I just corresponded with one of the buyers. He recommended attaching an 
invoice, and shipping costs. Will a simple customs declaration not suffice 
? Or is he blowing smoke. We're talking a $24 item, for Pete's sake !

On Monday, May 14, 2012 9:16:57 AM UTC-7, Jens Boos wrote:
>
> Hi, 
>
> never happened to me. Granted, delays in the order of one week are to be 
> expected, but this includes the notification from customs as well as 
> finding a day to pick up the parcel. You never know, the buyer may have 
> never received the customs notification, or it got lost, etc. 
>
> Sometimes, upon arrival, parcels are dealt with in customs 
> automatically, and if the value does not exceed a specified sum, it 
> immediately gets back on the road. If not, you need to pick it up, see 
> above. 
>
> None of these steps ever took more than two weeks for me, I am very 
> surprised with the large timespan of six weeks. 
>
> Best regards (from Germany ;-) ) 
> Jens 
>
>
> > It happened to me last year, around this time. Now its happening 
> > again. I sell some small electronics items on eBay. I ship them around 
> > the world. But sometimes German Customs, get a burr up its A**, and 
> > sit on one of my parcels for 6 weeks or more. Its getting to the point 
> > where I will forbid German buyers ! No problems in Italy or Romania 
> > ... Aarrgh ! 
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