I always open my ebay auctions up to international bidders. Even if the goods sell to a US American, foreign bidders can drive the price way up.
Ken On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 4:17 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > U.S.A... U.S.A... U.S.A... > > I've noticed how a LOT of people don't want to ship intl on ebay. I kinda' > like buying stuff from Canada, GB, France, or wherever as I figure there are > a lot of people that are scared to buy it. You know, because of terrorists. > When I sell stuff on ebaby, I'm happy to ship internationally as I'm always > hoping two Russian oil barons will get into a bidding war and drive the > price up!!! I use Paypal and charge extra ($3-$5, depending on my mood) for > having to wait in line at the post office, but that's the extent of it. I'm > sure there could be customs issues on the other end, but after it leaves my > hands, that's not my problem. Always get an intl tracking number from the > customs forms to confirm it's been sent. And US customs has NEVER been a > hassle for clearing small items. I did ship some vases from Spain once, and > that took a while to clear, but that's the extent of it. > > Sounds like you ran into some bad luck, don't give up on us! > > U.S.A... U.S.A... U.S.A... > > > On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Matthew J <matthewj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I don't buy and sell on line as much as I did a few years back. Most of my >> dealings were with people in the U.S. and Japan, but I had some successful >> transactions with people in Europe, Israel, Mexico and South America. >> Probably unfair to paint an entire continent, but I would block Africa from >> my eBay listings because of some weird communications that came out of >> Nigeria (in my defense, at the time at least eBay only let you block all of >> Africa and not individual countries). >> >> The most troublesome international deal I ever did was with an apparently >> eccentric person out of Canada. His auction was open to the U.S. so I bid >> and won. But then he did not want paypal, a cashiers check, or credit card. >> Rather he wanted me to send money via a bank transfer. I took an hour off of >> work, did a bunch of paper work, followed up and verified the payment went >> through only to have the guy send me a bunch of angry e mails complaining >> about some fee HIS bank added on the back end of the transaction. >> >> The transactions with Israel were a walk in the park by comparison. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/wBNiNTB-hHoJ. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > ** > "Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't > chew it." -Mark Twain > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- Where did the spring go? Where did my hormones go? Where did my energy go? Where did my go go? Where did the pleasure go? Where did my hair go? -- Ray Davies -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
