Maybe this is none of my buisness, but I too have been a long time seller, on various sites with hobbies I have been involved with. I have also bought many items from people from all over.I guess what is strange, is why would you not want any type of tracking info for something that you have purchased or are going to receive through the various Postal Services? It makes no sense to me. By not doing so, you are just asking for trouble in my book. I always provide some type of tracking info regardless what the amount of the item or items that are sent out. There is a lot of fraud out there, and people trying to get one over on someone. I always take every measure to cover my own butt....so to speak.

I used to sell books on Amazon, and had a shipment go "missing." I say that with quotes because it was a small sale and I didn't track it. It was less than a dollar, but with the amount of the sale, didn't seem worth it.

Well, now I use a tracking number for EVERY sale I make. I recently had a review sample go missing from someone in Europe, and it was not a cheap kit. It can happen.

And this is not a criticism of Jim who is a good guy, just some perspective on this weird world.

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I used to sell books on Amazon, and had a shipment go "missing." I say that with quotes because it was a small sale and I didn't track it. It was less than a dollar, but with the amount of the sale, didn't seem worth it.

Well, now I use a tracking number for EVERY sale I make. I recently had a review sample go missing from someone in Europe, and it was not a cheap kit. It can happen.

And this is not a criticism of Jim who is a good guy, just some perspective on this weird world.

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When I did sell as my job full time I did require tracking. Every once and a while a person would tell me not to add it, I did anyway. Out of thousands of packages I have sent around 5-6 have been lost, including this one. In those instances, if it were insured that covered the loss. If not, we both loose. I as seller normally loose more. In this case he refused tracking to "save a couple bucks." I was getting rid of my 1/700 ship kits and selling at a good discount. we had done 2 or 3 transactions before and this one went bad. If it were tracked or insured, things would be different.

Now, I have this guy demanding kits or he will not go away. So, I am stuck. I have no 1/700 kits left. I have 2 1/350 kits and one 1/144 sub. He wants me to go buy more kits and send them to him. And to cover myself, I need to track it and get insurance to make 100% sure they either arrive, or get lost. All of this out of my pocket so this guy will leave me alone. In the end I loose close to $200 after all is said and done compared to about $50 or 60 he lost with the original lost package.

i see im in the court of openinion here. that is how he got this 1 pass me . but when i started buying kits i never really though about tracking being souch a big issue.needless to say he's got my last dollar .i alway's say what goes around comes around.did he make good on those dozen or so deals that went bad?so he told me . did he make good on them or were they left hanging like i was!/

i see im in the court of openinion here. that is how he got this 1 pass me . but when i started buying kits i never really though about tracking being souch a big issue.needless to say he's got my last dollar .i alway's say what goes around comes around.did he make good on those dozen or so deals that went bad?so he told me . did he make good on them or were they left hanging like i was!/

i see im in the court of openinion here. that is how he got this 1 pass me . but when i started buying kits i never really though about tracking being souch a big issue.needless to say he's got my last dollar .i alway's say what goes around comes around.did he make good on those dozen or so deals that went bad?so he told me . did he make good on them or were they left hanging like i was!/

Jerry; Do you accept that Jim did post these kits that have gone missing to you?

There's no need to go out of your way to get tracking or to pay extra for it. When I send packages (and I just sent one today) it's automatic. Right under "Expected Delivery Date" on your receipt is the "Label #." That's all you need.
Thankfully out of hundreds of transactions I can't recall any problems in the US. I did have one to Boggie in Canada take WAY longer than expected, but when it arrived he saw that I sent it in a timely manner. I guess that's what you get when you live in the middle of nowhere...
I've had a few issues to Europe as well, but now that I know not to send CDs in plain brown wrappers, that hasn't happened any more. I wonder what they thought was in there?

This all gives me a headache.

It is good that Jim offered to return your money. I have two small orders pending with AEF and haven't received either, one from January and one from last month. I haven't gotten responses from my emails