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

[M come Meteorite Meteorites]

buhauhauahuha....I received all via registered mail or via
FedEx and all arrive. Its well know you never ship via
registered mail.

matteo

----- Original Message -----
Da : "michael cottingham" <mikewren at gilanet.com>
A : "'M come Meteorite Meteorites'" <info at mcomemeteorite.it>
Oggetto : RE: [meteorite-list] I will no longer ship to
Italy using paypal
Data : Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:44:04 -0700

> Matteo
> 
> REGISTERED MAIL TO ITALY DISAPPEARS TOO!
> 
> Michael Cottingham
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On
> Behalf Of M come Meteorite Meteorites
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:27 PM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] I will no longer ship to
> Italy using paypal
> 
> or why you have never sent pack with registered mail how
> had I asked in my case?  
> 
> Matteo
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> Da : "michael cottingham" <mikewren at gilanet.com>
> A : "'Michael Farmer'" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>,
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Oggetto : Re: [meteorite-list] I will no longer ship to
> Italy using paypal
> Data : Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:09:42 -0700
> 
> > YES. Over the last year the Italian postal service has
> > caused much mayhem and madness for me. I wonder if we
> > have the same buyers making the same claims? Same scams
> > going down or just an extremely corrupt postal service
> > in Italy? I hate to lump the whole Italian Postal
> > Service into a toilet category, but NO other postal
> > service has even come close to being so corrupt. 
> > The next worse in my experience is the GERMAN CUSTOMS,
> > who sometimes hold on to packages for months! They don't
> > seem to be corrupt, just after every penny they can get
> > for customs duty. They are very slow sometimes.
> > 
> > I too have thought about not sending to Italy anymore.
> > 
> > Best Wishes
> > 
> > Michael Cottingham
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> > [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On
> > Behalf Of Michael Farmer
> > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:09 PM
> > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] I will no longer ship to Italy
> > using paypal
> > 
> > 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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