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

From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:34:57 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <903707.98568.qm_at_web33115.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Matteo, registered items here starts at $7.00.
Do you want to pay $10.00 shipping for a $10.00 item?
I don't think so. I am sick and tired of every item I
send to Italy being "lost".
That is it, I am done, sorry Italians, but blame your
postal system.
Michael Farmer
--- M come Meteorite Meteorites
<info at mcomemeteorite.it> wrote:

> bah...I receive every day packs from outside Italy
> and from
> USA with value declared and no and any of this go
> lost, only
> in 2 cases here the pack is never arrive, one with
> Cottingham why not have sent via registered letter
> and
> another with Mark Bostik, and others here have
> problems with
> this last person with packs never arrive
>
> Matteo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Da : Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
> A : meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Oggetto : [meteorite-list] I will no longer ship to
> Italy
> using paypal
> Data : Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:09:14 -0800 (PST)
>
> > 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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