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Seemingly legit rant about Canadian Customs, but this thread is about US Customs. Looks like trouble is really a two way street.

BTW about Canada Post ... does Canada combine their customs and post office operations ? In the US the PO is a semi-independent authority but customs is a government agency.

therwol Loc: USA

I have no doubt that people have received excellent service in buying used goods from the above mentioned dealers. I have not. It's as though the people inspecting the goods don't know what they're supposed to be inspecting. I got a 24mm manual focus Nikon lens whose focus ring was so tight it was nearly unusable (Dried out lubricant.). I got a manual focus Nikon zoom with a hard infinity stop that was so far off that the lens was unusable. Both of these came from one of the dealers mentioned above. I got 55mm AF Micro from another dealer in Colorado that was basically frozen if I switched it to manual focus, which was supposed to apply some pressure to the focusing ring for control, not freeze it up.

I have bought three lenses from dealers in Japan on eBay. The lenses were underrated. None of them looked like they had been touched by human hands. They all worked perfectly. All three flew through customs without any charge to me. Where do you think I'll buy my next used lens from? I wouldn't buy another used lens over here unless possibly in an actual store where I could inspect it myself and even mount it on my camera.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

There is an issue with the US Custom. I have had several items held there for two/three weeks lately. It is not about E-Bay that cannot do anything about it. Just wait.

Items were held up in NY, LA and Detroit, so it is not a single point of entry that has issues.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Ron, they're going berserk posting snap shots into the Main section today. Can you get over there and get to work?

flip1948 Loc: Hamden, CT

Ahhhhhh crap.

The thing is a lot of those who do that are long time posters who should know better...and they are repeat offenders. You would think after the Admin. moves their stuff to more appropriate forums that they might get the message.

They don't.

Hip Coyote

It seems you are conflating several issues. Examine the facts not in dispute.

You purchased an item from a private party in Canada. The item was delivered to somewhere in Chicago. It is now languishing in customs. Apparently customs can take a while to clear. Ebay informed you they would not consider the matter until two weeks were up. The time is not yet up. You did not use Ebay which has some builtin protections for the buyer and purchaser.

It seems to be your contention that ebay is somehow supposed to intervene in this transaction. (I do not know if they do or dont.)

You have a few options...wait for the customs to clear...as indicated by the experiences of others on this thread, continue to harangue ebay, whom I do not believe has any duty to protect your purchase or intervene on shipping / customs matters (otherwise it would undermine Paypal usage), or work with the seller to get the thing delivered.

In the future consider paypal, which if used properly, is quite efficient. Also, as some have said on this forum become familiar with the Canadian customs practices or avoid Canada.

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Pleeeeease tend to that. It reduces the overall EQ, mostly boring pix occupying space better devoted to entertaining arguments. There is no passion in those pix but theres plenty of passion in the arguments. Oh if only that could be inverted !

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Theres a Canadian Customs operation in Chicago ?!?!? Whatz up widdat ?

I thought the problem was US Customs. In which direction are the goods actually traveling ? I had pictured southbound ...

Hip Coyote

Duh. Of course. My mistake. Oddly there is a US customs in Ireland. Seen it twice. But my mistake. Obviously US. But my comments remain. It’s not an eBay deal so far as I can tell.

OldSchool-WI Loc: Brandon, Wisconsin 53919

Probably your snarkie dementia does not include memory loss? And I had hoped the ill tempered snarkies and spoilers had moved on?---But maybe that is not so?-----

Bill_de Loc: US

Proverb. a bad penny always turns up.

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OldSchool-WI Loc: Brandon, Wisconsin 53919

Yes, you should know----

Hip Coyote

Is this rancor necessary? Does it somehow improve the day?

OldSchool-WI Loc: Brandon, Wisconsin 53919

So---JUST WHO STARTED IT UP?----Don't lecture me. My posts were about Photography--not personalities. I see the more things change--the more they are the same with certain people on UHH?------Why don't you stick to photography discussions?

Hip Coyote

Had I quoted you I would have been speaking to you directly. I was not. Instead I was talking to the group. Everyone. Yes, in the past you were involved in some of this. In this case you did not start this nonsense. You asked a question. You were attacked. This is an ongoing issue even while you were away.

Maybe it’s time for everyone to reset and be a little more positive. This is destructive and even beginning to make me question my involvement with the site, including moderation one section.

With the idiotic fights about equipment, brands raw v jpegs and very little discussion on art this site is becoming a liability rather than a benefit in my photography.