Customs Issue

Seziertisch

I was due to receive a guitar amp which I had bought from an Ebay seller in Italy.

Customs returned it to the sender as the package contained a magnet.

This sounds utterly bizarre to me. Do any of you have any idea what that could be about.

Cheers.

punchdrunk

wha? dude that sounds slightly unusual alright! considering the amount of magnets in stuff,that sounds really odd!
when i read it first i thought it said maggot :pac:

Alanstrainor

What!, i've bought 2 speakers from the states and had no probs, and also valve amps from europe. That's insane!

Voodu Child

That makes absolutely no sense (to me). Are you sure its not crossed wires, have you rung customs?

jimi_t

That can't be right - anything with a speaker contains magnets, including mobile phones. Never mind the super-powerful ones in hard drives etc...

Plus, when was it ever illegal to import magnets? I've seen more than a few people with rare-earth magnets from thinkgeek.

Dord

That makes no sense. I just received a bass amp recently with a cab (and speakers obviously!). It came from the US via Belgium and the UK. No problems whatsoever.

Eoin Madsen

Seziertisch wrote: »

I was due to receive a guitar amp which I had bought from an Ebay seller in Italy.

Customs returned it to the sender as the package contained a magnet.

When customs were telling you that you should probably have asked them why it was a problem, particularly for an item coming from within the EU.

Seziertisch

Well, that is what the sender was told by the post office at his end. He was going there to clarify it. He couldn't understand it either. He had sent amps all over the world and had never encountered this before, that there would be restrictions on sending magnets. Nor has anyone else, it would seem. I will keep you guys posted.

-=al=-

did u ever see on ebay though.. well i seeen it a good few times that people selling stuff dont sell to italy or some other various countries, i never knew why they ship anywhere in europe except italy, maybe theres some weird rules or regulations there,

but it has no help to ur situation ..does anyone actually know why some sellers do that?

DeadSkin

Would it have anything to do with being ROHS/non-ROHS compliant?

Voodu Child

-=al=- wrote: »

did u ever see on ebay though.. well i seeen it a good few times that people selling stuff dont sell to italy or some other various countries, i never knew why they ship anywhere in europe except italy, maybe theres some weird rules or regulations there,

but it has no help to ur situation ..does anyone actually know why some sellers do that?

Italy has a massive list of goods that arent allowed to be imported. Just regular stuff like shoes, leather, jewellery, clocks, toys, etc. Basically shedloads of packages get seized by customs. Which obviously creates problems with paypal claims and all that.

Also, the postal service and customs department are completely corrupt (allegedly). Goods go missing there more often than you'd expect from a European country.

So shipping companies often don't insure goods sent to Italy to the same extent as other European coutries, and a lot ebay of sellers will have had problems and hassles over the years, with siezed goods, missing goods etc.

Basically its just gotten a reputation as a country that isn't worth the bother shipping to, which is why you see the 'We don't ship to Italy' disclaimer on a lot of auctions.

Seziertisch

Right, basically the sender had to go down to his post office in Italy and sign a declaration saying "magnets non active". Whatever that means.

And then he had an argument with the guy working there who was looking for the cost of postage again (that seems to be a common feature at post offices the world over).

Active magnets have been added to my list of items not to send by post

1. 60/40 Blood/Semen mixture
2. A pair of live breeding badgers
3. Panda meat
4 Active magnets

Dord

Active magnets? EMG's?

punchdrunk

Dord wrote: »

Active magnets? EMG's?

looks like el postman pat has taste!
alnico FTW!!!

68 lost souls

punchdrunk wrote: »

looks like el postman pat has taste!
alnico FTW!!!

darrenw5094

Hope i don't offend any Italians out there, but i would never buy anything from a seller in Italy on ebay.

The damn postal service over there is rotten to the core.

Rockshamrover

lareina wrote: »

hi everyone i need some help i sent a cell phone and phone cover to israel and the person i sent it to said they called police cause they thought he was frauding them cause i forgot to put value of cell phone on cover....well i do have a disease called MS which causes me to forget....i would like to have that phone returned to me.....how do i get it back and who do i call? SOMEONE PLEASE HELP THIS POOR LATINA GIRL. my e-mail is tearsrussong@aol.com.... Tracking says he got package bug cell phone was not it there.....i wrote post office with times and they have not contacted me....i do need a number to israel customs to call or i do not know what to do it was a nokia n96 cell phone so i would like them to send it back to me....some please help me.....

thank you all

Gerry M

Am I missing something here? I didn't know Gerry was a name used by Latina girls.:D

punchdrunk

folks,weird thread just got weirder....

darrenw5094

I assume it is the irish customs. Why are they getting involved in EU country goods. Bozo's......they should be worried about the gear from outside the EU.....but not my guitars.

The Italian postal service is rotten to the core and i would never buy anything from a seller located in Italy.

Hope you get a full refund from Paypal or from insurance.

darrenw5094

Actually this is an old thread and has turned into b@ll@x.

Someone close this crap.