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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 5147130, member: 97383"]The way this whole situation was handled was annoying & a great inconvenience to me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. It began with a phone message from the FedEx office in Lexington, KY on a late Friday afternoon saying the shipment was being held pending the completion of the necessary forms. When I got home that day I returned the call but their office was closed till Monday. So I left them a message to call my back on Monday to find out where I could get the 4 forms. They never returned my message, so I called them again on Tuesday. The clerk who sent me the message said she was no longer working on the case & that another clerk, working from home, was handling it now <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I called his number & he said he had quite a few packages on hold from Roma's XX auction. He was friendly & helpful & sent me a PDF through my computer with the 4 forms explaining what was necessary & what wasn't. Unfortunately my printer no longer works, so I transferred the PDF to a flash drive & drove to a Staples store to get printouts <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I completed the forms at home which are written in confusing legal jargon, something you'd expect from a lawyer <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Since the 2nd FedEx clerk didn't supply me with a fax # I had to photograph the completed forms & send them to him via PDF on my computer <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":grumpy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Two days later I received the coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The coins had a combined value of over $5,000, but I wasn't charged any duty on the package. Even sending coins to Canada now has become a "pain in the butt", with lengthy waiting periods at customs. Dealing internationally has become an unpleasant experience....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 5147130, member: 97383"]The way this whole situation was handled was annoying & a great inconvenience to me :rage:. It began with a phone message from the FedEx office in Lexington, KY on a late Friday afternoon saying the shipment was being held pending the completion of the necessary forms. When I got home that day I returned the call but their office was closed till Monday. So I left them a message to call my back on Monday to find out where I could get the 4 forms. They never returned my message, so I called them again on Tuesday. The clerk who sent me the message said she was no longer working on the case & that another clerk, working from home, was handling it now o_O. I called his number & he said he had quite a few packages on hold from Roma's XX auction. He was friendly & helpful & sent me a PDF through my computer with the 4 forms explaining what was necessary & what wasn't. Unfortunately my printer no longer works, so I transferred the PDF to a flash drive & drove to a Staples store to get printouts :sour:. I completed the forms at home which are written in confusing legal jargon, something you'd expect from a lawyer :confused:. Since the 2nd FedEx clerk didn't supply me with a fax # I had to photograph the completed forms & send them to him via PDF on my computer :grumpy:. Two days later I received the coins :happy:. The coins had a combined value of over $5,000, but I wasn't charged any duty on the package. Even sending coins to Canada now has become a "pain in the butt", with lengthy waiting periods at customs. Dealing internationally has become an unpleasant experience....[/QUOTE]
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