I've had little hassle shipping to Canada apart from having to stand in the usual interminable line at the PO; ditto (at least once) to Australia.
I make one warning: when you post for sale with price including shipping, ***be sure to specify if this is CONUS only***. I once sold a small item with modest shipping attached to the price only to find out after the money arrived that the buyer was in Canada; the additional cost of shipping (western Canada IIRC) just about wiped out any surplus. For the record, I am willing to ship internationally but for (1) additional shipping and (2) a bit more to add to the hassle of having to stand in line and deal with the PO. On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 5:17 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. > -- ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- 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.
