Page 1 of 5

learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 2:55 am
by 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

Re: learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 2:57 am
by kbit
Elaboration?

Re: learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:05 am
by 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)

Re: learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:13 am
by 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?

Re: learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:17 am
by pigmaker
look, do whatever you want. ill never do it again. it's been a fucking nightmare.

Re: learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:18 am
by pigmaker
A: no, hes just being dumb.

Re: learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:20 am
by 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

Re: learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:36 am
by 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.

Re: learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:42 am
by pigmaker
D.o.S. wrote: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-

Image

Re: learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:45 am
by echodeluxe
well, that escalated quickly.

Re: learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:48 am
by D.o.S.
pigmaker wrote:
D.o.S. wrote: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.


Image


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?

Re: learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:51 am
by D.o.S.
Double Also--was it a Klon?

Re: learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:51 am
by pigmaker
*edited by management, here is another cute picture:

Image

Re: learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:52 am
by D.o.S.
So I take it it was a Klon, then?

Re: learning the hard way: never sell gear to south america

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:52 am
by pigmaker
at least we found out dos is argentinian out of all this. totally worth $600