For Sale: Joss West form 1990

So What's The Deal Re: Ivory

The last time I looked, Germany was still outside America and one of the readers questioned about trying to ship a cue with ivory into the US. Will that be a problem?

Forum Readers, what do any of you know about any ivory restrictions on cues being shipped into the US and what do you when you pay for a cue and customs grabs it. Does the cue returnd to the sender or is it confiscated and the buyer gets screwed....that's a lot of money to risk and it seems like if that's a problem, never buy any cue that has ivory that's not already here in the US.

Imagine this, and I'm not implying you did this, a seller posts photos of a great looking cue on the website, worth a lot of money and being sold at a ridiculous price....lots of buyers and someone buys the cue. But the seller ships a much less expensive, different cue, or the cue he advertised isn't as pristene as he makes you believe it is (warped, poor finish, no original shafts etc.). The cue he sends has ivory in it and customs confiscates the cue because of the ivory. The seller has their money and the buyer doesn't get the cue or his money back....assuming of course that's how US Customs works.....I don't think US Customs returns the item so that the shipper gets another shot at illegally bringing the cue into the US. Dishonest sellers could make a lot of money if that's how the actual scenario with US Customs & Ivory restrictions actually plays out.

Anyone known what's the situation with bringing cues with ivory into the US?

Thanks,

Matt
 
Yup

Looks like the only thing u can do...after all you really can't be offering a cue for sale in the US when you know won't be able to deliver it to the buyer. And why risk losing your cue to US Customs confiscation since you otherwise aren't entitled to retain the buyer's payment either. Then you'd wind up with no cue to enjoy playing with or even sell locally at some later date. Better to have become forewarned before any sale transaction and shipping occurred rather than regretful and upset afterwards.
 
Why should he close the thread, do you believe it is only people in the US on this forum? There are plenty of people from the EU on here. Don't give up hope Joerg, this is a good cue at an excellent price!
 
Didn't Think Of That...Good One

You're right...it's smart to keep it listed but to avoid wasting the time of any US forum readers considering a cue that can't be purchased for delivery in the US, some "conspicuous" mention of that should be made at the outset of the listing or posting title.....unless someone is able to suggest a legal way of getting that cue thru US Customs....but do keep the cue listed with the clarification about "not for sale in the US"...or do whatever you think is right but don't sell the cue to any buyer in the US if you even suspect there's any US import restrictions relative to the sale and actual cue delivery....NUF SED!
 
Ok,
thanks a lot.


It is a little bit funny. Offering a cue in a us forum for EU people :D but there is a custom service too.
I dont know what is to do.

Germany seams to be the only place i can offer it :( so please close the thread and i try to sell it in Germany

Greats
Jörg
 
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