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Update:

Gary I have obtained the tracking number from ParcelForce.

Details as below

Parcel number: EC*********GB
Status: In progress

Parcel tracks

Date Time Location Tracking Event

28-04-2009 09:16 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGING
28-04-2009 09:16 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGES
28-04-2009 08:46 International Hub Arrived in destination country
24-04-2009 07:39 Delivery Agent - CHICAGO Left origin country
22-04-2009 14:08 Delivery Agent - UNITED STATES AMERICA Collected from customer

Update:

Gary I have obtained the tracking number from ParcelForce.

Details as below

Parcel number: EC*********GB
Status: In progress

Parcel tracks

Date Time Location Tracking Event

28-04-2009 09:16 International Hub RELEASED WITH CHARGES
28-04-2009 09:16 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGES
28-04-2009 08:46 International Hub Arrived in destination country
24-04-2009 07:39 Delivery Agent - CHICAGO Left origin country
22-04-2009 14:08 Delivery Agent - UNITED STATES AMERICA Collected from customer

Date Time Location Tracking Event

30-04-2009 13:10 International Hub RELEASED WITH CHARGES
28-04-2009 09:16 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGING
28-04-2009 09:16 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGES
28-04-2009 08:46 International Hub Arrived in destination country
24-04-2009 07:39 Delivery Agent - CHICAGO Left origin country
22-04-2009 14:08 Delivery Agent - UNITED STATES AMERICA Collected from customer

Gary, I will PM you

30-04-2009 13:10 International Hub RELEASED WITH CHARGES

Martin, you have my deepest sympathy on this but I did raise the issue at the outset with Gary about import charges. Customs are not daft (may even have a Meridian owner employee reading this website) and with a sudden large scale volume of 'repaired/modified' goods suddenly appearing from the same source have smelled a rat! I'm reminded of the saying' if it looks too good to be true then it is!'

Rod

Rod

There can be no guarantee, and I accept that.

I have at least let others know so much.

Cheers

Martin

Originally Posted By: Rodders30-04-2009 13:10 International Hub RELEASED WITH CHARGES

Martin, you have my deepest sympathy on this but I did raise the issue at the outset with Gary about import charges. Customs are not daft (may even have a Meridian owner employee reading this website) and with a sudden large scale volume of 'repaired/modified' goods suddenly appearing from the same source have smelled a rat! I'm reminded of the saying' if it looks too good to be true then it is!'

Rod

Rod

There can be no guarantee, and I accept that.

I have at least let others know so much.

Cheers

Martin

This isn't a good news...

Ermanno

Rod, this is nothing more than hysteria here, I mean really?, there was no large scale volume of Edge units coming in from me, and they were shipped weeks apart to drastically different parts of the UK, a total of 5 units went to the UK from me

I do what I can to help with this and it didn't look too good to be true because so far 3 UK buyers have reported no customs duties paid

I'd say Martin owes a few bucks, nothing big at all

thanks

Martin, no refund at all, I would work with the buyer to get them another unit of what they ordered and ship it out ASAP

I have never had this happen in 5+ years for the record

if the buyer is concerned with lost packages then I would suggest EMS with insurance, but be prepared to be hit with full customs charges

9 out of 10 buyers that purchase from me overseas will say something along these lines when ordering

"please ship via a semi quick service and do not insure, I will take responsibility if the item is lost and I didn't purchase fast service and/or insurance"

what I don't understand Martin is why this is being discussed in the Oppo powerbuy thread anyway? I am confused as to why you are copying and pasting replies from the Edge thread to this one? and last time I checked it looks like your item is going to arrive

I understand you may not be happy with the duties due, but I did my best to help you out, no point in posting it in every thread I have here to try and get me somehow

anyone who buys stuff from me overseas knows that some duties may be due, my original comment was little or no duties due with my shipments and I stand by that

thanks

You will see I stated i was not upset or surprised by the charges as there can be no guarantee.

My issue has been with your response to questions.

