Being a non-USA eBayer I may add a few things.
Many of the sellers are not aware when listing their items on eBay
that the 'USA buyer only' option is the default. I have learned from
many communications with sellers that they didn't know about that
limitation, and who were happy to sell abroad. After all, like Tom
says, it isn't really much more trouble for private sellers. It may be
different with corporate sllers, though.
I must admit that I even sometimes 'forget' about it and just bid,
especialy in BIN auctions, even when it says 'USA only'. I will never
do that when the seller in his description says the same - as
obviously he must deliberately have put it there in that case.
The bidpay option is indeed a good advice to do business with people
who do not want to use PayPal or BillPoint. It costs a few dollars
(4-5%) to the buyer, and I don't know what USA sellers have to pay
when cashing those MO's. Here in Europe it is expensive to have them
cashed.
I can only advise eBayers, worldwide, to make their items available
worldwide as well. I think that this should be default in the eBay
entry forms.
Frank van Lindert
Utrecht NL.
On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 15:11:21 -0600, "Tom Scales"
<tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Peter,
>
>It's not that big a deal. Steer him to www.bidpay.com. You'll get a Western
>Union money order in US dollars -- easy to cash at your bank. Shipping
>isn't that bad either, just take it to the post office. A couple extra
>forms.
>
>I ship internationally and am pretty used to it. I lost track of the number
>of countries I've shipped to, but overall not hard.
>
>Tom
>
>> I just made my first Ebay sale, and already there's a problem. My ad
>> clearly specified, "U.S. and Canada bidders only, please," cashier's check
>> or money order, U.S. priority mail shipping. So of course the winning
>> bidder has a .fr at the end of his email address, indicating he is in
>> France. He has not contacted me yet. He has good feedback. There is a
>> U.S bidder one dollar lower who the French bidder "sniped" at the last
>minute.
>>
>> So what do I do now? Do I have a right to refuse to sell to him? I
>> couldn't find anything about this situation on the Ebay help. Or should I
>> just live with it?
>>
>> I really didn't want to deal with the hassle of bank wire transfers and
>> international shipping on a $56.00 item--a Zuiko 50/1.4. I don't plan to
>> be a big-time seller, so I really don't want to open the door to middlemen
>> with a PayPal seller's account or Ebay Checkout.
>>
>> --Peter
>>
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