Greg Stafford wrote:Can someone start a separate thread for "Questions to Greg" or something? I suppose I could. I'd just like such information to be accessible and not buried in this thead.

Done. Here it is:
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Everything I encounter about the English postal system makes "going postal" in the US seem so much better.  It really makes me appreciate the US Postal Service.

Mark  

MShipley88 wrote:Everything I encounter about the English postal system makes "going postal" in the US seem so much better.  It really makes me appreciate the US Postal Service.

Mark  

thing what makes it all the more laughable tho, is that being such a small island, it would be EASY to implement other systems, such as what the US have and would be far more useful for all n sundry, but as is with the usual UK way, we wouldnt fecking have a chance in hell of getting it.

same as what happened times gone by with the modem speeds etc. BT our main telecomms company wouldnt adjust because they had a stranglehold on the market. it was only when the laws came in to break their monopoly that we started to get faster speeds...

postal system is very similar.

Al

Well, has any postal worker over there actually 'gone postal'?

And it sucks that other countries don't adopt the same policies for shipping, I can now understand why people won't ship overseas, or only to certain countries.

ShaneG.

bbarsh wrote:

killjoy32 wrote:if it took 40 days odd, that must have been sent surface. no way airmail would take that long from the US.

mind you i have known them to send things wrong at times.....

Al

I can't remember, but I am guessing it went airmail. I cost me $25 for a PHB and few other items (modules, IRC).

I was just about to refund buyer all his expenses when I got the email saying he got it. This was a couple months ago, now. This thread sparked my memory.

That sounds about right for the price it cost to ship to Italy (and now gives me a somewhat better timeline).

ShaneG.

nn wrote:Paypal are being arseholes. I can see why they want a signature, but demanding tracking as well is stupid.

they are pretty much alienating the seller on the vast majority to the point that you dont really have a leg to stand on. they dont help at all and i think its just a crap excuse for what it should be. mind you, pretty much the same as ebay really.

Al

Well, I'm seriously considering putting up a statement that I will accept PayPal only from active Avaeum members and returning customers. All others should pay with bankers drafts or money orders in Punds Stirling.

That should eliminate most of the problem, and for those 'unknowns and newbies' that still buy, I'll state that there is a £5 processing fee for refunding PayPal payments to those who have decided to ignore the conditions of sale.

In the UK its illegal to use Western Union, and PayPal won't provide any Seller Protection to UK citizens, so unless the buyers are reletively known and trusted, the only thing you can do to protect yourself is make them pay you by a means they can't chargebeck, and charge them for your time if they choose to ignore you.

As an American company, PayPal has now become about protecting Americans against foreigners.