I suggest any future purchasers bear in mind some points which can all be confirmed by reading this thread.

I am not trying to "get you" you have managed that for yourself.

I have ordered many items from the States and well versed with the pros/cons, but not EVERYONE is.

So

You satated USPS EMS, but you used a cheaper priority mail service. No, you did not answer that satisfactorily.
said no tracking to the UK with this service? not the case, it is just more limited 'till the item arrives in the UK, then that number changes and can be tracked here. I have shown you this.
You promised "customs numbers" for over 10 days. Nothing.
It has been your wriggling to the above that I have found difficuilt to understand.

If you are new to ordering outside your country of residence, be sure you have a full understanding of items travelling under insured.
Gary does try to limit your fees, but understand the risks.

Apologies to George Mills for duplicating posts in the Oppo thread.

I felt these points are important to future potential sales of this kind?
George feels people can read this thread to be informed, but this will slide away further down the page order with time.

Martin

Personally I use UPS for overseas. You can insure for full value and put a completely different value for customs. I would never put $0 because that would raise flags, I'd put maybe something like 10% of the true value. I would never ship something overseas of any signifcant value without insurance.

You will see I stated i was not upset or surprised by the charges as there can be no guarantee.

My issue has been with your response to questions.

I suggest any future purchasers bear in mind some points which can all be confirmed by reading this thread.

I am not trying to "get you" you have managed that for yourself.

I have ordered many items from the States and well versed with the pros/cons, but not EVERYONE is.

So

You satated USPS EMS, but you used a cheaper priority mail service. No, you did not answer that satisfactorily.
said no tracking to the UK with this service? not the case, it is just more limited 'till the item arrives in the UK, then that number changes and can be tracked here. I have shown you this.
You promised "customs numbers" for over 10 days. Nothing.
It has been your wriggling to the above that I have found difficuilt to understand.

If you are new to ordering outside your country of residence, be sure you have a full understanding of items travelling under insured.
Gary does try to limit your fees, but understand the risks.

Apologies to George Mills for duplicating posts in the Oppo thread.

I felt these points are important to future potential sales of this kind?
George feels people can read this thread to be informed, but this will slide away further down the page order with time.

Martin

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Martin

USPS did not give me any tracking #'s for the shipments, they told me that the customs #'s were useless for the buyers, now if that is not that case then I am sorry, of course USPS could give bad info now and then, wouldn't be the first time, I just started using priority mail overseas recently as customers were informing me to do this vs EMS as the customs people eat them alive with the later, EMS has a fabulous tracking system for the record

we went over this before, people were complaining with the prices, so I decided to go priority over EMS thus lowering the final price, I also ate over 10$ on every shipment overseas because I only charged like 45$, additionally had I gone EMS you would have been looking at much higher customs duties, so basically I don't understand your complaints, you got your item, fairly quickly after shipment and at a reduced cost

I will never be able to answer your questions to satisfy you because they are gotchas that will never get a answer good enough for you, it's very hard not to wriggle when someone blasts you constantly with questions that contort you every way possible, I have answered them over and over again and it really makes me wonder if their really is a pursuit of the truth here being that this thread was copied and pasted over to another sale post of mine, that was uncalled for

all your concerns have been answered, if you don't like the answers I can't help that Martin, I might also add that nor does everyone agree with you for the record, most people here feel that I have been very up front and honest and answered the questions and in the end appreciate my attempts at getting the prices as low as possible while balancing some form of quickness in shipping choices

this will be my last response to this subject with you, if you need any help with the Edge or setup or have any questions please feel free to post and I will be happy to help, going round and around with you on this subject is literally wasting time that I could be using to get other folks orders out the door

finally I might add that as a result of this I am offering buyers the choice of EMS or priority mail shipping on future purchases and being that the customer now decides how he wants to ship(versus me) I am not going to try and eat some of the shipping charges because it is obviously not appreciated by some

thanks a bunch, appreciate it