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Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 26 Oct 1999 19:47:35 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John DiRienzo writes:
> James Brown wrote in message ...
> > In lugnet.general, John Neal writes:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > James Brown wrote:
> > > 
> > > > <snip>
> > > > 
> > > > I'll pay shipping costs, no problem.  I will also quite happily wait for
> > > > overseas shipping.
> > > > I think very few AFOLs will have any problem with a 'pay and wait' • policy,
> > > > because we're generally quite used to that in the second hand market.
> > > 
> > > Those of us who bid on AucZILLA;-) <runs>
> > 
> > Or those of us not in the US who bid on anything.  I just recently got a • lot
> > off eBay that from 'cheque sent' to 'lot received' took over 2 months, • shipped
> > air-mail.  The turn-around time at the sellers end was 2 days.
> > 
> > I frequently get huge delays in packages as they get stopped at customs. • It's
> > stunningly irritating to deal with an imposed payment I have no say in. • It's
> > almost enough to make me want to go Libertarian. <my turn to duck & run>
> > 
> > James
> > http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
> 
>   I, too, have noticed that my deals with New Zealand and Australia usually
> go faster than those with Canada.  What's up with that?

Canadian Customs.  Since I started keeping track, every single package I've
recieved declared as 'toys' or 'lego' with a >$5.00 declared value gets
stopped at customs for inspection.  They never get opened, they always have 7%
tax and a $5.00 handling fee imposed, and it always takes AT LEAST two weeks
extra to get to me.

Can you tell it bugs me?

James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/



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  Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
 
James Brown wrote in message ... (...) policy, (...) lot (...) shipped (...) It's (...) It's (...) go faster than those with Canada. What's up with that? -- Have fun! John Auctions and Trading and More at my Lego site: (URL) & IG88888888 on AOL (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

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