This is just too weird

[Capetown]

But it seems to be actually true...

http://threads.rebelscum.com/showfl...ge=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=93&fpart=1#3862437

 

[spoons]

:shock:

you don't have that kind of thing in the Nederlands then Emiel?

 

[Tank1252]

[Makes mental note to never post anything to Germany...]

Can't believe that, thought it was scamming behaviour fo'sure.

 

[plantman]

what an absolute bag of wank....why would customs even bother to worry about a toy? let along pay to post it off to be re authenticated.

 

[Jedi534]

what an absolute bag of wank....why would customs even bother to worry about a toy? let along pay to post it off to be re authenticated.

Maybe the postal worker needed it for his collection???

 

[aussiejames]

:shock: You hear about buyers wanting the value of goods marked as low as possible, I never realised how bad the import tax can be. I bitch about the postage I pay, add 20+% -**** that, and then wait a few more weeks for some knob to tell me it's real :roll:

 

[Capetown]

:shock:

you don't have that kind of thing in the Nederlands then Emiel?

No, I'm guessing they can't be bothered.

 

[Anonymous]

Got to be a load of shite - reckon he is trying to scam the seller. Imagine customs gettint a MOC then opening it to check if it's real!

 

[Capetown]

Got to be a load of shite - reckon he is trying to scam the seller. Imagine customs gettint a MOC then opening it to check if it's real!

My first reaction too, but another German user confirms the practice in that thread.

 

[Joe]

It is just plain crazy, so if some German guy wants to buy a $10K bootleg from JoeY for example and they decide to bin it ..what the ****?!

 

[weasel]

Very strange!

 

[jaymassive619]

I havent posted on RS about this yet but have been following the thread.

I guess im now adding Germany to countries which i do not post (along side Italy).

 

[Josh]

Yup last time for me I am afraid even if this transaction I am in the middle of works out fine.........just seems to risky to me, we can't even insure items to Germany from Australia coz they never came to an agreement or some crap. I mean WTF is that shite???????

 

[Capetown]

I think sending from within the EU to Germany won't pose any problems Jay. Also, all you hear are the bad experiences and not the good experiences, so Josh you should be fine too. I at least would ship to Germany in a heartbeat.

 

[jaymassive619]

I think sending from within the EU to Germany won't pose any problems Jay. Also, all you hear are the bad experiences and not the good experiences, so Josh you should be fine too. I at least would ship to Germany in a heartbeat.

The problem for me is I don't trust paypal or ebay to back me up if this happened.
Plus even if it happened and all came good in the end I bet your ebay DSR's take a battering. Ebay uk have said if you get 4% rated at either 1 or 2 you will be suspended. This is a nightmare for smaller sellers like me.

 

[Grant]

I havent seen Lafos about here for a while. I wonder how he gets on living In Germany with the postal service etc.

Grant.