Buying and shipping coins from China to the UK

[Fivepoundfred]

I have never purchased directly from China, are there any shipping pitfalls ? Also has anyone purchased from the Ebay seller forever223 in Shanghai ? 

I will be grateful for any info.

[Scuzzle]

Usually they are fine, pitfalls are you can wait a few weeks as postage can be slow but i have bought loads of items from China and I usually always get them and on the odd occasion I don't the seller has always refunded me before I've had to get Paypal involved.  Another plus is I've never once paid import duty on anything I've bought from China, I think they turn a blind eye to everything unlike buying from the US when you get clobbered for everything.  That seller seems OK, thousands of completed transactions with no negative feedback.

[Goldhooked]

They don’t turn a blind eye - the Chinese are just masters of lying on customs declarations!!

[Agpanda]

Buying from china 2-3 times/month, never any problems

Most shipping within 2 weeks and only hit by custom once