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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2787521, member: 71234&quot;]In my opinion, the worst possible thing a seller can do is to describe the item on the customs form as anything other than something vague and of minimal value.</p><p>My standby for coins of any type and age was &#039;Numismatic Material&#039;, with never a problem.</p><p>All a full and accurate description does is make pilfering less of a lucky dip process.</p><p>Millions of incoming small packets make detailed examination impossible, possibly any examination of individual packets is limited to passing the mailstream past a sniffer dog and the occasional X-ray.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could add that part of my &#039;defensive shipping&#039; strategy&#039; was always hand write (very clearly) the address, and never put a trade sticker on the package. Return adderss just a street address, not for example &#039;Joe&#039;s Coin Shop&#039; or similar.</p><p>You have to think &quot;as a criminal, what would I look for? &quot; then avoid that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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