ba transaction on e-bay

fair prices!
my extended battery could have been the same price (got it from pagiee - you too?) but some extra costs surfaced sadly. so it got to be around 80$ in the end... or more..




would you risk this with items with a really high value? i'd rather have full insurance on them - or just buy them from the EU if possible.

Fair price indeed. As cmonex mentioned, the downside is damage to items that have been greatly undervalued. Most carriers will reimburse the stated value and no more regardless what happens during transit.

For little items I ask the sellers to help me out with values that don't sting me for customs. On more expensive, especially ebay items, I bite the bullet and accept the actual price as the value for customs.

I feared one day a rotten ebay vendor would use an undervalued shipment to steer blame away from their shoddiness or actions. So a few extra bucks may save me a lot of aggravation.

that rotten ebay vendor would have no chance against paypal then if you have the protection (at least that's how it's supposed to work - am i too optimistic? never had to file any claim so far)

i paid the stuff to customs only once, for the sig2, i had no other choice and i didn't really mind it, it wasn't a big amount. i should've been obligated to pay a lot more for the intermec 6651 and for a nec 900c (well actually that would have been a friend's money as the 900c was intended for him). but i have my own little tricks and had to pay nothing... i really hate it when they want to charge 33% just because the item is from another country. they (our government - really sucks) are simply stealing the money that was earned hard then use it for not our community's sake.
ok i'll stop ranting here

Edited by cmonex 2006-03-20 3:48 PM

You're not ranting my dear friend. You're simply stating the truth. *All* governments have forgotten they are supposed to work for us, not rape us every chance they get.

Nah, I got it from Jornada Central on eBay. Sound familiar at all?

Just a note..lying on customs forms can get a seller in big trouble. It's not nice to ask them to. The discussion boards on Ebay are full of sellers ranting about overseas and Canadian buyers who ask them to lie on customs forms.

I do understand about the duties and taxes and stuff. My dad is Canadian so I have one whole side of my family who live in Canada and I have family in the UK also. I'm so glad the U.S. doesn't do things like that!

Thank god for free trade! All the barriers to moving goods across our borders are gone!

Who am I kidding......anyone?

yes, very familiar, i really like that seller! (bought some stuff from him before)



well, i've never asked any seller to do that except when i really needed it and there was no risk in that case.

anyway i know it's not "nice" to ask, it was very difficult for me when i had to. (otherwise i would've had to pay 33% of 400$. whew)



well it is true at least in the EU. too bad the world isn't just the EU i love buying stuff from the EU, never have to worry about VAT & customs (got for example my sigmarion III and three intermec's this way...)

Edited by cmonex 2006-03-21 7:39 PM