give it a week--It'll probably be just fine!

I'd be thrilled to get the package back--at least I wouldn't be completely screwed--but I'm not exactly crossing my fingers either.

Ebay's just not the same as it once was--LOL--I'm getting nostalgic. Thanks for your wishful and hopeful thinking...I appreciate it.

Out of curiosity, what is "LONG"? Are we talking months?

Yeah, I looked up that UK one. Mailed February 2 using FCMI, ultimately got back to me on June 7 after customs wasn't paid. Four months. Hopefully won't be that long for you, though.

It's possible, but which driver/employee? Your package has probably been handled by a hundred or so by now, so which one are you accusing? Which one should sue you for defamation of character?


Perhaps you should scan this and other seller boards and read the thousand or so other threads on this topic. There is NO guarantee your package will ever be scanned even if it is delivered.