There’s not really much I can do except warn individuals that this individual doesn’t care about gentlemen’s agreements.
Would you not agree both parties accepted the risk, would ebay side with yourself even after owning up in response by declaring it low ?
Can it still be called a “gentleman’s agreement” in the truest sense if we are talking about two parties agreeing to commit a crime together; both for their own person gain?
Chalk it up as a cost of doing business and a penalty for trusting a stranger that didn’t earn it.
(I’m sure you’ve done both just giving my thoughts on it since it seems you’ve posted soliciting conversation on the matter)
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Bingo
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Why couldn’t the package be insured?
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I’m not surprised you’re here.
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It could have been for $70, but if we agree where the responsibility lies there’s no point in me doing it. If I’m going to insure a package it’ll be what I want out of it in the event of a loss.
Look I’m not going to tell anyone to break the law but is authority the truth or is truth the authority? My truth is that some of these customs fees are straight up highway robbery. Literally.
Thanks, noted.
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Agreed! For the UK anything imported over £15 you have to pay a additional 20% Vat on top plus if it goes through royal mail they charge you a flat rate processing fee of £8. Then on top of that if you import anything over £135 you have to pay additional customs fees on top of that too!
That’s why people in the UK are willing to pay so much more for a card from within the UK or EU (for now) just to avoid customs fees if you purchase from the US.
I do envy people living in the US as the availability and price of cards on the whole is much better.
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I would have bought so many cards from the US if it wasn’t for custom fees. A card that is listed for $200 in the US, would cost me at least $300.
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Seems to me, that the Card was at least forwarded to the buyers local customs office (I assume it’s Oldenburg).
The bold part in the linked letter from the Deutsche Post says something like: The ability to track this shipment is limited to the area of responsibility of the USPS.
Why does the USPS offer international tracked shipping, that does not track overseas (or just partly)?
I just sent a card last week to France through USPS and it showed tracking all the way until “Delivered”. Probably depends if the destination country is feeding updates back to the US or not.
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@kpod What specific service did you use?
Did you also ship with First-Class Package International Service (Small Packets) or something different?
Yes First-Class Package International Service. Had tracking automatically included.