Shipping from Europe (was RE: [CR]PayPal and German eBay Purchases)

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From: "Doug Van Cleve" <dvancleve@cox.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Shipping from Europe (was RE: [CR]PayPal and German eBay Purchases)
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 08:02:27 -0700
In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.2.20040131072523.00bb9808@pop.mindspring.com>


Howdy folks.

Having read this thread, I have a question for all of you. It is conceivable/reasonable to think that a bike shipped from Europe around Nov. 20th (allegedly by air mail) would not have arrived yet and everything still be on the up and up? I am in this situation now, and while I still don't really think I am being scammed I am beginning to wonder if the bike is ever going to come. I missed my window of opportunity with Paypal as I thought it quite likely the bike would take longer than 30 days. I have filed a protection claim with eBay because I don't want to end up with nothing...

Thanks,

Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ

-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of WD Baseley Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 5:36 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]PayPal and German eBay Purchases

How did you manage to file a complaint within 30 days -and- wait 5 weeks

for shipping? You must have a Tarsus hiding in there amongst the bike bits ;-)

I have made purchases from Charlys Auktionen in the past, and never had a problem with delivery -- although shipping was always slow. With certain overseas sellers I am accustomed to waiting weeks and weeks for items to

arrive, and Charlys is one of them.

I wonder how much of the recent problem has to do with greater scrutiny of packages arriving in the US from overseas. If that is a factor I also wonder if packages from certain countries are scrutinized more, and/or if the manner of packaging and the completeness of identification by the shipper might play a role.

rgds, Dave Baseley, back into the single digit temperatures in Berks County PA