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janice&fred
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Like anyone cares about Australia. I never even heard of the place until I joined up here.
God bless America, and nobody else.
Bought a watch and the seller won't ship to the US
Like anyone cares about Australia. I never even heard of the place until I joined up here.
God bless America, and nobody else.
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eugeneandresson
·“Mine is that they are simply too lazy to fill out a form.”
- Shipping locally usually implies putting a name and address on the box.
- Shipping internationally usually has a process involved...involving a CN22/23 form.
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pdxleaf
·As an occasional seller from CONUS, i have had sales to Australia fall through after the buyer didn't want to pay for shipping and insurance. I've had shipments in both directions delayed weeks. I've had shipments lost. Rightly or wrongly, there is an an extra element of risk when a package crosses a border, even to Canada. It's easier to swallow the risk for a more inexpensive item.
I have also purchased from Canada, Japan, Thailand, Poland and New Zealand (none of which I know where they are, except New Zealand because it's the capital of Australia). So I shouldn't have a problem with selling to Europe. It doesn't make complete rational sense, i admit. But it makes me nervous to sell a 10k watch to Europe.
As far as lazy, I am lazy, but will overcome my laziness to sell a watch. Selling sucks, period. But it's just one more form out of so many.
To address the OPs question, if the seller is anything like me, it's just lack of experience or being a nervous ninny.
I have also purchased from Canada, Japan, Thailand, Poland and New Zealand (none of which I know where they are, except New Zealand because it's the capital of Australia). So I shouldn't have a problem with selling to Europe. It doesn't make complete rational sense, i admit. But it makes me nervous to sell a 10k watch to Europe.
As far as lazy, I am lazy, but will overcome my laziness to sell a watch. Selling sucks, period. But it's just one more form out of so many.
To address the OPs question, if the seller is anything like me, it's just lack of experience or being a nervous ninny.
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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.I have a Parcel Pro Account so I don’t mind doing the paperwork.
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bananapeanut
·Wasn’t there something a while back where 75% of Americans didn’t know where half the world is on a map….
with 15% of Americans being immigrants, what does that tell you?
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JwRosenthal
·with 98% of Americans being immigrants, what does that tell you?
Unless your last name is something like Standing Bear- you are an immigrant.
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MRC
·FTFY
FIFY
Unless your last name is something like Standing Bear- you are a recent immigrant.
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noelekal
··Home For Wayward WatchesFor any who might be interested, here's a friendlier Omega Forum World thread.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/at-the-risk-of-being-overly-ass-kissy.151957/
https://omegaforums.net/threads/at-the-risk-of-being-overly-ass-kissy.151957/
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pdxleaf
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Here's a secret: we don't know tHe difference between North Dakota and South Dakota (yes, there are two Dakotas, not one big Dakota.)
The hardest is South Dakota. It seems to be because of the word 'South', which feels like it should be someplace warm.
All in good fun, natural.
BTW, GO PHILLIES!
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MRC
·Here's a secret: we don't know tHe difference between North Dakota and South Dakota (yes, there are two Dakotas, not one big Dakota.)
The hardest is South Dakota. It seems to be because of the word 'South', which feels like it should be someplace warm.
I recollect many road direction signs around Boston MA which on the same post could say I 123 North and I 456 South. I also remember "Traffic Circles", which as a very recent european immigrant I understood and could play to my advantage over the slightly less recent immigrants.
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JwRosenthal
·No, we can’t figure those damn things out
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watchyouwant
·I appreciate all of the insight. For the record, the ad stated worldwide shipping, otherwise I wouldn't have bought it. I'm still waiting for a response from the seller to see if he will accept an address other than mine.
Again, Thanks
Why so complicated? Once you found your 3. Party for shipping, you add his name and address into your PayPal shipping addresses. Then it's fine for the seller to ship to this person.
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watchyouwant
·Like anyone cares about Australia. I never even heard of the place until I joined up here.
God bless America, and nobody else.
The new NASA telescope is still searching for God....That blessing is pre mature....
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sheepdoll
·Here's a secret: we don't know tHe difference between North Dakota and South Dakota (yes, there are two Dakotas, not one big Dakota.)
The hardest is South Dakota. It seems to be because of the word 'South', which feels like it should be someplace warm.
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Most interesting is this was Goldie Hawn's debut film. She plays a dancer who has one line and steals most of the scenes from Leslie Anne Warren. Kurt Russel of course is in it, but they do not have any scenes together.
If there is one thing us Americans are worse at than geography is history...
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krogerfoot
·If there is one thing us Americans are worse at than geography is history...
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pdxleaf
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Y'all better be watching the WORLD Series.
Great game. 5- 5 7th inning.
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watchyouwant
·Time to get back to the OP, who needs help with shipment......
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Caracal25
·Fun read and thanks again to those who have offered to assist. The seller hasn't been much of a communicator however he has agreed to ship to a 3rd party. If there is someone that is willing to receive the watch and ship it to me it would be greatly appreciated and I would make it worth their while.
Feel free to message me if you are interested in getting involved.
Feel free to message me if you are interested in getting involved.
