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Anyone experienced with international shipping?
Ok here's the story. I met this guy online who said he sells cellphones at wholesale price from Nigeria. Obviously I was wary of the whole situation from the beginning, so I decided to just order one phone to see if he's legit or not. He told me to send him $130 for the phone and $20 for shipping, grand total of $150. So I went down to Western Union and sent the guy $150. After I had made the payment I got an e-mail from him saying he gave the phone to a shipping company that I must pay $180 in "custom and tax charges." LMAO. I knew this guy was gonna try and pull something, but where the hell does this extra $180 fit into the picture? So there are basically two explanations: 1.) I don't know shit about international shipping and it really costs an extra $180 or 2.) He's making up these little custom tax charges to scam extra money. So my question to you guys is, which is it? If he is correct about this whole thing, my only argument is why the hell didn't he tell me about the extra charges in the first place so I could have sent the whole grand total the first time?
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