Hi everyone, some great news for others to learn from, especially us in the UK.
I recently brought 3 items from kevin Nascarfan from the Take5aday site who went to the SDCC 2012. I was really pleased to hear a fellow collector would be able to get items for others who would not be able to attend or get, due to the fact it was in the USA.
So I asked for 2x Maters and 1x Knight Rider car. Thinking they were reasonably priced the maters were $42.00 each and the Knight Rider a rather expensive $52.00 but without hesitation I paid promptly for all 3 over a month in advance with shipping to follow. Seemed pretty fair so looked forward to hearing about my new items.
SDCC finished and by Wednesday 18th of July I had heard nothing and when I asked kevin "have you got my items", you can imagine my thoughts when I got this response, "I will let you know about the drama".
Thinking the worst and starting to see items selling for less on ebay than I had paid I was getting concerned. Then on the Friday 21st I got the shipping cost. $58.50. Wow for 3 items this seemed alot and I queried this but after checking I believed this was the price I would have to pay to have these items here in a reasonable time. Not to be funny, but I just had 2 cases of 24 cars (that's 48) sent for $80 in 4 days from the US. So for 3 cars $58.50 is a lot.
I paid for the shipping on the 21st of July asking to be sent as a GIFT and at a low cost so I don't get slammed by customs. Of course thinking this fellow collector would obviously help others everything was looking ok until nothing arrived, then I get a message about customs charges today. Not only have I waited 2 weeks I now have a bill for £33.73.
To make matters worse the items were valued at $150 and sent as merchandise. I only paid $136.00 and kevin wants to know why I'm now trying to claim back my shipping charge as he basically told me he will not give me nothing back because he will not lie on the customs forms. Well from what I can see he has lied by putting more than I paid.
Would just like to point out I will not be buying from a reliable source ever again and stick to ebay because as far as I can see kevin is not there to help fellow collectors.
Fellow collectors, those in the UK and the USA and around the world collecting theses items is supposed to be fun and for most a cheap hobby, unfortunately there are some who ruin it.
I respect all comments whether they be good or bad, but for all of us whatever country you live in, its bad enough the government take most of our hard earned money please don't make it harder.
I recently brought 3 items from kevin Nascarfan from the Take5aday site who went to the SDCC 2012. I was really pleased to hear a fellow collector would be able to get items for others who would not be able to attend or get, due to the fact it was in the USA.
So I asked for 2x Maters and 1x Knight Rider car. Thinking they were reasonably priced the maters were $42.00 each and the Knight Rider a rather expensive $52.00 but without hesitation I paid promptly for all 3 over a month in advance with shipping to follow. Seemed pretty fair so looked forward to hearing about my new items.
SDCC finished and by Wednesday 18th of July I had heard nothing and when I asked kevin "have you got my items", you can imagine my thoughts when I got this response, "I will let you know about the drama".
Thinking the worst and starting to see items selling for less on ebay than I had paid I was getting concerned. Then on the Friday 21st I got the shipping cost. $58.50. Wow for 3 items this seemed alot and I queried this but after checking I believed this was the price I would have to pay to have these items here in a reasonable time. Not to be funny, but I just had 2 cases of 24 cars (that's 48) sent for $80 in 4 days from the US. So for 3 cars $58.50 is a lot.
I paid for the shipping on the 21st of July asking to be sent as a GIFT and at a low cost so I don't get slammed by customs. Of course thinking this fellow collector would obviously help others everything was looking ok until nothing arrived, then I get a message about customs charges today. Not only have I waited 2 weeks I now have a bill for £33.73.
To make matters worse the items were valued at $150 and sent as merchandise. I only paid $136.00 and kevin wants to know why I'm now trying to claim back my shipping charge as he basically told me he will not give me nothing back because he will not lie on the customs forms. Well from what I can see he has lied by putting more than I paid.
Would just like to point out I will not be buying from a reliable source ever again and stick to ebay because as far as I can see kevin is not there to help fellow collectors.
Fellow collectors, those in the UK and the USA and around the world collecting theses items is supposed to be fun and for most a cheap hobby, unfortunately there are some who ruin it.
I respect all comments whether they be good or bad, but for all of us whatever country you live in, its bad enough the government take most of our hard earned money please don't make it harder.
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