An Ebay Question
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I purchase a frameset on ebay and shortly after it shipped I received this message from the Ebay Global Shipping Program:
"We are writing to inform you that your GSP order is currently under review for potential prohibited items and may experience a delay of 3-5 business days. "
I assume that this means the package has been randomly selected to be checked for illegal drugs? Surely we can't be dealing with some bureaucrat who thinks a bike is a problem? However my google search seems to indicate that this can be a black hole from which items do not emerge - a few horror stories out there. Worst case scenario is a refund I guess. I hope?
Anyone have any good knowlege about this. Are we just talking about a delay, or am I screwed?
"We are writing to inform you that your GSP order is currently under review for potential prohibited items and may experience a delay of 3-5 business days. "
I assume that this means the package has been randomly selected to be checked for illegal drugs? Surely we can't be dealing with some bureaucrat who thinks a bike is a problem? However my google search seems to indicate that this can be a black hole from which items do not emerge - a few horror stories out there. Worst case scenario is a refund I guess. I hope?
Anyone have any good knowlege about this. Are we just talking about a delay, or am I screwed?
wheelsONfire wrote: When we ride disc brakes the whole deal of braking is just like a leaving a fart. It happens and then it's over. Nothing planned and nothing to get nervous for.
This happened to an item I shipped (although a domestic sale, it was still flagged under the GSP). It delayed the shipping a day or two, but nothing more than that.
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No, not fake. I could see an effort to deal with courterfeit goods, watches, fashion, etc., but I doubt fake Pinarello's are anyone's priority. Item is coming out of California anyway. It's not a Pinarello (though I wouldn't mind a K10 at some point)
wheelsONfire wrote: When we ride disc brakes the whole deal of braking is just like a leaving a fart. It happens and then it's over. Nothing planned and nothing to get nervous for.
I think it must be a random. I sold a camera body to a non-UK buyer lately so it went via the global shipping prog. I too got one of those 'your item is under review' emails. Then a day or two later another mail saying it had shipped. So a delay but nothing more than that.
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I got a similar notice a week ago on a package containing 2 Continental tires (5000's) that I purchased from a company in Spain. The tires arrived 3 days later. If I hadn't received the notice I wouldn't have even known that they were delayed at all.
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Does the frameset include full cockpit? If so, maybe eBay needs 3-5 business days to adjudicate whether the bar tape matches the saddle.I purchase a frameset on ebay ... "We are writing to inform you that your GSP order is currently under review for potential prohibited items and may experience a delay of 3-5 business days. "