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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Passage to India...No Mas !

 

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28 Jul 2017
02:21:12pm

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If there is one thing that scares me on ebay...its getting a bid from India...but then who is most likely to bid on a India card or cover. i just received a message thru ebay from a buyer in India who i shipped to a month ago..strange it looked like a safe mail address with a post office box. I guess i can no longer deal with India...its like sailing through a U Boat wolf pack. This time the sign goes up...no shipping to India.Sad

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michael78651

28 Jul 2017
02:57:24pm
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While I have never shipped to India, I have had a few people from India buy stamps from me. They each refused to pay in US Dollars, instead asking and demanding that they be allowed to pay me in Rupees. They would send me the currency in the mail. Of course I refused, as Rupees do me no good outside of India. When I refused, they got very belligerent towards me.

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28 Jul 2017
03:48:49pm

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i do not mind refunding a few dollars...its just the aggravation..you think a transaction is complete(i mailed on June 10 )and today i get a message from the buyer via ebay asking about how i shipped..i shipped first class mail and who is going to track it out of the country ?

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michael78651

28 Jul 2017
03:52:36pm
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Well, if it went through the Albany post office, who knows where it is...

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28 Jul 2017
05:10:09pm

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I guess Newburgh was better...so they closed it !

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Tom in Exton, PA

28 Jul 2017
05:54:55pm
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I used to have problems with France. I sent an expensive antique lighter and was communicating with the buyer for six weeks before it showed up. Another time a sold a postcard and got it back, return to sender. I held onto it a while and relisted it, same guy buys it again. I tried to refund him, but he insisted on paying it again.. he said it wasn't my fault, the address was correct.

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29 Jul 2017
12:08:34pm
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I had a similar problem with a small shipment to Portugal. The Portuguese postal authorities returned the envelope as undeliverable a day or two after the buyer had filed a complaint with PayPal. I scanned the returned envelope and sent a copy of the scan to the buyer. He insisted the address was correct, but wouldn't withdraw his PayPal complaint until I tried again to mail the stamps and he received them. I decided he wasn't worth the trouble. I relisted the stamps and refunded his money.

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Stampme

31 Jul 2017
01:06:50pm
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I have posted on here before about these foreign destination issues that somehow are pilfered either by U.S. postal employees or foreign workers.

It cost me one dollar to insure (up to $100 in value) a First Class item to a foreign destination when I use Shipsaver Insurance. It is so easy to do this and I have peace of mind. It is another $1 for amounts over $100 up to $200.

For proof of mailing, I have to supply a scan of the post office receipt which will show the date mailed, the customs form number, and I also scan the customs form receipt which shows who the item was mailed to and that's it.

So far, out of thousands of mailings, only a few people have claimed they did not receive the item--most from China. They are required to wait 40 days from mailing date for refund but it only takes about 2 days for me to receive a complete refund which also includes the postage paid to get the item to the foreign destination. The person who claims item was lost must go to a website and electronically sign that item was not received.

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04 Aug 2017
04:44:10am
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About two years ago I sent an envelope to a member in California, but it was returned, the only indication was a single line "Houston, with a partial date. Naturally they skipped the cancel. I dumped it in the mail stream "as is" again and a week later it again came back to me. Finally I put it in a bigger letter sized envelope, carefully copying the address identically as it was on the envelope inside,. It arrived complete.Similar things have happened here with other mailings.
No rhyme or reason.

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06 Aug 2017
09:55:36am
re: Passage to India...No Mas !

One time I made a purchase from a dealer in New York City. They mailed it with a tracking number. It got as far as Minneapolis where it sat for a few days before it was returned to New York as undeliverable. It never made it this far.

The dealer then remailed it using Certified Mail. This time it ended up in Tucson, Arizona which isn't even close to North Dakota. My postmaster finally got it headed in the right direction. Nice stamp when i Finally got it.

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28 Jul 2017
02:21:12pm

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If there is one thing that scares me on ebay...its getting a bid from India...but then who is most likely to bid on a India card or cover. i just received a message thru ebay from a buyer in India who i shipped to a month ago..strange it looked like a safe mail address with a post office box. I guess i can no longer deal with India...its like sailing through a U Boat wolf pack. This time the sign goes up...no shipping to India.Sad

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michael78651

28 Jul 2017
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re: Passage to India...No Mas !

While I have never shipped to India, I have had a few people from India buy stamps from me. They each refused to pay in US Dollars, instead asking and demanding that they be allowed to pay me in Rupees. They would send me the currency in the mail. Of course I refused, as Rupees do me no good outside of India. When I refused, they got very belligerent towards me.

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28 Jul 2017
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re: Passage to India...No Mas !

i do not mind refunding a few dollars...its just the aggravation..you think a transaction is complete(i mailed on June 10 )and today i get a message from the buyer via ebay asking about how i shipped..i shipped first class mail and who is going to track it out of the country ?

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28 Jul 2017
03:52:36pm

re: Passage to India...No Mas !

Well, if it went through the Albany post office, who knows where it is...

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28 Jul 2017
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I guess Newburgh was better...so they closed it !

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Tom in Exton, PA
28 Jul 2017
05:54:55pm

re: Passage to India...No Mas !

I used to have problems with France. I sent an expensive antique lighter and was communicating with the buyer for six weeks before it showed up. Another time a sold a postcard and got it back, return to sender. I held onto it a while and relisted it, same guy buys it again. I tried to refund him, but he insisted on paying it again.. he said it wasn't my fault, the address was correct.

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29 Jul 2017
12:08:34pm

re: Passage to India...No Mas !

I had a similar problem with a small shipment to Portugal. The Portuguese postal authorities returned the envelope as undeliverable a day or two after the buyer had filed a complaint with PayPal. I scanned the returned envelope and sent a copy of the scan to the buyer. He insisted the address was correct, but wouldn't withdraw his PayPal complaint until I tried again to mail the stamps and he received them. I decided he wasn't worth the trouble. I relisted the stamps and refunded his money.

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Stampme

31 Jul 2017
01:06:50pm

re: Passage to India...No Mas !

I have posted on here before about these foreign destination issues that somehow are pilfered either by U.S. postal employees or foreign workers.

It cost me one dollar to insure (up to $100 in value) a First Class item to a foreign destination when I use Shipsaver Insurance. It is so easy to do this and I have peace of mind. It is another $1 for amounts over $100 up to $200.

For proof of mailing, I have to supply a scan of the post office receipt which will show the date mailed, the customs form number, and I also scan the customs form receipt which shows who the item was mailed to and that's it.

So far, out of thousands of mailings, only a few people have claimed they did not receive the item--most from China. They are required to wait 40 days from mailing date for refund but it only takes about 2 days for me to receive a complete refund which also includes the postage paid to get the item to the foreign destination. The person who claims item was lost must go to a website and electronically sign that item was not received.

Bruce





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04 Aug 2017
04:44:10am

re: Passage to India...No Mas !

About two years ago I sent an envelope to a member in California, but it was returned, the only indication was a single line "Houston, with a partial date. Naturally they skipped the cancel. I dumped it in the mail stream "as is" again and a week later it again came back to me. Finally I put it in a bigger letter sized envelope, carefully copying the address identically as it was on the envelope inside,. It arrived complete.Similar things have happened here with other mailings.
No rhyme or reason.

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Dakota

06 Aug 2017
09:55:36am

re: Passage to India...No Mas !

One time I made a purchase from a dealer in New York City. They mailed it with a tracking number. It got as far as Minneapolis where it sat for a few days before it was returned to New York as undeliverable. It never made it this far.

The dealer then remailed it using Certified Mail. This time it ended up in Tucson, Arizona which isn't even close to North Dakota. My postmaster finally got it headed in the right direction. Nice stamp when i Finally got it.

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