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56D500boy
Posted 2020-08-27 1:12 PM (#602635)
Subject: Canadians: Be aware (and/or afraid) of eBay Global Shipping - it's nuts



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I bought an original copy of the Salt Lake News from Sept 1955 regarding the record setting 56 Custom Royal 315 poly sedan. The seller is in Olympia Washington.

This is the pathway to Canada (Vancouver BC area - 203 miles from Olympia) so far:

Olympia WA
Seattle WA
Portland OR
Carson CA
Los Angeles CA
Redondo Beach CA
Compton CA
Carson CA (again)

Something is wrong wrong wrong.

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spikemike
Posted 2020-08-27 2:00 PM (#602637 - in reply to #602635)
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NM Desoto
Posted 2020-08-27 3:17 PM (#602644 - in reply to #602635)
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Finsinthemirror
Posted 2020-08-27 3:32 PM (#602645 - in reply to #602644)
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johnnybuick
Posted 2020-08-27 4:00 PM (#602647 - in reply to #602635)
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The ebay global shipping programme is criminal !!
...For a mere pack of brake bleeder screws i have to pay $450 shipping

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1960fury
Posted 2020-08-27 4:05 PM (#602649 - in reply to #602645)
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Finsinthemirror - 2020-08-27 3:32 PM

Yeah when the postmaster intentionally screws up how the USPS works I can see how that might be the problem..


Maybe but they also add a sky high custom fee since day one for items that are custom exempt in Germany. One word: Fraud.
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Old Ray
Posted 2020-08-27 8:25 PM (#602659 - in reply to #602647)
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johnnybuick - 2020-08-27 2:00 PM The ebay global shipping programme is criminal !! ...For a mere pack of brake bleeder screws i have to pay $450 shipping

Johnny, I don't think that is the global shipping program, it says UPS worldwide expedited that would be United Parcel Service. Plus the seller sets the shipping and often jacks it up. 

The best shipping price into Canada is by the global shipping program and I think it is operated by Pitney Bowes for eBay. I have had over a hundred parts shipped with them and you get a notification when shipped, clears custom, and out for deliver with Canada Post. Works great for me. 

DAVE: That says USPS on the tracking, for me the global shipping program always fly's stuff to Toronto and then into Canada Post

 



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56D500boy
Posted 2020-08-27 11:50 PM (#602667 - in reply to #602659)
Subject: Re: Canadians: Be aware (and/or afraid) of eBay Global Shipping - it's nuts



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Old Ray - 2020-08-27 5:25 PM
DAVE: That says USPS on the tracking, for me the global shipping program always fly's stuff to Toronto and then into Canada Post


Whatever. I am just frustrated by all the BS in California. Why did it go from Portland to Carson and then LA and Redondo Beach (south of LA about an hour) and then north to Compton (SE of LA) and then back to Carson. WTF? Insanity.

I bought a hard NOS part out of Ohio and I have it already. Not complaints there. This is just two double-sided newspaper pages. Could have just been put in a mailing tube and mailed by the seller, outside of the BS Global Shipping program. I would have it by now. The seller keeps telling me to be patient. Yeh, right. Never again.

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imopar380
Posted 2020-08-28 12:08 PM (#602683 - in reply to #602635)
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Flamin.J
Posted 2020-08-31 6:11 AM (#602749 - in reply to #602635)
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I hear you, postage to Australia is really high also and it takes a long time....
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mstrug
Posted 2020-08-31 10:06 PM (#602770 - in reply to #602635)
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Old Ray
Posted 2020-09-07 10:47 AM (#602986 - in reply to #602770)
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Dave, did you ever get your original copy of the Salt Lake News from Sept 1955 ? 

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56D500boy
Posted 2020-09-07 11:00 AM (#602987 - in reply to #602986)
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Old Ray - 2020-09-07 7:47 AM
Dave, did you ever get your original copy of the Salt Lake News from Sept 1955 ?


Nope, not yet. But there are reasons to hope. I checked the tracking everyday and even late (11:30 PM) last night and the latest was it had left Carson CA (for the second time, this time heading north, not south) on Aug. 29th enroute to its "Destination Country". This morning, after reading your post, I checked and WTF? it said that it had arrived in Canada on Saturday Sept. 5 and was being processed. Presumably it will be out for delivery soon (but not today being Labour Day). So maybe tomorrow or Wednesday?

When I get it, I will scan and post the contents, likely in my "Myth Busting" (Stake through (the heart)) thread.





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56D500boy
Posted 2020-09-09 4:57 PM (#603060 - in reply to #602987)
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56D500boy - 2020-09-07 8:00 AM
Presumably it will be out for delivery soon (but not today being Labour Day). So maybe tomorrow or Wednesday?
When I get it, I will scan and post the contents, likely in my "Myth Busting" (Stake through (the heart)) thread.


Well surprise surprise surprise. Despite no new tracking updates since Sept. 5th (including this AM at 8 AM), the envelop with the Salt Lake City News Bulletin - Salt Flats Special showed up around 11:50 AM today.

I have been trying to get a good scan of it, in 8 "pages" (4 sheets, upper and lower) but it is an awkward size and I am failing. Either I need to get my bigger scanner out of mothballs or I need to figure how to use this HP all-in-one printer/scanner better. Later today.

Maybe

At least I have an original now.



EDIT: Just made a final check. Finally shows delivered but it doesn't show what was going on for the past 4/5 days.

I did post the scans of the Salt Lake City News Bulletin around 5 PM today: http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=74600&...


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NicksGarage
Posted 2020-09-09 5:13 PM (#603061 - in reply to #602635)
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I've got to ship some parts to Australia and they are being super aggressive with decontaminating stuff coming from the US. Soaking packages and their content with some chemical. So you don't want to send anything that can get damaged by that process.

Other shipping methods within the state seem to be working just fine. Just ordered a bunch of NOS parts from Georgia and hoping they come soon without issue.
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