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Importing Coins To Germany Illegal - Ebay Sellers Beware!

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 Posted 07/10/2014  7:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tom Goodheart to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Have you asked him whether he's actually tried to collect the coins he bought tokengord?

How do we know his coins are 'lost'? Maybe they are all sitting at customs. Waiting for him to pay the import duty.

I'd tell him "Want coin? Contact customs".
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 Posted 07/10/2014  8:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tokengord to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Oh yes Tom Goodheart the coin is still at customs, at least that what it says on the tracking message...

"Item has been sent to customs in the destination country"

Canada Post is still investigating. they said they would get back to me when they know more.
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 Posted 07/11/2014  10:37 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tom Goodheart to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I just think it's odd gord. If that happened once to me I'd be irritated and try to work out how to resolve it.

But this guy has said he's lost 10 coins! So how come he hasn't figured out why and what to do? He blames ebay and PayPal, but they aren't the key. Instead of demanding his money back each time a coin is held (and causing the sellers to lose out) he surely just needs to resolve the customs issue and claim the coins he paid for IMHO.

Otherwise it's like ordering something by post that won't fit in your letter box and then claiming it's lost if the Post Office hold it for you, no?
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 Posted 07/11/2014  11:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add alganbagerap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Seems fairly straight forward. The buyer is a chancer. He buys and waits to see if the package gets noticed by customs. If it doesn't, he's happy. If it does, he cries Lost in Post and tries for his money back.
He deserves everything except, his money back.
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 Posted 07/11/2014  2:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tokengord to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Tom Goodheart and alganbagerap

Thanks for the votes of confidence. I'm not sure I'll ever know exactly what happened or what goes on in the buyers head but I'm sure glad I didn't have to shell out $500 when I did nothing wrong.
Thanks again guys.

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 Posted 07/12/2014  12:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Beeston1990 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
As Gord has just said here, it is normally about whether or not a coin has been declared. A number of people I have bought from before now have always declared the contents to be "tokens" rather than coins as people automatically associate coins with currency. People seem to forget coins don't necessarily have to be those we see in circulation...in that sense, labeling them as "tokens" isn't exactly being dishonest
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 Posted 07/12/2014  12:13 pm  Show Profile   Check Pacificoin's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Pacificoin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Never a problem shipping to Germany...ever. The guy just DOES not want to pay the VAT........his problem NOT yours.
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 Posted 07/12/2014  2:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tokengord to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes you are right Beeston1990. I have a long history with tokens which is why my name is tokengord. I now collect only counterfeit Spanish colonial silver portrait coins and these are properly called tokens as they were issued by private interests and not the crown.

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Thanks Pacificoin, I appreciate it.
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I have news. The fellow who tried to leave me hanging for the $500+ coin has finally decided he would pay the VAT owing and retrieve his coin. What a low down type of guy. Thanks to every one for your words of encouragement.

Gord
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