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normally you can escalate too on ebay if the seller is a dick, he's supposed to help you .... BUT some do hide behind the : ask for shipping quotes outside USA ..... i dont see it specified on ebay ??
Prooving to MyUs its an ebay sale should help ? nothing chemical, dangerous etc ... ? but if they have seen the price, it will or may be a problem ??
Thanks for your offer!
Yeah I have about the same thoughts about the seller (I hope you read this!).
MyUS doesn't give me much choice:
The EEI (Electronic Export Information) filing requires information about the USPPI (US Principal Party in Interest). The USPPI is defined as the entity who is receiving the primary financial benefit from a sale, who, in this case, is the seller *****.
Without ***** EIN or DUNS information, we will not be able to export your shipment. The EEI filing is a non-negotiable condition for export for this item due to its high value, as prescribed by the US Census Bureau.
You are welcome to sell the item to someone in the United States. We would then be able to ship the item domestically. If this is something you would like to do, you will need to provide us with a proof of sale for the item.Of course I didn't know any of this. Possibly the threshold value is higher than $2500, that's just what the seller told me when he asked DHL:
I took the packaged meter to DHL this afternoon and because the declared value is over $2500 USD, I am unable to ship the meter to Austria as an individual. If I had a company with a Federal EIN number it may be possibleIs that the going rate for a used Keithley 2002?
Holy Cow!
Looking at what they cost here in Europe (15-18k Euro), I was damn happy about this deal, even after import taxes. It seems to be in "like new" condition, couple of times used only, which is important to me.
Pity: On such a costly item we always use Fed Ex/DHL for overseas shipment, never a frt fwd service.
Beware the track record of MyUS.com
Check their T&S
For the US Gov Export number, beware that under declariing the shipment value eg < $2500 for a $6,500 item is illegal.
good luck,
j
Yeah I wanted the seller to ship it directly first but apparently DHL didn't let him do that as an individual without further paperwork.
So I thought MyUS is gonna handle it for me, but that was a mistake.
I shipped a $2600 device from USA to Italy with FedEx and I did not have to provide any EIN.
Just paperwork for custom declaration, was not too painful.
Maybe the threshold value is higher, this is just what the seller got told by DHL, possibly for different reasons.