Hi all,
I sold an ME Super and a P30 body to a
man in Mumbai and posted them the day
after I got the PayPal advice. They
disappeared -- in Mumbai -- and he never
got them. He complained to PayPal,
blaming me -- the implication being I
had never sent the package. Because of
the arbitrary way PayPal often handle
these matters I sent him another camera
by registered post, this time with a
zoom lens, as compensation. Registered
priority postage cost me £30. After
weeks and weeks he finally managed to
find the package in the Post Office
warehouse in Mumbai and had to pay a
total of 2376 Rupees which included a
substantial bribe, to get the camera. We
have exchanged about twenty emails since
October. After some time he retracted
his complaint to PayPal after realizing
the fault lay with the Mumbai Post
Office and not me. But that doesn't help
me get any of the money back. Here's his
latest letter -- received a few minutes ago:
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sir,
1.hope this finds you hale and hearty.
2.after much chase,i was able to trace
the second box
yesterday at the customs dept. warehouse.
3.had to pay INR1532 as customs duty.
4.plus INR644 for octroi duty payable to
mumbai
municipal corporation.
5.plus another 200 for corrupt officials.
6.but i am happy i finally got it.
7.still looking for second package..
8.have to go,write to you later.
yours,
T.GUHA.
--- Don Williams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Has either of the packages has arrived
> > in Mumbai yet? It's a about time
> > something happened. There must be a
> > thief in the Post Office who needs
to be
> > caught and put in gaol.
> >
> > Don
--
Dr E D F Williams
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