2 Fed 2s

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Just won an auction on a Fed 2 located in California.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWN:IT&viewitem=&item=270050796980&rd=1&rd=1

I hate waiting for things to come from the Ukraine. That's why I'm a bit miffed at the other auction I won last week. The listing said it was located in Canada, but ends up, the only thing in Canada was the person accepting payment.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=120044835800&rd=1&rd=1

Yes, I realize now that the seller shows located in the Ukraine, but I never got past the item being located in Canada...according to the listing. The high shipping didn't put me off, I figured that was just another ploy to avoid bay fees.

Live and learn.

$81.61 later, two feds on their way from opposite ends of the earth. Crossing my fingers.
 
Somehow, I knew you'd ask that! :)

The only blue ones I've seen lately are the garish painted over variety...wouldn't be caught dead.
 
w3rk5 said:
Hi Steve........you never know. I once got a package from the Ukraine in 6 days. :eek:
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Second that. Last year I bought a Zorki from an eBay seller in the Ukraine and I had the camera nine days later. The seller even included a little postcard.

Of course, I'm currently on day #15 of waiting for my latest parcel to arrive (another Zorki).
 
I appreciate the optomism...it doesn't seem likely. This seller required a money order payment to Canada. So, I first had to wait for that to get there...that blew a week that could have been saved by paypal.
On the other hand, when I complained that the item was in the Ukraine, instead of Canada, he said he would ship it immediately on confirmation of payment.
We'll see. At least I should get the one from California in a few days. I'm just down the road in Arizona.
 
I bought a Leica from Austria [I thought] and had it shipped to Oleg. I emailed Oleg to let him know it was coming. 4 weeks, count 'em, F-O-U-R went by and O finally replied to me, "It arrived! Only, not from Austria - from Ukraine." Four weeks it took to come "down the street" so.to.speak.

One Leica from Oleg's workbench to my house - 10 days. 2 manuals from Colliefornya to my coffee table, 11 days and counting... and waiting... who knows?

2 FEDs? I'd say it's a coin toss which one gets there first. Ha! Man, ain't FSUs fun??? *one bang* :bang: *one red face* :eek: Good luck Steve!!

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I know the feeling. Ordered Leica from Austria - Europe so no duty. It arrived from Ukraine so I had to pay duty on it :bang: :bang:

I had a lens at the same time which did come from Austria. I think I know who you mean and I think he has a "shop" or contacts in both so it is a lottery where it comes from.

Kim


CVBLZ4 said:
I bought a Leica from Austria [I thought] and had it shipped to Oleg. I emailed Oleg to let him know it was coming. 4 weeks, count 'em, F-O-U-R went by and O finally replied to me, "It arrived! Only, not from Austria - from Ukraine." Four weeks it took to come "down the street" so.to.speak.
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If it arrives in good shape, I'll be inclined to give postive feedback. On the other hand, this is a deceptive practice and I'd like to see the bay stop it.
Not sure what I'll do.
 
Deceptive, true. While one may have multiple shops/locations, a particular item can only be in one place. I just saw one, a lens - "Item location: Europe, Russia, United States" :rolleyes:

I guess the [painstaking] other route would be to write the seller prior, "Where is this item REALLY?"
 
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The solution is for ebay to crack down on that crap. They can surely search for listings like the one you point out.
It's just not acceptable.
 
There is a seller on German eBay who does that all the time. He even is registered somewhere in Germany (I think in Nuremberg), and all his auctions of Soviet stuff have a little piece of text saying "For this time, the item will be shipped from Ukraine."
 
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