Help to buy in DE and reship inside EU needed - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Finderbinder
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2025, 12:09:35 pm
content: Is there a REPUTABLE eevblog user willing to help me to buy a device in Germany (kleinanzeigen.de) and reship it to LT? The original seller do not bother to ship it outside of Germany.Of course for some fee for your work. PM if you are interested.

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2025, 12:18:49 pm
content: you have shipment forwarders in the seller country ? create an account and use their address ?Im now with Shipgerman ? no afilliation

author: Finderbinder
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2025, 12:44:15 pm
content: Have never tried to use forwarders. Another point is the seller stopped to communicate when realized a buyer is outside of his country.

author: StefikMichal
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2025, 05:07:25 pm
content: Quote from: coromonadalix on February 01, 2025, 12:18:49 pmDo you have personal experience with this company/do you trust it? My friend wants to buy some PC equipment (they ship to Germany but not to Slovakia) and he is looking for something not fishy.

author: audiotubes
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2025, 07:08:35 pm
content: Quote from: Finderbinder on February 01, 2025, 12:09:35 pmThere are a lot of good German shops, if he can find the item in another shop I think he could buy directly.Quote from: StefikMichal on February 01, 2025, 05:07:25 pmYour friend should search for Czech shops, our two countries almost always ship back and forth. The only annoyance is currency exchange but it has no other effect on the transaction. Shipping is usually 2 or 3 days.

author: Finderbinder
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2025, 07:27:14 pm
content: It is not about a regular shop goods. It is about some specific offer by a person.Quote from: audiotubes on February 01, 2025, 07:08:35 pm

author: audiotubes
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2025, 07:36:39 pm
content: I see. In that case it is probably better to avoid it. If something went wrong, then what?

author: glitchcatcher
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2025, 08:37:11 pm
content: I can recommend LogoiX GmbH (https://www.logoix.com). I'm using them regularly and had really good experiences.You get your own German shipping address and when the package is received you can forward it EU-wide.There is no subscription fee.If this is really a one-time thing, I can probably do the purchase & forwarding for you and you can drop me a PM.Quote from: Finderbinder on February 01, 2025, 12:09:35 pm

author: bdunham7
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2025, 08:47:26 pm
content: Quote from: Finderbinder on February 01, 2025, 12:09:35 pmI'd recommend you be a bit more specific about what you are wanting to buy. I might do something like this for someone wanting something from the US, but only if it were of reasonable size, moderate value and unquestionably legal. True story: I once shipped a transmission (car) via air to someone in the UK that was desperate to fix their grey-market Chrysler and it didn't work. It had to be returned to me for warranty and I then shipped another one. Most people wouldn't willingly sign up for that hassle.

author: factory
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2025, 09:20:35 pm
content: Quote from: coromonadalix on February 01, 2025, 12:18:49 pmThanks for posting that, I've been looking for an alternate to shipito for buying from Germany, shipito only has a warehouse in Austria and only has one very expensive postage service from there, plus most sellers don't even ship to Austria.Looking at shipgerman, probably wise to avoid using it for thermometers, they are listed under prohibited items, probably for the liquid/gas ones that would be hazardous. The safe solid state digital ones would need to be described as something else, or the system would probably flag it as prohibited.David

author: jorgeh
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2025, 11:42:12 pm
content: well, he is probably not going to answer, there are too many scams going on. that people are suspicious of any transaction on kleinanzeige. also if he is saying nur abholung. then you are not going to have any luck. some dont want the hassle of shipping, packing etc etc.

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 02, 2025, 12:07:02 pm
content: i did receive help from member here to buy or try to buy on this kleinanzeige site, but i have to say this site is very peculiar, registering there for non local people is not possible ?there is scam going there too ...and for many shipment forwarders like Shipgerman or else, many of them want purchase proof / invoices / images / declarations ... you have to be careful of what you want to ship thru them

author: glitchcatcher
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2025, 09:58:49 pm
content: I was able to collect the device for OP since I was on a shopping tour in Germany and coincidentally the seller was close to my routeTogether we were able to get the price down 20%. I really hope it can be fixed!

author: Finderbinder
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 12, 2025, 09:24:32 am
content: Thanks glitchcatcher for your assistanceI hope I'll make it to work as it should, hope...And with help of this forum I'm sureThough there are not much owners of suchAnyway interesting project to doQuote from: glitchcatcher on February 11, 2025, 09:58:49 pm

author: rplabs
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 12, 2025, 09:32:20 am
content: I also saw it on Kleinanzeigen but the price was too high from my point of view for a faulty one. I hope there is an easy fix and you will have a nice LCR meter in the end. Good luck!

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 12, 2025, 11:04:43 am
content: Quote from: StefikMichal on February 01, 2025, 05:07:25 pmFor me .. for sure registration is somewhat intense, official car driver permit is asked, they scan it, they want to know you .... and authenticate youHad no problems with purchases, for sure they ask some proof, EX : ebay purchases, i do a screenshot with the won auction, and once declaration is done, the shipping went fine, you have some carrier choices ... for Germany to Canada it was DHL and the "slow DHL by ground" took 1 month, by air some took 3-5 daysmileage may vary ?

author: factory
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2025, 08:25:50 pm
content: Yes I noticed that too when I registered with shipgerman, I can't see how to do the identity check before sending something to them, also I managed to get my address in the wrong order and they insist on sending to the address you register with, no way to correct it until after the first order.If it doesn’t go to crazy $$ I may have a item to send via shipgerman soon, seller doesn't ship outside Germany (not even Austria or Swiss), claiming the feeBay fees are too high, I can't imagine those fees are more than paying for two lots of shipping, they could have just added a bit to the shipping quote to cover the fees.I don't remember having to go through any special identity checks with shipito, they have never asked for any proof of purchase for anything so far, even the one time I've used the Austrian warehouse.David

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 15, 2025, 08:51:52 pm
content: For future, I suggesthttps://www.mailboxde.com/which is quite cheap, you can get a huge box shipped by GLS for just EUR 15 as long as it does not exceed 5kg. Asking someone to do it likely will cost more than that unless it's something tiny.The only identification needed is that first payment must be through a SEPA bank transfer which should cost the same as local transfer to a different bank.

author: factory
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2025, 09:19:01 pm
content: I've not actually bought anything yet, thanks for providing another option, the prices at mailboxde seem OK and they do up to 30kg, should be more than enough for the small boat anchors I find.Even though we are not part of the EU single market, seems SEPA transfers still apply to UK banks.David

author: Finderbinder
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2025, 09:39:45 pm
content: Now it arrived. Thanks glitchcatcher once more for your help getting it and for perfectly secure packingAnd the repair mission has just begunhttps://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/agilent-e4980a-lcr-meter-repair/Quote from: Finderbinder on February 12, 2025, 09:24:32 am

author: factory
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 21, 2025, 05:32:27 pm
content: Well I've got order in progress viahttps://www.mailboxde.com/hopefully will have a nice Polish DMM arriving next week, subject to customs delays.Some things to note, they don't seem to send a picture of the parcel by default, which is useful to identity inadequate boxes or lack of tape holding them together, i.e. reused thin crappy boxes from BigRiver. Shipito send a couple of pictures, they offer to sell extra packing and/or tape, something others should do.Paypal was usable without identification, but addresses have to match with paypal, mailboxde and the shop the item was purchased from.They do insist on seeing the purchase record, from wherever the item came from and did reject my first attempt as the €8 shipping to them, wasn't added to the customs contents value, this might only apply to my location (something silently introduced in 2022). A screen-grab of the feeBay order was OK for this.P.S. I still need to contact shipgerman and see if they can correct the address I entered incorrectly.David

author: factory
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2025, 03:12:44 pm
content: Well it took longer than expected, but has been collected from Parcelforce by me today.The parcel got stuck for several weeks in Coventry customs, due to the customs paperwork, seems mailboxde failed to get all of the "contents" description on the paperwork, this lead to customs asking me what was in the parcel & why I was importing it.Also mailboxde failed to inform me the tariff code needed the full 10 digits (not 8 ), very poor service considering they were quick to complain I missed the €8 for the shipping within Germany off the customs value.Customs paperwork was very poorly printed too, address & phone details have a stripe of print missing.Overall I'm not impressed, but I was never going to find one of these multimeters in the UK.David

author: PA0PBZ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2025, 03:20:56 pm
content: It's a beauty, well worth the trouble I would say!

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2025, 03:23:42 pm
content: same here wow i hope it works in the future ...

author: factory
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2025, 03:40:17 pm
content: Yes most definitely worth the trouble & expense and the sort of hard to find TE I wanted to be able to buy from Germany again. It's supposed to be faulty, but I can't power it up at the moment due to not having the power lead, pictures here;https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/msg5855845/#msg5855845Notes for next time;Contents description, only the first 35 characters (including spaces) were printed.Make sure of adding the full 10 digit tariff code.Add price of shipping within EU to customs value (for UK, might be different elsewhere).David