New international scam!! So beware the busy holiday is coming near!
HI Guys,
Just wanted to make Sellers of High End Electronics aware:
I had three cases opened up recently for International Buyers of High End Electronics, that is, Cameras, Iphones, & Galaxy S3's, etc!
Well the cases have been all the same, Buyers claiming they received "EMPTY PARCEL PACKAGES??"
I thought something was strange with this as they were claiming the boxes arrived empty and Customs accompanied a letter with the parcel which stated the box was Empty upon arrival.
Now I thought maybe it was confiscated by Customs, then I said wait....if Customs seize any packages then they never deliver the box anyway to the customer, especially not an empty one??
Also let me add for some odd reason these buyers are insisting we have to call the insurance company and they need all insurance info from USPS. Ok so this prompt me to call the USPS. The worker there told me this is happening quite frequently now and so much so that they are now comprising a list of International Buyers Names so they can take action against them.
Needless to say I thought I was clean out of $2200+ but apparently the tracking helped me out greatly. I got Signature Confirmation on all and that is all Ebay needed for me to win the cases. I WON!!
All the packages were Marked "DELIVERED" and signed by the Buyers. But I am afraid that others sellers may not have been as lucky as me because I believe these buyers must have been getting away with this a lot in the past. But hopefully now Ebay is on to them......
This was it for me....NO MORE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AT ALL!! I learned my lesson.
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