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<p>[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 2814016, member: 88829"]Am I the only one or are others on this list running into greater delays with FedEx from Germany and Austria of late.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the last three weeks I have had packages from three European auction houses (1 Austria, 2 Germany) tagged and delayed for "irregular paperwork." Usually it refers to a missing doc called the "antique statement." In one case it started out because the sender had put the hammer price of the lots as the "value" on one document, and the full sale price with surcharges on another. That snafu has now morphed into confusion over "country of origin." The FedEx employee is convinced that the answer should be "Italy" despite the fact that of 6 coins two were minted at Rome and the rest in Syria. God forbid she should decide to route them to Italian customs - - for those will be coins I will likely never see once those predators get to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is this trouble the beginning of something... or typical handling... or signs of the end of something... or what?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 2814016, member: 88829"]Am I the only one or are others on this list running into greater delays with FedEx from Germany and Austria of late. In the last three weeks I have had packages from three European auction houses (1 Austria, 2 Germany) tagged and delayed for "irregular paperwork." Usually it refers to a missing doc called the "antique statement." In one case it started out because the sender had put the hammer price of the lots as the "value" on one document, and the full sale price with surcharges on another. That snafu has now morphed into confusion over "country of origin." The FedEx employee is convinced that the answer should be "Italy" despite the fact that of 6 coins two were minted at Rome and the rest in Syria. God forbid she should decide to route them to Italian customs - - for those will be coins I will likely never see once those predators get to them. Is this trouble the beginning of something... or typical handling... or signs of the end of something... or what?[/QUOTE]
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