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Fri Jul 20 2012 05:15 AM
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For those who sell on ebay. How do you respond to a buyer who bids on an auction where it is plainly stated that you do not ship to other countries, and then expects you to ship the item to Canada? I am trying to dispose of my remaining petroliana and other collectibles and the hassle of shipping to other countries just isn't worth it. What do you think? How would you handle this?
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Cancel the bid and block the bidder.
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Shipping to Canada is no big deal, but over seas is a Pain and it seems take forever to get there.
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Agreed. Ship to Canada but add $$$ for shipping. It's no big deal like shipping overseas which I still will do because they will bid more money.
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If you have your auction set up correctly, people outside of the USA, cant bid. Shipping to Canada is no big deal.
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Thanks for the replies. I will check on the costs, but next time I will handle it differently, maybe by blocking foreign bidders. If the winner had contacted me beforehand, it would have been different.
Thanks again, Tom
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The large flat rate box is $37 I think for international shipping.
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You can have eBay cancel the bid and refund his money with the excuse that the buyer is asking you to ship to a country that you will not ship to. I had one US seller do this to me after I paid. I didn't want to get into a fight even though his auctions stated that he ships internationally. If it isn't stated in the auction, then all bidders outside the US should ask first, which is what I do. The big problem for Canadians is when the seller will only ship by Fed-Ex or UPS. The last $35 item I purchased with a $15 shipping fee also costed an extra $20 brokerage fee at my door when it arrived. Go USPS whenever possible. The US sellers I can't understand are the one selling Canadian imperial quarts but will not ship to Canada. This is where the larger market is for the Canadian stuff and yes we will pay a lot more for the right Canadian items. Hopefully I wasn't ranting too much. Cheers, Don.
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Thanks again guys for the info. We decided to send it USPS because it was rather light (a canvas banner) and the buyer agreed to the $9.15 it cost to ship, which was only about $5 more. IF a buyer was to ask me beforehand, I would likely ship to Canada on my auctions. I was kind of surprised that it went to Canada because I believe this is a southern US brand (Spur). I really appreciate the help.
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come on guys'n'girls... i get quite a bit of parts from the states and if its not for the extra couple of minutes at the post office & the extra couple weeks wait for the parts, i cant get it to me in Melbourne Austral... lol...
easiest way, do it registered tracking, offer it and usuall the seller would pay the extra to get the part... :-)
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I ship all the time to the USA, as well as buy a lot of stuff from the US and its just as easy sending either way. I ship at least a couple dozen packs a year to the USA and probably have 30-40 things shipped up to me every year. Doing my best to help support the economy. One 55 Chevy worth at a time.
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And for those who are insistent they won't ship to Canada, I have both a US address available and also use a shipping drop in Montana so I can drive down and pick things up. Probably do that a half dozen times a year picking up signs, parts and car stuff.
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Cancel all foreign bids. TOO Much of OUR STUFF is being bought up by others in foreign countries.
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I agree. And please send all of that Red Indian and White Rose stuff back north so we can all complete our collections. Lol
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Well Dick, you got me going,,, Canada is 10% of the US population,,( population here is 30ML and the US is 330 ML.) and about one 16th of that 10% might collect this stuff and you worry about all your stuff leaving the country,,,think about it,,at the same time all you US guys that think the same as Dick, send our Canadian stuff back too, we will be happy to pay you what you paid for it. Or I will anyway..
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Cancel all foreign bids. TOO Much of OUR STUFF is being bought up by others in foreign countries. come on... it happens both ways... i've bought from the US, Canada, New Zealand and the UK over the years and i've sent stuff to the UK, USA & Canada... it helps everyone and who knows it ends up making you a bit of money as well..
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I ship stuff all over including a Bowser Red Sentry to Australia. It is a little more of a pain and shipping can take a long time but no problems yet. Canada is no problem at all. I had a couple people think the shipping fees listed for the US was the same for them!!!
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once an item is packaged whether it's going to USA , Canada or wherever it makes no difference to the shipper,,as long as the receiver is willing to pay for the freight, who cares where it goes. I would be willing to bet there is a lot more good stuff coming into the USA from other countries than leaving.
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WOW... Didn't mean to open that can of worms...Thanks for all the replies. Tom
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No problem Tom, just stating some facts,,, it just bugs me when some people want it all one way,,LOL !!!!!!!!ha,ha,ha,
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why are you all afraid of sending something outside US, the package is the same as you would ship to US and shipping price is usually paid by the buyer
I bought last week a 7up bottles carrier in Fox Lake , Illinois and less than 10 days later I got it here in Belgium, finding some items in Europe is really difficult and I never bother paying a bit more to have it shippied from the US to my home
on the other hand I send sometimes european items and signs to US and I never have problems with that
the only problem now is the increase of shipping price all over the world
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As stated above, IF the buyer is willing to pay ALL costs I am open to selling to other countries. Does that include the hour of my time it takes to call FedEx or ups and navigate through all the extra paperwork, customs, nafta, commercial invoice, etc? And NO I won't falsify the documents so you don't have to pay the proper duty and customs. Funny how many nice foreign customers are not so nice after I tell them that. USPS is easier but limited by size and weight and still requires a trip to town, stand in line at the post office, fill out paperwork, etc. If it stays here in US, I print a label in about thirty seconds, slap it on the box and FedEx picks it up. It all boils down to lost/wasted time for me, and in most cases the buyer isn't willing to pay for that...... Hope you foreign buyers understand that. It is much the same as US buyers who complain about shipping costs being too high for items bought on FEEbay from the comfort of their easy chair. Think about my packaging materials, time to find or make a box, pay the ever rising FedEx/ups charges, fuel fees,etc
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The main reason I don't is because the item has to be confirmed delivered to get your funds on eBay. I already have to wait between 10-14 days, couldn't imagine how muh longer it'd take international lol.
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Hey nuckey,fox lake is about 8 miles south of me!
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