You're right in principle Garth: the international hassle factor
should be borne by the buyer. However, I have sold to 2 US
customers, one in in FL and one at Ramstein in Germany (military) and
neither understood how to send me funds in UKP. It was very
frustrating (especially when I agreed to register with P*yP*l) and I
ended up bearing the hassle of finding out how to accept USD. It
won't happen again of course... I will merely relist the item with a
comment in feedback.
On a more postive note, Julia and I saw "Iris" at the cinema last
night. It was a lovely film and very uplifting (Iris Murdoch,
wonderful English writer who died last year (?) after years with
Alzheimer's Disease).
Chris
At 14:08 -0700 2/2/02, Garth Wood wrote:
That would be a more cogent argument, Barry, if it weren't for the
fact that most of the "hassle factor" of such shipments is borne by
the *buyer*, NOT the seller. For the seller, there's little
downside, and most of it isn't even all that rational ("I don't like
filling out Customs forms." "Really? Do you like filling 'em out
if it means an extra fifty dollars or hundred dollars U.S. in your
jeans? Just how much do you think an extra five minutes' of your
time is worth, anyways?"). I sell worldwide when I use evilBay,
'cause it's been shown to be much more profitable.
Garth
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