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Originally Posted by yobar
(Post 1239955)
Yes, totally easy money, but I think there is a big risk if you don't know the person
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what happens in many cases is that at first the guy will do as you ask him,then eventually he will take off with your money and nothing you can do,since you are in a different country.
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Originally Posted by yobar
(Post 1239922)
I have seen in other groups and forums that guys offer to receive the products at their homes and do the entire logistics process, charging 4% of the cost of the product initially for products with values over 100 dollars
but well you have to trust them and that is something difficult I think
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what happens is that these folks are like you and me,work from home and have no backup,if he gets sick or some emergency comes up and he has to go some place,he has no one to takeover ,and you will get the shaft ,buyers start filing INR,venue shuts you down ,money gets frozen.
I have seen cases where a retired couple sell merrily along on EBAY and then one gets sick ,the other not only have to take up his share of workload but also tending to his illness.and lose control under too much work and stress.
There used to be a Canadian Ebay seller who live not far from the border and she sells DVDs and charged foreign shipping from Canada to USA.
She will drive across the border and ship her packages at a USPS post office in the Niagara Falls area,media mail .
No one seems to mind.
She later ran into problem with Niagara Falls USPS ,the postal clerk told her they cant accept her package as her return address is Canada .
It makes sense,if the package has to be returned,USPS would have to turn the package over to Canadian post office
I get the impression she is not willing to rent a USPS box as her margin is not that great,but she may have to do so,or lie about her return address
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Originally Posted by murdered_by_ebay
(Post 1239796)
customs threshold is about 2K
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Not for USA,it was $3000 unless it has changed.
See thats where Fed Exp,DHL come in,they either have their own custom brokers or retain a local brokerage firm at the airport.
Before the plane arrives,they have a list of the shipments on their desk,and they will fill out the customs form,then take those packages, clear customs and load it on their private planes.
USPS also have personnel to clear customs for you,if you owe US customs duty,your local postman will show up with the package and ask you to pay customs plus a small handling fee to USPS.
Some merchants will serve as their own customs broker,show up at the airport or railroad station,clear customs,and load the goods onto their truck,saves a lot of money that way,trucking fee from airport to the city can be expensive.
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Originally Posted by rsot
(Post 1247391)
mailforwarding address can also do the trick
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Yu mean forwarding back to Canada?
She may as well abandon the dvd.
