{"id":1141,"date":"2011-04-17T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2019-04-10T07:21:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T11:21:55","slug":"soured-on-international-boot-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1141","title":{"rendered":"Soured on International Boot Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh rats, what a dilemma. Back in March, someone contacted me expressing interest in an old pair of Wesco Boss boots that I had on my website. While I say, “none of these boots are for sale,” I did have a note on the page about that particular pair of boots that they were small on me and I would entertain a bid to buy them.<\/p>\n

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A guy from the U.K. and I exchanged several email messages, and agreed on a direct sale. He offered to pay me in two payments, splitting his payment over two paychecks. I agreed. He said that he wanted them before going to a boot party in London on 25 March. He sent me a deposit, and we agreed on the amount of the remainder to be paid the following week.<\/p>\n

In a gesture of good heartedness, I offered to send him the boots before I went on a business trip, which would have been during the week that he would have sent the last payment. That way, he would have the boots in time for his desired date. I felt assured that everything would work out, so I shipped the boots, then went on my trip… then didn’t hear a thing.<\/p>\n

I contacted him last week. He said that the boots were not received. I went to my post office and they showed me the tracking number (which I hadn’t noted correctly) and validated that the boots had been shipped and delivered (but only says “delivered – Great Britain”). However, the guy to whom I shipped the boots said that he never received them.<\/p>\n

I don’t know exactly what’s going on here. I accept the buyer’s word that he hunted for the boots but couldn’t find them. He’s blaming our U.S. postal system for not having a record of their exact delivery — other than “delivered Great Britain” on (date.)<\/p>\n

I’m not out of money, directly. That is, I received a deposit which adequately covered the expensive shipping charge. <\/p>\n

This whole fiasco has completely soured me from entertaining any thought of selling any more boots to anyone outside the U.S. or Canada. I am not saying that I will never do that again; however, I will insist that the buyer pre-pay all of the money, and also pay for a higher-cost but assured delivery process, such as by FedEx which has a much better process of assuring delivery and getting a signature of the recipient than the U.S. Postal Service.<\/p>\n

By the way, if you are in London and see anyone wearing these boots, ask him where he got them.  More photos of these boots are here<\/a>. Seriously, if you see someone wearing them, let me know<\/a>. Be assured, I will keep your confidence. I just want to find out what’s going on. <\/p>\n

Life is short: learn from your experience. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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