2-3 weeks ago I was looking for and found a reasonable priced surf rod on Ebay. The Greys Greyflex S is not to be found here in Norway, so ordering from abroad was the only option.

So I ordered the rod, and as usual on Ebay, it was payed for trough Paypal.

Normaly when I order things, in this case from a dealership in the UK, the goods are in my hands within days. For example a part for the flash gun of my Canon DSLR camera arrived from San Diego, California within a 3-4 days. And I am in the north of Norway, in a small town way north of the Arctic circle. Recently I also received a fishing reel from the UK. This was also in my hands within days from the order was made and payed for.

Unfortunately the seller of the Greys Greyflex S does not seem to be so professional. First it took them a whole week after the order was placed and payed for, until they managed to send the goods, and that was only after I had prompted them twice to confirm shipment and provide a tracking number. When I checked the tracking number, it came up as “Delayed”, so I inquired with UK Mail why this was. And the explanation given was that the sender had failed to provide the necessary customs paperwork.

So I gave them a heads up last Friday,  about that, whereupon they said they had sent the papers…and since then, despite several messages to both the sender and UK Mail,  I have heard nothing from them, and the shipment is still delayed. We are nearing 3 weeks since I ordered, and as far as I know, the rod has yest to leave the UK.

So, should I name and shame?

Well the feedback for the seller is still there to be filled in on Ebay. And I am a member of every major English and language fishing forum  out there. So I could do that. No problem. But I’ll write one more message to the seller and see if he wakes up. If not, I am not prepared to wait much longer.

To bad for the seller, who has a business selling fishing tackle on Ebay. I plan to write a lot about this rod once I have it in my hands. Trip reports will be written on several web forums, as well as on this blog.

Norwegian sports fishers have a very limited choice in fishing tackle. Multiplier surf and bach casters for example, are near impossible to find, but people are reluctant to order from the UK where the range of rods and other tackle is enormous, because of the insane shipping prices. But this seller and a few others have more reasonable shipping costs, and would have been popular here. All it would take was a recommendation, and people would flock to the sellers website to order. To bad it won’t happen, and the business will go to someone else.