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I suggest you re-think your business plan.

If you are that paranoid about a customs seizure, what are you going to do when a buyer sends an email through eBay accusing you of selling ⊗⊗⊗⊗ and threatens to report you to the police, the FBI, the IRS, the CIA and their momma?

Jeff, I don't think they have FBI, IRS, etc in his country...

No doubt. But according to his post, he is moving here.

Lol, it was meant to be a little joke.
But moving here? Oh dear... he is in for a rude awakening.

I guess... just be a good citizen and use the knowledge he gets from us to be a decent seller.

There is never a 100% assurance of no trouble if you are dealing with replica or ⊗⊗⊗⊗ items.

I second that. And there's never 100% assurance in anything no matter how honest you are either.

This Post is Outta hand, first off it is true that a Very Small percentage of Packages get Seized by Customs. I do not Know about 1%, but it is relatively Small.

More important Mr MyWay is that if you Make a Decision that you are going to sell High Risk Counterfeit Merchandise then the FIRST Requirement is that you MUST have the STOMACH for it.

What are you thinking? That you are going to buy Thousands of counterfeit Handbags from China for $50.00 each and Sell them for $500.00, Do this for a couple or Months then buy a Mansion, Yacht, and a Plane and live off your Investments for the rest of your life, and NOT have any problems like Customs along the Way? Customs is one in a LONG String of Potential Problems that you will be facing,,, GUARANTEED!!!!
What kind of Cigarettes are you smoking over there?, I'd like One too.

Maybe you should sell something a Little Safer like Colored Yarn, and Knitting supplies.

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from my exp - i lost about 1 out of 12 ....as the old saying goes in the Gym when i was a Personal Trainer ..never send more money overseas than you can afford to lose.

Dude, 1 out of 12 is A LOT, you NEED to check with your sellers, ask the if they are using Different "Ship From" Information for each Package, and you yourself should try FRESH "Ship to" Information (Information= Name, Address, contact Phone Number) Someones information is HOT either theirs or yours

hi friend , yesterday , many orders were holden by custom.

really very very bad things for me .

do you know what's wrong now ?many packages of dhl was holden , anybody know the reasons?

Hmmm...

End of June, first couple days in July was a problem.

Now it appears we have another problem.

Pattern seems to be end of month, but it is really too early to tell with only 60 days of data.

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Wow this is a long thread with a lot of useful info. It should be a sticky or something!

I Never "Clocked" My Siezures which surprises me because becuaus I am Worse than Major League Baseball, I RECORD, Clock, and Analize EVERYTHING, I will start to pay a little more attention to it though.

At first thought, I would Hazard to Speculate that Customs Agents might have some type of "Quota" imposed on them by their Superiors, Something similar to Police Officers who have traffic Summons Issuing Quotas to meet. So as they approach the End of a Particular Period they Push to Meet their Quotas.

Law Enforcement is KNOWN to operate in this way in Many Instances.

Just a Theory that happens to fit the available facts, I could be wrong.

Wrong or not, it is a GOOD THEORY! It would certainly explain a lot. I am also extremely analytical. That is why I want as much data as I can get. If we can confirm a pattern, then problems can be avoided.

Mokedi posted $1,000 bail and was released from the Cook County Jail, but was immediately taken into custody by ICE agents, the release said. She is set to be deported later this week.



she made a bunch of money and only had a 1,000 bail? thats nothing..lol i know dudes who had 150,000 bail (no 10% opt) lol

who the heck is Mokedi?

I am wondering why my supplier changes from UPS to DHL. UPS used to deliver my stuff in 3 days, supplier claims that DHL is just as fast. I guess I will find out. I had a package shipped yesterday. Hope there's no issue with my pacakage and I receive it by Friday.

How do you track DHL packages by the way? Supplier gave me a 10 digit number, tried tracking it in the regular tracking area and it didnt come up. I know for UPS I had to track it as a reference. Tried that, didnt work either. I'll ask my supplier tonight.

Nigerian woman living in Chicago selling ⊗⊗⊗⊗ DVD box sets online. She was caught with 6,000 box sets in her apartment. The bail was actually $10,000 - but since she was not a citizen, as soon as she paid it she was taken into custody and has been deported.

I wonder if I could give back my citizenship in the USA and become a Bermuda citizen? It's only a 2 hour flight from the east.

That's the kind of human that makes things bad for us who are just trying to make a living and survive.
He makes tons of money and sends it overseas to fund devil knows what.

From the news articles, I don't think she was a terrorist or anything. She was a student who overstayed her visa, and probably became part of a criminal gang dedicated to making money through scams. So much so that it attracted the attention of law enforcement. A customs official said they seized a few hundred inboiund box sets, but that she had so much coming in, they could not possibly get all of it.

She is probably lucky she got deported because, at this volume, I would imagine jail time would be invloved if she stayed. She must have been selling hundreds of sets a week.

But I will certainly agree with you that news stories like this definitely don't help honest sellers just trying to make a living online.