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In lugnet.general, Ronan Webb writes:
> I'm fed up with this on ebay/brickbay.
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> What is it with you people ? Is your postal service that unsafe ?
> Or are just (backward) children in a play-pen? Duh !
> Grow up. You're not that fr*%^n central to the cosmos.
> Each time I see 'