Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
He asked me to wait a while ,which I did and still nothing.This item was sent registered and sign for,but the tracking was only in the UK.You can get international tracking which tracks from door to door,but it appears $16-00 postage didn't cover this.
I did a claim and was reimbursed my Nearly $100-00.
I sent the seller a message when I did the claim asking him if his business name was included in the return address.A dead give away with registered mail that the cover contains some thing of value and is worth taking.
I wonder how much philatelic mail has gone missing because a dealer has his business name on the return address??especially if the cover is registered.
Brian
Login to Like
this post
"I wonder how much philatelic mail has gone missing because a dealer has his business name on the return address?"
Especially if the cover is registered. That in itself may have been a red flag, never mind a business address. Curiously, I was advised by various members of Stampboards not to pay for registered mail from Oz a couple of years ago, as they considered this just to be just an invitation to theft. It arrived safe and sound using ordinary mail, even though it was a high value item.
But sometimes you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Login to Like
this post
Guess what ,the missing stamp turned up in today's mail ,five weeks after it was posted. I am just waiting on an email from the seller so I can send his refund back!!!!!.There was only a return address ,no business name on the cover.
Also in the mail was my membership card and magazine from the APS with their nice zazzle stamp as part of the postage.
All's well that ends well.
Brian
3 Members
like this post.
Login to Like.
But it wouldn't have arrived if you didn't post about it!
Login to Like
this post
"...five weeks after it was posted."
What? Was this sent by sea-mail?
Login to Like
this post
I had a similar problem from the UK to Australia, as well. I ordered two different packages from the same seller about three weeks apart. The later one arrived first and the earlier appeared to be in limbo. The one ordered earlier did arrive eventually. Both packages had been opened by Australian Customs and inspected. Neither package was registered or had tracking. The delay could have occured anywhere in transit. It would be nice to know where.
Login to Like
this post
Was there a Customs label on the package. It can be a "giveaway" because the goods must be described and the value has to be written on it.
If the package has no Customs label on it then U.S. Customs may hold the package for investigation, especially if the package contains a small polythene bag. (they may think it is drugs)
$16.00 for shipping seems a bit expensive.
Login to Like
this post
My two letter sized parcels had been opened and a slip of paper inserted that explained the need to check items by Customs and that nothing had been removed. The one that came a lot slower also had a big green sticker applied to the outside of the envelope stating "Opened by Austrlaia Post for Inspection by Customs". I can't recall whether the letter that arrived first also had the same green sticker.
Login to Like
this post
Auctions - Approvals
I purchased a lot from a stamp dealer in the UK.As it had not arrived in the estimated time ,I sent the seller a message informing him of the fact.
He asked me to wait a while ,which I did and still nothing.This item was sent registered and sign for,but the tracking was only in the UK.You can get international tracking which tracks from door to door,but it appears $16-00 postage didn't cover this.
I did a claim and was reimbursed my Nearly $100-00.
I sent the seller a message when I did the claim asking him if his business name was included in the return address.A dead give away with registered mail that the cover contains some thing of value and is worth taking.
I wonder how much philatelic mail has gone missing because a dealer has his business name on the return address??especially if the cover is registered.
Brian
Login to Like
this post
re: Missing eBay auction lot
"I wonder how much philatelic mail has gone missing because a dealer has his business name on the return address?"
Especially if the cover is registered. That in itself may have been a red flag, never mind a business address. Curiously, I was advised by various members of Stampboards not to pay for registered mail from Oz a couple of years ago, as they considered this just to be just an invitation to theft. It arrived safe and sound using ordinary mail, even though it was a high value item.
But sometimes you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Login to Like
this post
Auctions - Approvals
re: Missing eBay auction lot
Guess what ,the missing stamp turned up in today's mail ,five weeks after it was posted. I am just waiting on an email from the seller so I can send his refund back!!!!!.There was only a return address ,no business name on the cover.
Also in the mail was my membership card and magazine from the APS with their nice zazzle stamp as part of the postage.
All's well that ends well.
Brian
3 Members
like this post.
Login to Like.
10:13:33pm
re: Missing eBay auction lot
But it wouldn't have arrived if you didn't post about it!
Login to Like
this post
re: Missing eBay auction lot
"...five weeks after it was posted."
What? Was this sent by sea-mail?
Login to Like
this post
04:47:35am
re: Missing eBay auction lot
I had a similar problem from the UK to Australia, as well. I ordered two different packages from the same seller about three weeks apart. The later one arrived first and the earlier appeared to be in limbo. The one ordered earlier did arrive eventually. Both packages had been opened by Australian Customs and inspected. Neither package was registered or had tracking. The delay could have occured anywhere in transit. It would be nice to know where.
Login to Like
this post
04:50:08am
Approvals
re: Missing eBay auction lot
Was there a Customs label on the package. It can be a "giveaway" because the goods must be described and the value has to be written on it.
If the package has no Customs label on it then U.S. Customs may hold the package for investigation, especially if the package contains a small polythene bag. (they may think it is drugs)
$16.00 for shipping seems a bit expensive.
Login to Like
this post
05:24:44am
re: Missing eBay auction lot
My two letter sized parcels had been opened and a slip of paper inserted that explained the need to check items by Customs and that nothing had been removed. The one that came a lot slower also had a big green sticker applied to the outside of the envelope stating "Opened by Austrlaia Post for Inspection by Customs". I can't recall whether the letter that arrived first also had the same green sticker.
Login to Like
this post