Italia Post

A warning to all that may be buying or selling from and to Italy
DON’T because Italia Post is not what it used to be.
From my and many Ebayers experience it is totally
corrupt. Most sellers will not deal with Italy and now
they are stealing packages posted from Italy, they
dissapear without trace and it seems that the scam
is based on a internal postage form given to and filled
out by the seller instead of a international form and
then the address is changed.
Ciao Will.

[Darren D]

Hi Will,

I had noticed a lot of sellers refusing to sell to Italy, but wasn't sure why.

Thanks for the tip

[andrew ivimey]

To date in the last year (twice) I have sent to Italy. Once I have received, but I too have noticed this 'won't trade with Italy' sort of thing.

Indeed, as I type, some Italian chappy is bidding two of my GM70 coppers - oh dear!

Is this the sort of thing that PayPal is supposed to insure against?

[Richard]

PayPal and eBay "Guarantees" are a con trick. I received an empty envelope from a seller in Holland and claimed from PayPal. After weeks of (correctly) jumping through hoops they still refused the claim as the seller had produced a post office receipt to show he'd posted the envelope! The receipt was dated 2 days after I'd started the claim, initially, for non-delivery. I'd also paid for insured post as part of the transaction but he'd not used an insured service either - so nothing back from anyone.

[Richard]

Ah, I see the scumbag is still up to his tricks and eBay have done nothing to stop him, check the last feedback, and it's only a neutral, I wouldn't like to get a neg from that guy

[Black Stuart]

Richard,
One US company I deal with, refuses point blank to deal with New Zealand, citing either a totally corrupt or incompetent postal service.

I buy a lot of stuff from the States and with the exception of HAVE who have now changed their terms due to my threat of litigation re. not imforming me of postal charges before deducting from my C/C, I have only ever had totally positive results with buying from the States.

USPS - their service is superb - never buy anything via UPS/FED-EX - they are a total rip-off and they are slower as well.Buying product from Oregon (the other side of the States) is delivered here within 6/7 days, far quicker than from the UK to Spain.

I shall have one and maybe two sites up soon and no way will I have anything to do with Paypal. Collection of goods will require - passport, driving licence and a faxed security code, anyone who objects to these security measures I will not do business with, I have taken careful note of all the rip-offs Darren has suffered.

I have to say that the Spanish postal service is excellant - it's what the UK used to be like, years ago.

[Darren D]

Originally Posted by andrew ivimey

To date in the last year (twice) I have sent to Italy. Once I have received, but I too have noticed this 'won't trade with Italy' sort of thing.

Indeed, as I type, some Italian chappy is bidding two of my GM70 coppers - oh dear!

Is this the sort of thing that PayPal is supposed to insure against?

Ebay and Paypal won't protect you from anything.

On another note, over the last two weeks I've have over 16 of my listings removed.
I'm not allowed to put the word Slatedeck in any of my auctions as this will lead buyers to find my website they say. Thus leading to transactions outside Ebay. Since when did they have a hold on how I sell my goods and to who.

Basically, if you have a web site they don't want to know you any more unless you open an Ebay shop which is what they are trying to make me do.
Open an Ebay shop or we won't let you trade on the auctions.