On Jan 14, 2004, at 9:27 AM, Stefan Lindblom wrote: [Snip]
As if I didnt know they would be flagged, that was why I wrote it, pure annoyance factor ;) And nooooo, he is not the least paranoid.. sure..
I imagine this guy wears a tinfoil hat. He's a bit overzealous about email monitoring.
All in all, I would say that whiny people have increased on eBay in the last year or so. It is something you just have to deal with. I would suggest remembering that all your emails to this guy could end up in eBay's hands in case of a dispute. I would be careful in what you wrote.
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Just thought I should share this with you. Has any of you guys had any trouble with people reacting hostile when you want them to ship it discrete in order to try to avoid unnecessary involvement by the customs? Guy has zero feedback btw, although he claims to have another user as well.
I'll do it if people ask, but if it goes wrong it is their worry. I've also found that it is pretty useless to try to dodge customs unless you go to more effort (such as putting in a birthday card or a letter). I know Canadian customs generally seems to take a dim view of items marked as gifts. I guess too much stuff was coming in from the US marked as gift. In sure other countries are starting to notice this as well. Given the voracious tax appetite governments have I figure that in a few years even gifts will get hit with the additional fees. :-/
I've also been informed by my local post office that the USPS is now starting to open packages sent via media rate. Too many eBayers were trying to get around postal costs by falsifying the package to get a cheap rate.
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Edward Franks
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