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Question about a package delivery from US

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  • Consoles
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June 15, 2014 8:39:40 AM

I'm not sure if this is supposed to go here. I hope so.

Anyhow, a certain friend of mine who lives in east coast of US was kind enough to (supposedly) buy me a refurbished console and ship it to me over seas to central Europe.
Why do I say supposedly?

I trust him enough we've had a lot of contact in the past, talked long sessions, we got to know each other and i got to trust him. Now, he sent that package (that it supposed to be big enough to fit a console and some few other goodies in it) four (4) weeks ago. I wouldn't be asking you this if i had the tracking code for it but some stuff happened in his personal life in between and never got to send me the code (despite of saying he will). I now can't (for some weird reason) contact the guy. As he's never online on any chat programs / sites.

So after 4 weeks of waiting for it, is it supposed to travel this long, is it usual? Or should i just forget about it ever existing?

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June 16, 2014 5:48:57 PM

Sounds fishy. What were the "other goodies" that were being shipped? Don't answer that, if they were anything illegal that's what happened to the package and you're friend.

If you have no contact with this person anymore I'd say that's the end of it. Nothing is coming in the mail. 4 weeks is quite some time from the day something was shipped.
June 17, 2014 12:27:09 AM

Dom_79 said:
Sounds fishy. What were the "other goodies" that were being shipped? Don't answer that, if they were anything illegal that's what happened to the package and you're friend.

If you have no contact with this person anymore I'd say that's the end of it. Nothing is coming in the mail. 4 weeks is quite some time from the day something was shipped.


Nope, they aren't anything illegal, just straight up US sweets that you cant get in Europe.

Tho I've did some research and i found out that packages take various amount of time from US, its really inconsistent, even up to 8 weeks.
Maybe that's just me hoping it arrives tho.
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June 17, 2014 8:42:19 AM

did you pay him? how much & how? is a reverse payment possible?

i dont care how screwed up your personal life gets, providing a simple tracking number is an easy thing to do and should have been given the same day or emailed to you

while i could definitely be wrong (such as if the guy was in an accident or had something else terrible happen to them) it sounds as if he took the money and ran .

while definitely true that some shipping can take awhile unless they shipped standard post it should be there within a week or two at most. i've shipped from japan to the usa east coast with both fedex and also ems (their post system) and items were home within a week. this is not true with all shipping systems and all countries though.
June 17, 2014 9:18:42 AM

ssddx said:
did you pay him? how much & how? is a reverse payment possible?

i dont care how screwed up your personal life gets, providing a simple tracking number is an easy thing to do and should have been given the same day or emailed to you

while i could definitely be wrong (such as if the guy was in an accident or had something else terrible happen to them) it sounds as if he took the money and ran .

while definitely true that some shipping can take awhile unless they shipped standard post it should be there within a week or two at most. i've shipped from japan to the usa east coast with both fedex and also ems (their post system) and items were home within a week. this is not true with all shipping systems and all countries though.



Nope no payement, he did it because he wanted to play on that console with me and because he had nothing else to spend it on.

And nothing happened to the guy im 100%, ive seen him posting on websites but any contact i try to make is ignored. (which kinda flips a red flag). Even tho I began being ignored few weeks after the package was supposed to be sent (but thats bit personal now).

Well this package is supposed to be handled with extra care (i don't know how that option is called). So i guess thats causing a bit of delay? It wasn't sent by standard option.
June 17, 2014 11:20:34 AM

well if no money was exchanged then at least its less of an issue.

you mention something about him ignoring you being a bit personal. perhaps it was never sent because of this? perhaps an argument of sorts? completely your business, just my opinion.

if he is specifically ignoring you only then it points towards it not being sent.

honestly i wouldnt pay it much heed. if he decides to talk to you again then good. if not then you have lost nothing.

some people are a bit quirky like that. i've had more than one person drop off the face of the earth figuratively all of a sudden for no reason. i dont understand it either.
June 17, 2014 12:24:09 PM

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well if no money was exchanged then at least its less of an issue.

you mention something about him ignoring you being a bit personal. perhaps it was never sent because of this? perhaps an argument of sorts? completely your business, just my opinion.

if he is specifically ignoring you only then it points towards it not being sent.

honestly i wouldnt pay it much heed. if he decides to talk to you again then good. if not then you have lost nothing.

some people are a bit quirky like that. i've had more than one person drop off the face of the earth figuratively all of a sudden for no reason. i dont understand it either.


Thats literally what just happened. The guy just dropped his face off the earth. The thing that is keeping me in believing that the package is on its way is that he decided to hate me two weeks after he sent the package. It was all fine and dandy when he sent it.

But yea, im not super excited about it currently, if it decides to show up i will be happy, if not, it was good believing that it was on its way. (and not to trust that guy with anything in the future if he decides to not hate me for nothing).
June 17, 2014 6:22:10 PM

thats all you can do.

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