[jazzz]

I sent them another e-mail..

When do you guys think they'll have them ready to ship?

 

[EFN]

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Originally Posted by incognitoedleon /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well Alessandro doesn't charge until it's shipped. And I don't think there are any laws against excessive wait time . By the way if it was just the law of supply and demand, Alessandro would raise their prices and increase their supply to meet the demand. However, they don't do this because of sticky prices. Also this huge demand jump recently is sort of a cyclical FOTM phase .

I do not doubt that Alessandro himself would love to increase the stock count but remember that he also depended on John Grado for supplies. Since we are talking about novelty headphones here which is not exactly put on mass production, we will have to bear with the delays.

 

[fraseyboy]

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Originally Posted by jazzz /img/forum/go_quote.gif I sent them another e-mail.. When do you guys think they'll have them ready to ship?

I reckon about a a week, maybe 2.

 

[lutwey]

i called today, the guy said..........."probably next week"

HOpEFULLY he was for real

 

[b0ol]

ok, i phoned the customs in frankfurt today. the were not able to say anything about it's too long gone...
so as it seems, i lost $99 or 80EUR...

sad

 

[Snaques]

What?!?

Now that can't be. I'm not sure how Alessandro ship their phones, but someone has to take the responsibility for the lost package. It cant be your fault. So the customs can't even say if they received such package?

 

[fraseyboy]

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Originally Posted by b0ol /img/forum/go_quote.gif ok, i phoned the customs in frankfurt today. the were not able to say anything about it's too long gone... so as it seems, i lost $99 or 80EUR... sad

Yeah. That doesn't seem very fair... Shouldn't Alessandro give you your money back?

On the other hand, if the package wasn't insured, then you MIGHT have just lost $99. Give Alessandro a call...

 

[jazzz]

Got a prompt e-mail response back. They hope to ship the cans in a week.

I'm happy now. As long as I know an approximation, the waiting won't be eating me inside anymore.

 

[b0ol]

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Originally Posted by fraseyboy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah. That doesn't seem very fair... Shouldn't Alessandro give you your money back? On the other hand, if the package wasn't insured, then you MIGHT have just lost $99. Give Alessandro a call...

nope, alessandro is not responsible for that because they shiped it via air mail to germany... so it's someones fault who works in germany (and i'm gonna kill him)
but i phoned everyone here and no one was able to give an answer...

 

[Panzergrennie]

@b0ol

How did you pay for the phones?
If you`ve payed via paypal or creditcard, i would give them (paypal or the bank that issued your cc) a short notice that you haven`t received the item.

Usually they contact the seller and he has to PROOF that he has sended the item.

If he can`t proof, you`ll get your money back for sure.
And even if he can proof that he has shipped the package you probably get your money back too because usually the seller is responsible to take care that you get the package, and if you don`t he is in charge to question where it eventually got lost.

I`ve purchased myself a pair of Shure E500PTH. I payed via paypal on 20th december, they shipped out on 29th and i received them on 3rd january.
They went their way through german customs at Frankfurt Airport too but due to the low value that was declared customs didn`t open the package and i got them without any fees to pay.
But if there is a higher value declared, such as 100 $, you usually have to pay the german import taxes, which has currently rised to 19 %

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If that is so, shipping could last a little longer because you have to pick up the package at your local Zollamt or Hauptzollamt or, if shipped via ups or fedex, they do the customs stuff for you but they`ll charge for that.
But anyway two months is way out of the usual shipping time.
I personally think that the package might have been gone, sorry to say that.

 

[b0ol]

i already contacted them and they answered that they were sent on 3rd nov. :/
they also suggested me i should conteact the customs... unfortunately they were not able to tell me where my package is due to the long time ago it was sent -.-
i'm very upset

 

[fraseyboy]

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Originally Posted by Panzergrennie /img/forum/go_quote.gif @b0ol But if there is a higher value declared, such as 100 $, you usually have to pay the german import taxes, which has currently rised to 19 % . If that is so, shipping could last a little longer because you have to pick up the package at your local Zollamt or Hauptzollamt or, if shipped via ups or fedex, they do the customs stuff for you but they`ll charge for that.

What? Import tax???

Is this just in Germany, or is it in other countries too?

 

[Kaaspeer]

Import duties/taxes are a certain percentage of the value of the shipped item that need to be paid to the governent.

The ms1's are $100,- ad 19% import taxes and you'll have to pay $119,-

Germany is in the European Union, within the EU you don't need to pay import taxes if you buy stuff from other countries. When items ship from out of the EU you need to pay import taxes.

 

[meuler]

When I checked my account balance today it showed a charge of $99, so hopefully my MS-1's will be here soon. *crosses fingers*

(I placed the order on December 17 for anyone wondering about how long the wait is.)

 

[luckybaer]

I can't stand ordering from places where crossing my fingers is part of the transaction.