You should be fine particularly buying a cable where the aspect of the product being damaged is out of the equation. And the cable is in fact US goods returned as it was made in the US. The shipper is doing nothing wrong and assuming the plugs are the correct type and the seller has good feedback you have little to worry about.
Buying a power cord from France, import duty and taxes?
Hi,
I would like to buy a used power cord (that was originally made in USA) from someone in France. He said he would mark "US goods returned" on the package, so I won't have to pay any import duty and taxes. Is this true? Thanks for your comments and/or sharing your experience on buying overseas.