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Greetings: I am having trouble with an eBay bidder, and I was hoping that some of you could help clarify to him that I have done nothing wrong. He has posted to lugnet.market.shopping before, so I will hope that he will see your responses. I posted (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I have received packages via surface from Singapore and Germany and can vouch that it can take a very, very long time. I think the longest I've had to wait is about three months as well. I have written sellers about lost packages only to have the (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I bought a couple things from Australia last year and had them shipped via surface mail. They took at least 3 months! I was freaking out as well and since then I ship everything airmail with insurance. I had 1 insured package not arrive from the (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Naji Norder writes: Hi, I have shipped several items (large and small) to Austrailia, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. It has taken up to 3-4 months for some items to reach their final destination via surface mail. What (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I sent some items via surface post to Singapore last year; in fact, they were the first releases of 2000, sent to a buyer who really wanted to be way before everyone else in getting the sets. It cost an arm and a leg and it took over three (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) It's probably too late for the buyer to leave negative feedback, but in this case, eBay would not remove it (they basically will only remove feedback under court order, though I think they have also removed feedback by people who have violated (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I'll add another data point to this conversation. When I moved back from Japan, I sent 5 boxes surface mail back to the US. The first of the boxes arrived in two weeks (Yay!), but the final straggler took over 3 months. This was in spite of (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Naji Norder writes: <snip> (...) I do not understand when people see the terms,and still bid on the item - how can they refuse to follow the terms? You had the terms for a reason, to prevent something like this, and (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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We have had packages go across the Pacific and Atlantic ocean and have been on the receiving and sending end of lengthy shipping times. You really need to be patient, we have been fortunate that we have never had a package get lost, but I think some (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I'll have to agree with everyone else here. I have had Surface shipments take up to 4 months to arrive from Europe. I have also had Surface show up in TWO weeks (how THAT happened, I don't know - maybe some shipments from France/England are (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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