I'm sorry if this is considered off topic, I just know Global Shipping Program was discussed many times here and I believe this could serve as sort of a warning on what could happen to international buyers. Of course, it depends on how this will be resolved, I have sent the seller the picture and the video of unpacking and hopefully will start a refund case soon. I have previously purchased B-7971 tubes using GSP, it was rather slow in terms of "priority" that it claims to be, but the package has arrived without damage...I am not sure whether I will order anything of such value again.
As for forbidden items, I'm not even sure they do such "diagnostics" on materials, they probably just use "approximation" of whether something might be problematic based on previous items that were problematic, just my guess. In the end, I just feel some sort of "guilt" because I have asked the seller to enable GSP (thinking it would be the safest option for him because eBay/Pitney Bowes takes responsibility for damage in transport) and now this happens. I wouldn't even mind that much if it was a laptop or something that can just be easily returned and replaced, but items such as these and Nixies will never be produced again and seeing them destroyed in this way just breaks my heart. Dana ponedjeljak, 4. prosinca 2017. u 13:00:33 UTC+1, korisnik Shaun Merrigan napisao je: > > Not strictly related to nixies but cautionary nonetheless is what follows. > I have had the following items deemed restricted and thus could not be > shipped from the USA to me (in Canada): > > Heathkit W-7A amplifier > Tektronix 130 LCR Meter > HP 410B VTVM > > This has occurred within the last two months. My guess as to why this > occurred would be (in order): > > Selenium Rectifier > VR Tube with isotope OA2 > VR Tube with isotope OB2 > > Of course no explanation is given and no appeal is possible. > > Shaun M > > Sent from my iPad6 > > No Regret > > > On Dec 4, 2017, at 04:26, Luka C <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > As I live in EU, I've used Global Shipping Program quite a few times to > order things from the US. Recently, I saw a beautiful old RCA Victor > tombstone radio that was being sold on eBay. I asked the seller if he could > enable GSP on the item so I could bid on it, after he contacted eBay > representative he decided it's ok and enabled it. In the end, I won the > auction and the seller shipped the package. Long story short, it has just > arrived this morning, I was excited that I'll finally enjoy it only to find > out that the radio is heavily damaged, the front wooden face has an entire > speaker portion broken off. "Luckily", I always record the entire process > of opening the package so I have proof that the item was indeed damaged in > transport and no by my fault in any way. > > Has anyone had any such problems before? Do I contact the seller, open a > case or contact eBay (I can't seem to find their telephone any more on the > site?). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f32ea6ff-6d74-4e6e-9d1d-840a03c2bcaf%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f32ea6ff-6d74-4e6e-9d1d-840a03c2bcaf%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > <IMG_20171204_120241.jpg> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/04be1f44-4b0f-4be6-88a8-5fe469940652%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
