Hey guys, I received notification from daisukeman that he has not yet received my cards. It has been just over a month (17 November sent) and I have not abandoned hope that they will arrive (US to South America can sometimes take up to seven weeks).
My recommended course of action was patience at this point; certainly the USPS slows down considerably around holiday season, but I also understand the problems that the STPC (Colombian Postal Union) has had in the past and would not be beyond belief if it was indeed taken en route. If this is the case, I have made it abundantly clear that I have no problem sending his cards back; I also have multiple copies of three of the four cards I sent originally that I had no problem including with his cards.
I did want to publicize this as he is rather upset (and accusatory) so anyone can feel free to exercise caution when trading with me until we get this cleared up! I appreciate the support of my trading partners and the references they have given me to point on this site, gabtraders.com, mahasamatman.com, and ebay.com, and I certainly want to do everything in my power to maintain my reputation as a good trader!
-wtk
Edit: Because daisukeman had not received these cards as of the 5th of January, I had offered to send him monetary compensation via PayPal; however, he has not responded to my private messages since then. I believe it is more than fair to leave the offer to compensate him open for a month as of the time of the original offer (7 January 2010). If he does not respond, I can only presume he has gotten the cards. If anyone has any further recommendation on how to deal with this situation, feel free to send me a Private Message. I have kept all Private Message interactions since our deal was being negotiated if a moderator does feel the need to...well, moderate.
-wtk
Edit 2: Still no response. Four days left on my offer.
-wtk