USPS to Italy
billbradley
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I sent out a record on October 2nd and just got a PayPal dispute email from the buyer saying he never received it. What is the average time it takes for a record to deliver from the US to Italy? I didn't send it registered mail. Am I pretty much f*cked on this one?
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I sent out a record on OCTOBER 5th and the guy still hasn't received it.
I'm afraid he may file a dispute.
Yes this is BS!!!!
I had a warning recently about m*rcof*nk on GEMM requesting an unusually high amount of chargebacks....so cover yourselves
I never do unless the item is over $50 to $100 plus dollars.
My wife sent me this picture from her camera phone on her lunch break today.
3 months after the buyer in Italy did a chargeback the record was returned to me and left on my front porch. Now I don't have to feel so asshurt over the whole deal. I'm not sure why it was never delivered to begin with but at least I'm not out the $78 and the record.
LOL
Anyways, when I first started ebaying I sent a sealed copy of a RBL Posse LP to Germany that dude said he never got. Almost 6 months later of fighting with guy and posting here about how pissed I was about it, it showed up on my doorstep un-opened and un-claimed. I thought for sure dude was scamming because from what I could tell he had been doing it to other folks for awhile. I had left him a negative the day before it was dropped off at my door step and they same day I made a post about it. I refunded his money, pulled the neg and blocked him from buying from me. I'm still convinced he was guilty of fraud in other cases but karma kind of caught up with him on the RBL Posse. Kinda like Crying Wolf.
But it was none the less shocking to get something back from around the world almost 6 months later. Unharmed.
I re-listed it and and sold it for like 20 bucks more than what he paid ($30)
on a side note we just sold another copy of the same record for $70.
Does the box smell like corrupt I-talians?
"I'lla getta you RBL Posse nexta time, icehole!"
i told the buyers to thank the italian postal service..which they replied are very aware.
what is the method of shipping where you can actually trace the overseas package and get somewhere ?
like the buyer must sign ..c.o.d style so you have actual proof.
Registered and Express
Fedex and UPS, too
Part of this has got to be BS buyers trying to manipulate sellers, and the other part seems to be caused by a garbage postal system. The U.K. system is based on effing landmarks as if it were the 18th century.
German buyers and postal service is really good though, props to them.
I just had someone from Italy win an auction. I have had success in the past but I'm crossing my fingers on this one.
I am still waiting on items bought in early to mid December from US sellers.
No show.
In the meantime, records have been flying in from all over the effing world
How can packages take 4 days from Japan or Australia, and from US (by and large) at least 3 weeks?
They're both on the other side of the world as far as I am concerned.
So I'm 6,7,8 weeks down the line and can't afford to throw away 500 dollars....
I definitely think twice about buying from America now; unless it's a truly seldom seen item then I will wait for a piece from Asia or Europe to raise its head.
Like I said, I have a package mailed December 10th still not show up to a CONFIRMED address in the UK.
Insuring it is a no-brainer, since that only runs me $1.40 but what do I do regarding sending it express (with tracking) or normal first class int'l? Since we're talking the diff b/t $12 vs. $30 in shipping costs, I'd feel weird either passing the costs directly to the buyer or absorbing them all myself.