Vic, mostly it depends on where the item(s) are being sent to. I’ve been selling on eBay for over 12 years, and I DO ship overseas. However, when it comes to something really expensive, I opt not to do that for certain countries. There are parts of the world that have a very, very bad reputation for corruption in the postal system. Stuff is pilfered from the mail and delivery agents. As a seller, you are told by eBay / PayPal that you are protected against such things. In truth, it takes a LOT of effort to get reimbursed if something goes lost on it’s way to a foreign country. If an item is sent outside of the eBay / PayPal domain, getting re-imbursed is ever more difficult.
And it is not just overseas shipping. Case in point - I sent a $500 classic postage stamp to a buyer in Texas a few years ago. It was an eBay transaction. I had sent it via USPS, with insurance, tracking number, etc. It disappeared. The buyer supposedly had told the PO to hold his mail while on vacation. The PO said they mistakenly delivered it and “someone” signed for it. It took me almost THREE MONTHS and a whole lot of paperwork to get my money back and then refund it to the buyer. It was an ugly process. Should something like that happen with an overseas shipment, good luck getting the PO in that country to own up to what happened or even respond to inquiries. Would I have a problem shipping to Canada, Great Britain, France, etc…? Probably not, But there are other places (un mentioned here) where I would not even consider shipping to. Anyway, that’s my viewpoint on it. :-) 73, Jim / W6JHB Folsom, CA > On Thursday, Aug 20, 2015, at Thursday, 9:42 AM, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO > <k2vco....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm not being critical of Arlen (or anyone), but why do so many people > selling equipment not want to ship it overseas? If the buyer pays the actual > shipping cost, then the only difference is the single customs declaration the > seller has to fill out, which takes about 2 minutes. Payment can be made by > Paypal, and shipment can be by USPS, or to most countries by UPS or Fedex. > > As someone who sent huge quantities of stuff from the USA to my kids here, I > just don't get it. > > 73, > Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO > Rehovot, Israel > http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ > > On 20 Aug 2015 18:33, Arlen Fletcher wrote: >> I’m selling my K3/100 (S/N 81xx), P3 (S/N 31xx) and KPA500 (S/N 6xx) >> as well as some other misc equipment. Continental U.S. buyers only >> please! > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to w6...@me.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
