Another UK Pipe Stolen by Pitney Bowes

[runscott]

I'm 75, what do you think? I grateful every day I wake up and I'm alive.

I get it. Waking up and finding you're dead is no good.

 

[sparker69]

There is a UK law that restricts shipping of 'drug paraphernalia'. After going round and round with the GSP help desk, they finally told me that Pitney-Bowes is calling smoking pipes 'drug paraphernalia'. That is the loophole that they use to steal them and then re-sell. I had 5 pipes stolen by them last Fall, and when they showed up on ebay again, I contacted the seller ( thefactoryoutletstore), described to her what had happened, and tried to buy them. What did she do? She blocked me.

Now I avoid UK sellers who use GSP, but on two occasions I really wanted the pipe, so I did what you are suggesting, and they shipped Royal Mail, skipping GSP.

Yep - good way to get the message across. Years ago, I stopped buying from any seller that used Purolator - a huge hastle at the time for receiving shipments in Canada. Quite a few sellers seem to have gotten the message. Hopefully this will be the case here.

 

[Tigergrad03]

There is a UK law that restricts shipping of 'drug paraphernalia'. After going round and round with the GSP help desk, they finally told me that Pitney-Bowes is calling smoking pipes 'drug paraphernalia'. That is the loophole that they use to steal them and then re-sell. I had 5 pipes stolen by them last Fall, and when they showed up on ebay again, I contacted the seller ( thefactoryoutletstore), described to her what had happened, and tried to buy them. What did she do? She blocked me.

Now I avoid UK sellers who use GSP, but on two occasions I really wanted the pipe, so I did what you are suggesting, and they shipped Royal Mail, skipping GSP.

Who is she?

 

[AroEnglish]

Who is she?

Maybe this person?

thefactoryoutletstore on eBay

Follow thefactoryoutletstore on eBay. Buying, Selling, Collecting on eBay has never been more exciting!

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[orlandofurioso]

Maybe this person?

thefactoryoutletstore on eBay

Follow thefactoryoutletstore on eBay. Buying, Selling, Collecting on eBay has never been more exciting!

www.ebay.co.uk

Yes, the very same
I could tell you stories ....

 

[sablebrush52]

Yes, the very same
I could tell you stories ....

So this is an outlet for seized Global Shipping items?

 

[orlandofurioso]

So this is an outlet for seized Global Shipping items?

Among other things.

 

[sablebrush52]

I guess an outlet store could be a fence.

 

[orlandofurioso]

I guess an outlet store could be a fence.

Sorry Jesse; meaning ?

 

[AroEnglish]

Yes, the very same
I could tell you stories ....

Is it just me or are they not selling anymore?

 

[sablebrush52]

Sorry Jesse; meaning ?

A business that sells stolen merchandise.

 

[Sobrbiker]

And yet with all the gnashing and tearing at clothes, there’s multiple posts here of members having purchased items get “stolen” and then bid/buy the same item again

Doing the same thing and expecting different results is solid insanity

 

[paulfg]

A business that sells stolen merchandise.

well if its selling stuff seized by ebay GLS ,it fits perfectly

 

[orlandofurioso]

A business that sells stolen merchandise.

Ah, a fence

 

[BingBong]

Ah, a fence

A receiver of stolen goods. There was a fine insult by Samuel Johnson, "you wife, sir, under pretence of running a bawdy house, is a receiver of stolen goods!"

 

[orlandofurioso]

A receiver of stolen goods. There was a fine insult by Samuel Johnson, "you wife, sir, under pretence of running a bawdy house, is a receiver of stolen goods!"

A really fine insult and thank you for sharing.
Much appreciate reading Boswell and Johnson both.
Samuel Johnson's walking stick ;

Featured Object: Samuel Johnson’s Walking Stick

This is Samuel Johnson’s walking stick, presented to the Museum by A.C. Lomax in 1909. It is a fine sturdy piece, unpretentious and serviceable. It is made from Malacca cane which comes from the st…

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Being an amateur stickmaker of much interest to me.

 

[buroak]

Looks like my turn to be a GSP/PB victim has come up.

 

[jguss]

Ah, a fence

Properly speaking to be a fence you must be selling stolen goods knowingly.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Properly speaking to be a fence you must be selling stolen goods knowingly.

I know and that is what they not do. Well, they do know, but Ebay refunds immediately.
And then they sell for triple the price. Is that theft ?
And there is the grave disappointment , sometimes grief adjacent.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Looks like my turn to be a GSP/PB victim has come up.
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What did they take from you ?
Unless of course you cannot disclose