[meteorite-list] I will no longer ship to Italy using paypal

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:26:30 +0100
Message-ID: <478fb9f6.248.2a2c.822531452_at_webmailh5.aruba.it>

or why you have never sent pack with registered mail how had
I asked in my case?

Matteo

----- Original Message -----
Da : "michael cottingham" <mikewren at gilanet.com>
A : "'Michael Farmer'" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>,
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Oggetto : Re: [meteorite-list] I will no longer ship to
Italy using paypal
Data : Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:09:42 -0700

> YES. Over the last year the Italian postal service has
> caused much mayhem and madness for me. I wonder if we have
> the same buyers making the same claims? Same scams going
> down or just an extremely corrupt postal service in Italy?
> I hate to lump the whole Italian Postal Service into a
> toilet category, but NO other postal service has even come
> close to being so corrupt.
> The next worse in my experience is the GERMAN CUSTOMS, who
> sometimes hold on to packages for months! They don't seem
> to be corrupt, just after every penny they can get for
> customs duty. They are very slow sometimes.
>
> I too have thought about not sending to Italy anymore.
>
> Best Wishes
>
> Michael Cottingham
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On
> Behalf Of Michael Farmer
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:09 PM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] I will no longer ship to Italy
> using paypal
>
> List members, I don't know about others, but myself
> and Robert Ward have both been ripped off by
> paypal/Italian buyers lately.
>
> In the last few months, I have had 5 ebay items lost
> on the way to Italy and claims filed, where paypal
> took my money automatically.
> I will no longer ship anything to Italy using paypal,
> any orders from Italy must be paid for with cash or
> international postal money order. Then I will ship, so
> that if the items are stolen by corrupt Italian postal
> workers, that is not my problem.
>
> This has become so common, that either all packages to
> Italy are stolen, or Italian ebay buyers are on to the
> paypal scam and get the items, then claim refunds.
> Anyone else having this problem lately?
> Michael Farmer
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