learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

[pigmaker]

not just south america...ill never sell anywhere but the us and canada, maybe uk, from here out

just a friendly warning for those of you wheeling and dealing on the nets

[kbit]

Elaboration?

[pigmaker]

$600 pedal sitting in an argentinian postal office for 22 days. customs form clearly marked 'return if undeliverable'

word on the street is i'll probably never see it again. live and learn.

fucking jackass who bought it off my FORGOT TO GIVE ME HIS FUCKING NAME. so i sent it without it, assuming his fucking county was his name (a county happens to be a hispanic name also)

[01010111]

I've sent stuff to S. America before, Brazil if I remember right. It got there alright. Why didn't this guy give you a name? Is he trying to be some kind of gear super villain and conceal his identity?

[pigmaker]

look, do whatever you want. ill never do it again. it's been a fucking nightmare.

[pigmaker]

A: no, hes just being dumb.

[pigmaker]

i cant believe i found a way to email argentinian mail service, but i did. however, i am told, with any item that is declared at a decent value, the chances of it coming back are smalllllllllllllllllll

[D.o.S.]

A) The internet-friendly parts of Argentina are not, by most estimations, borderline third world. I imagine, living in Detroit as you do, that you'd be well aware of how much of a shitbox 'borderline third world' can be.

B) you sent out the package without a name because you didn't do any legwork on determining where this pedal was going.
Serious question: Do you know how addresses work?

C) If you're in contact with him, which one assumes you are, as it would be really difficult to complete this transaction otherwise, let him know about your screwup, and let him deal with the customs people.

[pigmaker]

A) The internet-friendly parts of Argentina are not, by most estimations, borderline third world. I imagine, living in Detroit as you do, that you'd be well aware of how much of a shitbox 'borderline third world' can be.

B) you sent out the package without a name because you didn't do any legwork on determining where this pedal was going.
Serious question: Do you know how addresses work?

C) If you're in contact with him, which one assumes you are, as it would be really difficult to complete this transaction otherwise, let him know about your screwup, and let him deal with the customs people.

-removed by management, here is a cute picture in its place-

[echodeluxe]

well, that escalated quickly.

[D.o.S.]

A) The internet-friendly parts of Argentina are not, by most estimations, borderline third world. I imagine, living in Detroit as you do, that you'd be well aware of how much of a shitbox 'borderline third world' can be.

B) you sent out the package without a name because you didn't do any legwork on determining where this pedal was going.
Serious question: Do you know how addresses work?

C) If you're in contact with him, which one assumes you are, as it would be really difficult to complete this transaction otherwise, let him know about your screwup, and let him deal with the customs people.

Well now I'm flattered.

But seriously:

Is there a reason you can't hit the buyer up and go "hey man, the package is at the customs office." After all, you've already got the money, right?

Also, have you ever been to Argentina?

[D.o.S.]

Double Also--was it a Klon?

[pigmaker]

*edited by management, here is another cute picture:

[D.o.S.]

So I take it it was a Klon, then?

[pigmaker]

at least we found out dos is argentinian out of all this. totally worth $600