>Hi Barry,
>
>I speak as an *international* customer. I understand what you are saying,
>but your argument falls down on this point; it's the BUYER who has to sort
>out all these things, not the seller. So it's really not a problem for the
>seller
>unless he/she wants it to be.
>
>I often look at th eGerman eBay site, and MOST of the sales there are *will
>ship to Germany only* So, as routine, I ask if they will vary that for me.
>About 60%
>will.
>
>BTW, how many eBay sites are there? So far I've located only USA, Canada,
>UK, Germany. Are there more?
>
>Brian
How could you forget ebay.au Brian - oh, of course :-)
(Perhaps Fleming should have ordered up 6 underarm deliveries the other night?)
The problem is and alway has been that when you fill out the seller's form,
it selects the seller's nation of origin as a default - many, many people
who list are happy to sell international but the possibilities haven't
occurred and they didn't make the change on the form. I've just offered to
relay a lens for a guy in Japan (like Tom S. did for me recently) who
bought a brand new 50/1.8 off ebay.au listed as 'Australia only' - given
the size of the market here that would shorten the bidder list dramatically!
AndrewF
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