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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 8066738, member: 86815&quot;]That&#039;s a great story [USER=118780]@kirispupis[/USER].</p><p>My story is not so good but to me was a great result and it happened this week.</p><p>Yesterday two coins finally turned up from Poland that have sat in my local UPS depot since the beginning of March. These coins were bought in February from Salon Numismatic. My problem was that I bought the coins in Euros but the invoice also showed the purchase price also in Polish Zlotys. The Zloty value was roughly $190 US but UPS submitted to Customs the Zlotys as British Pounds so roughly $1100 US. I was then charged 20% of this which was actually more than the value of the coins and should have been 5% anyway. UPS have also tried to collect late payment charges for the last 9 months as I refused to pay the duty and their charges based on their calculation.</p><p>It has taken me nearly 10 months to speak to a human with common sense at UPS who could comprehend their mistake and resubmit to customs. I pursued this with around 30 emails and dozens of calls when I had the inclination to do so and in idle moments of which I have few.</p><p>Finally the coins turned up yesterday and here, UPS only take cash not card and don&#039;t carry change so the ended up with a couple of dollars more than the duty anyway. The charge was roughly $11 US compared to the original charge in excess of $200.</p><p>These are the coins which I had more or less given up on seeing as the Auction House told me they would not organise a return as they would have to pay the return charge and there was no way I was going to pay for UPS&#039;s mistake.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398516[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Imperial, Domitian, Dupondius - RARE</p><p>Rare Domitian dupondius with COS XV in the obverse legend.</p><p>Roman Imperial Domitian (81-96), Dupondius 90-91, Rome mint Obverse: radiate head right</p><p>IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XV CENS PER P P</p><p>Reverse: Virtus standing right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium, SC in fields</p><p>VIRTVTI AVGVSTI</p><p>Weight 12,67 g.</p><p><img src="https://media.biddr.com/media/img/auction_lots/1564/1679324_1612807846.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saloninus (258-260), Antoninianus 258, Samosata mint</p><p>Obverse: radiate, draped bust right</p><p>SALON VALERIANVS NOB CAES</p><p>Reverse: Saloninus standing right, holding spear and receiving flower from Spes, standing left and lifting hem of dress</p><p>SPES PVBLICA</p><p>Weight 3,93 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one looks far better in the hand than the image as the porosity is not as apparent as it looks in the image. I intend to try and take a better image.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has been very frustrating to know that these coins were sat in a depot only 30 miles away and I could see them being scanned every three days. It was Catch 22 as UPS wouldn&#039;t deliver and the Auction House wouldn&#039;t take them back. </p><p>I&#039;ve learnt a few lessons, every day is a school day <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving Greetings from Wales to everyone![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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