12-16-2003, 01:37 AM
As Sanosuke said it's all to do with the size of the parcel - UK customs can't resist opening something that looks interesting.
A lot of eBay sellers are in HK. They mostly use jiffy bags, postage stamps rather than printed postage label and sometimes the address is handwritten. Basically it looks like you've been sent something from a friend or relative and it passes through no problem. Kenshin 1 & 2 came in two jiffy bags when I ordered from Flora. The packages are also usually 'declaration friendly'.
I don't order massive amounts in one go from IA, but I've never been stopped. JJ is 'declaration friendly' too!
I've never been stopped when ordering from ordering from DVDBoxoffice. I've ordered (separately) Ranma Season 5 (5 DVDs) and the first Patlabor TV boxset (4 DVDs) and these were reasonably big packages. Strange.
However, I've ordered all four of the YUA boxsets from one site and got stopped the first time, got away the second and third time and then stopped for the last set. :confused:
A lot of eBay sellers are in HK. They mostly use jiffy bags, postage stamps rather than printed postage label and sometimes the address is handwritten. Basically it looks like you've been sent something from a friend or relative and it passes through no problem. Kenshin 1 & 2 came in two jiffy bags when I ordered from Flora. The packages are also usually 'declaration friendly'.
I don't order massive amounts in one go from IA, but I've never been stopped. JJ is 'declaration friendly' too!
I've never been stopped when ordering from ordering from DVDBoxoffice. I've ordered (separately) Ranma Season 5 (5 DVDs) and the first Patlabor TV boxset (4 DVDs) and these were reasonably big packages. Strange.
However, I've ordered all four of the YUA boxsets from one site and got stopped the first time, got away the second and third time and then stopped for the last set. :confused: