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Does anyone else have this problem?

I only ship to US addresses because you can't use tracking on international shipments (or without a large fee) and you are not protected by Paypal's seller protection policy.

In the past week, I have had people use buy it now on my auctions from the Netherlands, Costa Rica and Canada. In the past, I have had buyers from Canada, England and Spain do this as well. Sometimes the buyer asks me before bidding or using buy it now and I sometimes says I will ship to them but usually they don't e-mail me first.

When this happens, if the item is inexpensive, I usually will ship it to them provided the buyer will pay the higher shipping fees for an international shipment but this is getting ridiculous.

EBay needs a feature where it won't let a buyer from another country bid or use buy it now if the seller has said they will only ship to US addresses.

tracking isnt the real problem with those bidders..its getting secure payment

I started a long thread once on ebays forums asking why cant sellers block out international bidders by country but the answer is obvious...Ebay profits from mistakes so they allow them to happen...it wouldnt very hard to just block bidders by the country they are registered from

Just make sure you type it in the Item discription portion in BIG TYPE and put that you will leave neg feedback to anyone who doesn't read the full listing before bidding.I do that with paypal (well not the neg feedback threat thing) and i have only had one guy bid thinkin i accept paypal.

I don't have many problems with people not reading descriptions. I do deal with a lot of other stupid people though.

Recently someone bid on my copy of PSO. He e-mailed me asking me to cancel his bid because he bid on too many copies at once. I ignored his request because it was early still and I was certain he would be outbid.

I came back later and he bid again, and eventually outbid... again. So I sent him an e-mail saying "you've been outbid twice, please refrain from bidding again" and I blocked him.

So what does he do? He notices he's been blocked and registers a new name to bid a third time!

So when an internationl person wins, charge em like $20 for shipping. You can get insurance on airmail for about $1.80 per $50.

Its not the fact of paying the money its also hard to get them to pay in a secure method.

another problem is that if you do insure it for the value they get all pissed about custom charges and even sometimes decide the return the package and then I am out custom fees and shipping...its just not cool or worth it

Yeah it seems like the buyers don't want customs to know they true value of the item and in addition, a lot of the international buyers also ask me to check off the gift option instead of merchandise on the customs form so they won't get stuck with any fees.

Originally Posted by defender Its not the fact of paying the money its also hard to get them to pay in a secure method. another problem is that if you do insure it for the value they get all pissed about custom charges and even sometimes decide the return the package and then I am out custom fees and shipping...its just not cool or worth it

Wow, I've never had that problem. I love selling to international bidders because I often get higher bids that way. I allow international buyers, but I say in the listing that they are responsible for any shipping and handling fees. So far, no problems at all.

how many items have you sold though?

Originally Posted by siamesellama I don't have many problems with people not reading descriptions. I do deal with a lot of other stupid people though. Recently someone bid on my copy of PSO. He e-mailed me asking me to cancel his bid because he bid on too many copies at once. I ignored his request because it was early still and I was certain he would be outbid. I came back later and he bid again, and eventually outbid... again. So I sent him an e-mail saying "you've been outbid twice, please refrain from bidding again" and I blocked him. So what does he do? He notices he's been blocked and registers a new name to bid a third time!

Lol i've done that before.well, bid on too many of one thing, didn't keep bidding after i got outbid though.Every once in awhile i bid on something but miss something in the auction, then notice that the seller doesn't want me to bid.lol...just ask manofpeace

I've had this happen too.
Silly Canadians.

My big problem has to do with people not reading the description. I clearly state I only accept paypal. Yet, I have someone buy an item, and then tells me he can only do a money order. I don't like money orders because I don't like giving out my address if I do not need to. So I get back several e-mails pleading with me to accept the money order. It's a big pain in the ass, and most of the people that do this are new to ebay.

Another problem is people that do returns. I get back the item after it has clearly been used, and then they demand all sorts of money from me. It is like some people think I am a rental service.

Originally Posted by manofpeace20 My big problem has to do with people not reading the description. I clearly state I only accept paypal. Yet, I have someone buy an item, and then tells me he can only do a money order. I don't like money orders because I don't like giving out my address if I do not need to. So I get back several e-mails pleading with me to accept the money order. It's a big pain in the ass, and most of the people that do this are new to ebay. Another problem is people that do returns. I get back the item after it has clearly been used, and then they demand all sorts of money from me. It is like some people think I am a rental service.

Lol,i'm halfway guilty of the first one.But i always email the person and beg em to take a M.O., Because unfortunetly i am unable to use Paypal.I never bid then ask them to accept money orders..thats just stupid.

The only times i ever refund someone there money is if i made a mistake in my listing or i make a 100% satisfaction guarentee.All other times i put 'sold as is'.

Originally Posted by manofpeace20 I don't like money orders because I don't like giving out my address if I do not need to.

I don't like giving my address out either but don't you give out your address anyway when you mail the item and put your return address on the package?

I hate when it happens, I dont really care if they are from Canada but anywhere else I would leave negative. I am in Michigan so it doesn't take as long to ship something to canada

There is now an option in eBay to block bidders from countries you are not willing to ship to

Originally Posted by imad There is now an option in eBay to block bidders from countries you are not willing to ship to

I'm fairly sure that options existed for years...

Originally Posted by imad There is now an option in eBay to block bidders from countries you are not willing to ship to

Wow...talk about rising from the dead...

Originally Posted by imad There is now an option in eBay to block bidders from countries you are not willing to ship to

i was gonna say this too. for awhile i have actually. i only ship to U.S. and Canada before. but after awhile i realize i have more potential to sell in Europe as well.. it didnt really make a difference to me after doing it it just gave me more hits.

but this stuff happened to me before also. i had a guy who won my psp but he lived in Saudi Arabia. not only did he not understand what I meant by SHIPPING TO U.S. AND CANADA ONLY, he wanted a warranty on the damn thing

Cheapy's so lucky as to get Canadians asking this question. I always get people from like Brazil or Argentina. One time, this guy from Russia asked me if I could ship a game to his country (most likely in exchange for Stolichnaya Vodka and a stogey.) I didn't.