Hi Taffeta! Looking forward to seeing you again in October! I find that that set seems to solidly rest between the $20-30 mark, with Beach Ball venturing toward the lower end, and Palm Tree toward the higher. Im sure $22-$25 would work for her!

Hugs! Whitney

This has to be one the cutest after the rain photo shoot ever!!

Quote from: Loa on July 19, 2017, 05:13:27 PM

Quote from: Taffeta on July 19, 2017, 05:39:33 AM

Quote from: Loa on July 18, 2017, 04:45:36 PM

The parcel is still in the ether, waiting to be returned.

It can take months for that to happen, sometimes I think they send stuff back via surface mail to cost the least amount of money. If so three-six months wait is possible.

That's exactly what we thought too.

That is awful.  If I was the creator and sender of the custom, I would be livid and more than frustrated.    I can see why we had to get the mods involved. 

Agreed, just a terrible situation. The sender I still do not feel did anything wrong. If anything, the receiver may have been keen to import charges they may incur from other countries, and could have given a head's up either prior to the swap or to the swap host prior to everyone's mailing deadline. I am not saying they are in the wrong, however, the sender (I feel) is in between a rock and a hard place, by either mis-declaring the customs value (and god forbid losing the package) or mailing normally and this happening.

I feel for each party involved, including the mods. Hugs all around. I hope the package gets recovered sooner rather than later!

My sympathies to both parties involved. Moving forward, maybe the mods can implement a swap rule that the organizers address potential customs issues at the onset of sign ups. Or add it best practices to sending overseas in a pinned post on the swap forum.

i.e. "by agreeing to this swap, you may incur import charges if your partner is international", and then it is at least the person's prerogative whether or not to participate. The person mailing may not feel comfortable marking a lower value (though I don't see why they would be, as it is essentially a "gift" between parties. Unless the parcel goes missing for whatever reason, or the sender isn't as well-versed in mailing internationally. Just playing devil's advocate!).


I wish I had the right answer on this issue, and the mentioned solutions seem reasonable enough. I would probably have to lean toward the sender, whom accurately marked the value and withheld his or her end of the deal. I am not sure if the receiver was keenly aware of their import taxes or not, but if they had, perhaps they could have PMed the swap host prior to joining the swap. The fact that they had the package sent back before contacting anyone (not sure if that was their only option on the spot; to be fair) seems to be piece out of place. I think the receiver should either cut her losses (now knowing how to proceed with receiving international parcels in the future), or pay the sender to mail out again. Certainly not the fun solution, but in my opinion, the sender did everything correctly.

Again, my condolences to both sides, and I hope it gets resolved!

Its so lovely to see them pristine like that! I also adore the pamphlet! "Super gift offers from My Little Pony!" Indeed! :heart;

Hi Jill!

I agree with the valuation of $250-300, particularly if they're in good condition.

Is there anyone else confirmed with my Colombian?

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