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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Don't you just hate when an international bidder screws your Ebay auction | |
I've made exceptions when a buyer will contact me and explain they are international and show that they have a good feedback record.
I've also had many issues with problems with international shipping such as lack of tracking or insurance to many countries.
You can call it laziness on my part, but when I sell something domestically, I just click "print label" and get a priority mail label, drop in in the post and it arrives in 2 to 3 days max, I have automatic insurance, the option to purchase more for higher dollar items and proof the buyer got the package. I'm totally covered for everything on my end.
I've opened auctions internationally before and had buyers claim they didn't get something and fill a claim against me even though I shipped next day. Why ? Because the item gets held up in customs, which isn't my fault, but the buyer tries to blame me.
I've done auctions opened international where the buyers flaked out on buying it because they didn't like the shipping cost. Again sorry, but when I clearly send you a link to the USPS website and show you what it cost to ship internationally and that is what I charge, how can you go and ding me on feedback saying my shipping cost was too high ?
Simply put, I don't want people blaming me for "slow shipping" or "inflated shipping cost" when neither of those things are my fault.
If your domestic I'll have the item to you in 2-3 days, you can see where it is every hour of the day, and shipping is a reason $5-10 typically.
Certainly are global shipping options such as DHL, FedEx etc but then your looking at even more cost, and Ebay's new global ship program takes forever and then some, which only creates more buyer complaints.
I'd love to have the whole world as buyers instead of domestic, really would, but there is just so much red tape.
I remember just a short time ago that I could ship to Canada in the same time and cost as anyone else in the US.
I also remember when I could easily walk across the border with the US and Canada.
Now days it cost 4x as much to ship something a few hours north of the border from me that it does to ship it clear across the country.
Also last time I came back from Toronto I had to wait in a 45 minute customs line, get out of my car and have it searched.
It is a strange world we live in
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