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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-Mikey-, post: 1613900, member: 42799&quot;]As the seller you hold the right to ship however you please. If the buyer i not happy with it they can go with someone else. Please allow me to share my thought process\story no matter how flawed it may be. And please no that i don&#039;t mean to be inflammatory or insulting, as i said before as a seller its your right to ship how you please. </p><p><br /></p><p>2003 I am deployed, they have no options to wash your own clothes you have to turn them into a company and pick them back up in a few days. Said company is operated by 3rd country nationals which are around my size. After about a month I had 2 pairs of underwear and 3 undershirts left. Every time I would get my clothes back it was missing multiple items. The store on base did carry these items except they are underarmor type shirts and underwear, the shirts cost around 30.00 each. Considering I had to wear an undershirt in uniform, everyday I had to order them in. I went back and forth with companies that on their websites said they supported the troops etc. I quickly learned that when someone says they support the troops etc it sometimes means they are rooting you on from the sidelines. As long as they don&#039;t have to do anything extra or actually do anything to show that support then they are cool touting their support. </p><p><br /></p><p>My thought process when dealing with a company that wouldn&#039;t ship because they had to do a customs form PG version:</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t been home in 5 months at this point, I haven&#039;t been to the united states in 2 years. I get limited time on the phone and computer and im wasting it trying to get draws and shirts. This guy probably is going home to kiss his wife and i haven&#039;t been able to even see my SO in almost 9 months. I have been eating slop and have had sand in every possible place on my body. I haven&#039;t been able to sleep a full nights sleep or even have 2 minutes privacy, i can&#039;t even go to the bathroom by myself. And this guy is going to complain about taking the extra two minutes to fill out a customs form? </p><p><br /></p><p>As a gun collector it is a lot like coin collecting in the fact its a lot of the same names. I was deployed yet again and ordered some equipment from a high end &quot;furniture&quot; company. I ordered about 3k worth of accessories. When I opened the box I noticed some of the packaging had been tampered with. Thinking it was customs that did it i was not happy. When I took everything out I discovered candy had been hidden in every orfice possible. A can of smokeless tobacco and some energy pills had also been hidden within the accessories. I was like wtf. At the time we were only getting 2 15 min phone calls a week and 30 minutes a week computer time. So i shot the company an email asking if a mistake had been made and inquiring why this stuff would be sent with my gun equipment. The reply I got back was that the company supports the troops and they understand how american candy and fresh tobacco can make such a huge difference when you are away from home. Although they were unable to give free equipment they wanted to help any way though could and it was really appreciated what I was doing. Mind you I never told these people that I was deployed or military. They based all of this off my address. I went back and looked at my CC several months later and noticed they gave me a 20% discount. 99% of my furniture on any of my weapons are made from this company and i will continue to go through them. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is a frustrating subject. I currently live overseas and use an APO address. In the past year I have been in the same house with my SO a total of 2 months. November 28th was the first time I got to sleep in my own bed in 14 months. In my eyes (and it may be wrong) but I think in some cases it wouldn&#039;t hurt to go the extra mile to help out. Yes i did sign up for this myself and i LOVE what i do and wouldn&#039;t change it for the world but if you have the chance to help someone in the military and it only takes a few minutes, why not? You may look at it like well when things get lost or damaged I have to deal with the hassle of making it right. I look at it as I have to live and eat this job, there is no hanging up my coat and escaping it at the end of the day and you wouldn&#039;t even spend 30 minutes of hassle in the event it does get lost..for me?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a news link of the most stressful jobs they just put out: <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/business/5-most-stressful-jobs-1B7822274" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nbcnews.com/business/5-most-stressful-jobs-1B7822274" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbcnews.com/business/5-most-stressful-jobs-1B7822274</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Again I mean no disrespect and everyone is entitled to their opinion. If you don&#039;t feel comfortable sending to an APO box then by all means don&#039;t. As a seller that is 100% your right and I respect that.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: And one thing to keep in mind, there are some military that take it to the fullest. I have seen people that have been in 6 months or my personal favorite guard members that have been in a year, never deployed etc. And they are quick to ask for discounts etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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