I sold a lens to a fellow in England a few weeks ago. It sat in customs for a couple of weeks before they notified him. I'll bet your camera turns up. Paul On Oct 10, 2006, at 6:31 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> It's in the UK, ask him to wait two maybe three more weeks. It could > take that long to clear customs. If it works the way the Canada to US > postal shipping did the only feedback you'll get back for the Royal > Mail > will be delivery confirmation. > > Gonz wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >>> I can't understand why you need to know about the dispute between >>> Royal Mail and Parcelforce. Your contract was with USPS to deliver a >>> package to an address in the UK, so USPS's responsibility lasts >>> right >>> up until delivery. This means that their tracking system should be >>> updated to show which company they handed it over to. If it was in >>> customs they should know about it, although in fact customs doesn't >>> usually take very long in my experience. >>> >>> >>> >> The USPS web site shows the package leaving my city on Sep 12th, >> arriving in New Jersey, shipped to UK, arriving in UK on Sep >> 20th. So >> at least it shows that it arrived in the UK, so probably no >> container ship. >> >> The fellow receiving the package has inquired about it and thats >> how I >> found out about the Royal Mail/ParcelForce dispute. Nothing shows up >> for the tracking number on their website. >> >> >> >>> Royal Mail and Parcelforce are usually pretty good and quick about >>> things. Do you know for sure that the package is in the UK, or just >>> handed over to the UK postal people? Perhaps USPS handed it over to >>> our chaps at the dockside in New York or someplace, and it's on a >>> Royal Mail container ship somewhere in the mid-Atlantic. It often >>> takes several weeks for books that I've ordered from the US to >>> arrive >>> because they travel by surfacemail. >>> >>> >>> >> No, in this case it was airmail all the way to UK. But you would >> think >> that it would have cleared customs by now and been delivered. I >> suspect >> that customs is the hold up. >> >> >> >>> Incidentally, Royal Mail and Parcelforce are part of the same >>> group of >>> companies, so they have no excuse for blaming each other. If you >>> need >>> to raise it perhaps you could try through the parent company: >>> http://www.royalmailgroup.com/portal/rmg >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> Bob >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>>> Behalf Of Gonz >>>> Sent: 10 October 2006 16:24 >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> Subject: ebay woes >>>> >>>> Sold my *istD to a fellow in the UK. He has good ebay >>>> history and has >>>> purchased comparable cameras via international sellers in the >>>> past. He >>>> sent me the money via paypal, I used it to by the K100D as a >>>> backup to >>>> the upcoming K10D. >>>> >>>> Its now been 4 weeks and the package has yet to arrive and he >>>> is asking >>>> for a refund. When I sent it, I asked him how much insurance >>>> he wanted >>>> to put on it and he said $500, since it was his nickle that was >>>> >>>> >>> being >>> >>> >>> >>>> used to buy the insurance. Unfortunately this does not cover >>>> the $650 >>>> he paid for it including the grip. >>>> >>>> I dont understand how the UK Royalmail/Parcelforce can be so >>>> incompetent >>>> it seems. The US post office website shows the package >>>> arriving in the >>>> UK on Sep 20th. The Royalmail/Parcelforce people keep >>>> pointing fingers >>>> at each other saying that the other guy is handling it. And their >>>> website doesnt even know that the package exists. >>>> >>>> Should I refund this guy $500 or the full amount he paid for it? I >>>> mean, he responded $500 when I asked him how much insurance >>>> he wanted on >>>> it. But the problem is that I'm the one that has to collect the >>>> insurance and send it to him. >>>> >>>> He has been patient enough to wait for the recommended amount of >>>> >>>> >>> time >>> >>> >>> >>>> before making a complaint (4 weeks). But I'm left wondering >>>> whether the >>>> UK customs/mail system is just slow and we should give it more >>>> time. >>>> >>>> What do you guys think? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> rg >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > > --Albert Einstein > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
