Hi Rob, You are of course absolutely right. The choice to post or not to post is entirely at the discretion of the vendor. It was (as I said in another post somewhere) just an observation. We all have to go through more or less the same process to ship goods out of our countries, and we all (should) insist that the buyer pays the postage costs, so I just can't see the problem. Buy anyway...each to their own.
Cheers Shaun Canning PhD Student Department of Archaeology School of European and Historical Studies La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic, 3086. Phone: 0414-967644 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 3 September 2002 12:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E-Bay Question On 2 Sep 2002 at 17:57, Shaun Canning wrote: > Without meaning to start some full scale inter-continental feud, can someone > please tell me why German sellers on e-bay almost invariably wont post outside > Germany? Is it something to do with customs or GST/VAT restrictions? I have a > German seller who has just told me it would be more to ship an AF500FTZ and > TR200 battery pack to Australia than the auction price. This makes the postage > somewhere in the vicinity of $AUD400.00 give or take. What's with that? Hi Shaun, For some reason the Germans (and many eBayers from the USA) seem quite reticent to send goods outside their borders. It can be done and is more expensive then the US but about on par with the cost of shipping from Britain however it shouldn't bother them as the buyer most often pays in any case. There is in "special" paper-work, they have to fill out basic customs declarations the same as anyone in any other country. If you can get their bank details you can TT the cash direct to their account in Euro via St George Bank for AU$27.00 and they would be able to draw on it in about 3 days. What it boils down to though is that they have every right to refuse to ship outside their country so you either have to refrain from bidding or find a pal in Germany who is willing to double handle shipping for you? Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html
