2 Beckers STOLEN!!!

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europeanoutdoorsman

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Hi All,
I was going to have some DuraCoat work done by K9-Handler. I sent the items out with insurance, tracking, the whole set of "safe" things. Oh, I live in Europe by the way. I got a letter from US "Customs" yesterday saying that my 2 knives are contraband. This was a sort of mass produced letter. They didn't mention the actual items, just made slight, indirect reference to them. So, I gave them a call since my tracking number says it is still in customs, but the box itself was actually in my hands. Yet another thing is after I called them, I was informed that my item was not logged in some sort of contraband database. The letter itself should not come back in the box I originally sent, but it should take quite some time (3-6 months) for them to go through the back log of paperwork and send a real letter out to me.

Pretty much because my knives weren't logged, they aren't illegal in the US, hell they are made there, the letter and processing of them properly never happened, this has lead my to think that someone working there has sticky fingers. Even when I brought this up to the person at custom who I spoke to, she agreed, but said there is "nothing they can do".

Thank god I have another BK2 cause the 7 and 2 are my favorite fixed blades.
 
Well that pretty much sucks 100%. Sorry to hear that, Hope it gets cleared up someway.

I likes the 7 a lot, but at least you still have Knife Insurance. That's why I like backups. ''2 is 1 and 1 is none''
 
Hopefully the person with the 'sticky fingers' accidentally cuts on or two of them off with your Beckers.
 
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I do have another BK2, but I only had 1 Bk7 since I just got it and I was planning on getting another. You know, I can't believe some people these days man. The world is goin to hell and it is mostly because of lack of values. by the way, K9-Handler was very friendly and honest when I approached him about doing some of my knives. I recommend him for any work on some Beckers, or any other knife for that matter.
 
Sometimes i get the impression, that the USPS isnt any better than your average 3rd world postal service. :thumbdn:
 
You guys also should know that FedEX and UPS "franchises" don't always hire savory folks outside the US. The company has no control of who gets hired or not and thus there are often unknown criminals working there. Also, years ago, I worked with a guy who worked at the Airport in the customs section and he was bragging about how people would bribe him and how he's steal stuff.
 
Anyone else had problems shipping knives BACK into the US? Jeez I was just about to send some stuff over there...How did you label the package?
 
CamH_16 said:
Anyone else had problems shipping knives BACK into the US? Jeez I was just about to send some stuff over there...How did you label the package?
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I have sent knives to my father as gifts a number of times. I send a receive gifts from other family members without issues. I sent the package to K9 using his name. I believe Customs uses xrays to scan packages, if not, they open up boxes for sure.
 
That sucks. You said you had insurance right? Are you going to be able to file a claim even though the box made it back to you?
 
That must suck...

But for international i i only do companyes not simple postal service.

Like DHL, UPS.

They are worth the money...

But im glad that in my country has one of the best postal services in theworld ( about one of the good things it has)
 
That's a bunch of garbage. I wonder if Ka-Bar were alerted to this if they'd have any pull with US Customs to straighten this out? Seeing as their product is made in the USA and is 100% legal to own.

My bet is you're looking at either a sticky-fingered employee (much like Clich's post office woes) or a knife-fearing lunatic who sees it as their mission to rid the world of the violence that can only come from them.
 
mrn8 said:
a knife-fearing lunatic who sees it as their mission to rid the world of the violence that can only come from them.
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You just described my sister (and mom) to a T. Sucks for the OP though
 
thrillbilly said:
''2 is 1 and 1 is none''
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and three is better.
That sucks. Hope it gets sorted out and you get some sort of closure on the mess caused by dishonest workers and lack of paperwork.
They should really have someone watching the customs officials and making sure everything is done right. :thumbdn:
 
I just sent a knife to canada that i sold here.USPS would not insure it, i tried everything and they told me no insurance on international shipments.
 
And these people want to run our healthcare system?

europeanoutdoorsman said:
Hi All,
I was going to have some DuraCoat work done by K9-Handler. I sent the items out with insurance, tracking, the whole set of "safe" things. Oh, I live in Europe by the way. I got a letter from US "Customs" yesterday saying that my 2 knives are contraband. This was a sort of mass produced letter. They didn't mention the actual items, just made slight, indirect reference to them. So, I gave them a call since my tracking number says it is still in customs, but the box itself was actually in my hands. Yet another thing is after I called them, I was informed that my item was not logged in some sort of contraband database. The letter itself should not come back in the box I originally sent, but it should take quite some time (3-6 months) for them to go through the back log of paperwork and send a real letter out to me.

Pretty much because my knives weren't logged, they aren't illegal in the US, hell they are made there, the letter and processing of them properly never happened, this has lead my to think that someone working there has sticky fingers. Even when I brought this up to the person at custom who I spoke to, she agreed, but said there is "nothing they can do".

Thank god I have another BK2 cause the 7 and 2 are my favorite fixed blades.
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