I've been shipping and selling tubes all over the world, on and off, for 22 years now. I'll tell you that even if you have ALL your paperwork in perfect order, someone's imagination (customs officials, tax, etc..) will go wild and they will either destroy the item in question or make you jump through hoops to get them.
I'll tell you a quick story. Sometime in the early 2000's I was in a former soviet block country, hunting for tubes in old factories and store houses. The folks who ended up with these places in the end were essentially scrap dealers and searching mainly for precious metals, which by the time I got there were pretty much all gone. I was the first one around there looking for tubes and word gets out around town that there is a foreigner looking for them. I arrived on day to this one factory.. which had a good deal of nixies I was told.. to my horror I found about half of what they had in a broken pile of glass on the floor. Come to find out, my inquiries in the town had caused a stir.. and at least this one warehouse destroyed about half their tubes and sent the metal for assay.. on the idea that would certainly find some sort of rare metal. They found no previous metals, and once they found out what I was willing to pay for the remaining tubes, equivalent to several years of normal wages, they were pretty upset with themselves. That's my sad tube story! It was a good time otherwise! Regards, -Moses On Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 1:06:37 PM UTC-7 Nicholas Stock wrote: > That is bizarre. I just sent DTF104B numitrons all over the world, the UK > included, so I can't think why they'd be restricted. Maybe someone used the > wrong tariff code or description on the shipment? > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 12:57 PM Benoit Tourret <benoit....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I tried to buy some IV-16 in a foreign country, far over the channel. >> here is the message I just received from ebay: >> >> Hello Benoit, >> >> The purchase you recently made under the International Delivery Service >> with xxxxxxxx could not be completed. >> >> The object in question has been restricted. This may be due to import or >> delivery restrictions, or International Delivery Service eligibility >> requirements. The item will not be sent to you, nor will it be returned to >> the seller. >> >> Don't worry. You will be fully refunded to the payment method used to >> purchase the item within 72 hours. We will make two separate refunds: the >> first for the price of the object and the second for the shipping and >> import costs. No further action is required on your part. >> >> [image: Sans titre.jpg] >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/3df18e83-c2bc-4da4-bbc9-e0297c4077c0n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/3df18e83-c2bc-4da4-bbc9-e0297c4077c0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9292c1cf-d59f-4f13-9ab6-bfdbb4a9293cn%40googlegroups.com.
