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question on shipping a cd player from overseas??

Just checking as I purchased a cd player here on agon from a seller in Portugal- Seller said he could not ship me the player as in portugal you need a Commercial invoice to ship and since he is a private individual there was no way of shipping to the USA??? so he refunded my money- Just checking to see if this makes sense to everyone or is it buyers remorse- thanks
fluffers
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audiojan
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Commonly, you do need an invoice to ship cargo, but it doesn't need to be commercial. He could write his own invoice.
audiozen
831 posts
 
He's full of baloney. He probably already sold the player to another buyer at a higher price and did not want you to know. Buying from Europe is routine and FedEx International Air is a good choice but it will cost you but its worth it to avoid damage rather than shipping ground via boat.
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zydo
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It's possible I guess. It's pretty hard for me to get things to Russia. Crazy weight restrictions. Something small like a dac I can get there. Some counties have some crazy laws. I would have expected him to know that before hand though.
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pbnaudio
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Looks like you will not need that 220V line now :-)

All international shipments require a commercial invoice when you ship form her FedEx or UPS have them online Commercial Invoice this should work when shipping form Europe too. Pretty straight forward.

Best of Luck

Peter
fluffers OP
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that is what I thought but he e/m me again and promised me that is the reason??/- truly I have never heard of this before and have bought stereo equipment all over the world=nothing I can do now i guess I have to take his word- He still has the boulder 1021 for sale here so maybe it is the truth- but I am really bummed-
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