23 Oct
2022
23 Oct
'22
1:25 p.m.
On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 02:50:49PM -0500, Doc Shipley via cctalk wrote:
On 10/20/22 20:15, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote:
As a foreigner myself: please don't do that. Fill in the forms
correctly and be done with it.
I've seen this a lot with chinese sellers - utterly unasked for, mind you.
Item declared as something _completely_ different, with a declared price
usually in 1..5 USD rangem, even if I paid USD 100+ for it. The one
case where the declared item type came closes to the actual item was
a laser pointer that was declared as a flashlight.
Sigh...
Yet another American seler who doesn't understand how simple overseas
shipping is.
Oh, we understand, we really do. We also get really tired of strangers
asking us to lie, on paper, to foreign government agencies. We understand why that's "necessary".
We understand that customs duties in
most other countries are insane. We understand that the chances of getting
caught twiddling our declaration is minimal, and the odds of prosecution are
even less.
Still not worth it.
NONE of that makes taking that risk tenable for a
person who hasn't earned
my trust.
Agreed.
My main, issue, though, is the response from
prospective recipients when I
say I won't falsify customs forms. It's usually something like "Don't
be
such a wimp."
"Have you tried not being a criminal?" would be an appropriate response.
That's the behavior that makes me REALLY want not
to ship overseas.
Sorry for that trouble, not all are like that.
Kind regards,
Alex.
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"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison