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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2437567, member: 71234&quot;]<i>many sellers refuse to ship watches to Italy because of the high rate of theft of packages in transit. Same with 2 or 3 eastern European countries</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect this could be for one or two reasons. Many US selllers are obsessive about &#039;the facts&#039; on customs forms. Labelling an item &#039;Omega Wristwatch , value $300&#039; is asking for trouble, if any is going to happen at all. My idea is to rely on the &#039;herd immunity&#039; of one herring in a shoal of many thousands, and not to be the goldfish that stands out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also they use packaging with bar codes on it, and outside USA these are only found on packages sent by Special Delivery, and so mark the item out as notably worth stealing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have found the Italian postal service slow sometimes but by dealing diplomatically with buyers I have always managed to reassure them&nbsp; till the item arrived. I also never assume anyone is out to cheat me, because this is usually true. Sellers do seem to often have the attitude that any problem is due to malice by the buyer. This may well colour the way the deal with any problem.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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