Your name might have gotten the parcel more thoroughly inspected than
otherwise but, based on the general compaints of our UK brethren about
Her Majesty's Customs Service I don't think they needed your name to
decide on a whopping charge.
Chuck Norcutt
Ali Shah wrote:
> I sold my E-500 to a guy in the UK. An older gentleman
> I assume. Anyhow he paid me via Paypal - confirmed
> shipping addres and everything. He paid one large
> payment and sent the remaining amount in a smaller
> payment.
>
> The other day I recv'd an email from Paypal saying
> that the smaller payment (around $70.00) may have come
> from a fraudulent account and they have placed the
> payment on hold.
>
> In the meantime the buyer seems to have recv'd a
> customs bill of $112.00. "Much to my delight I just
> got a customs bill for $112!!!"
>
> Then he writes and says this "I hate to say this, and
> please it does not reflect my view, the parcel
> may have attracted attention because of your name. The
> world is increasingly paranoid and I hate it!"
>
> This is not an Ebay transaction. Anyhow is $112 pretty
> common for customs charge for a $500.00 item?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Ali
>
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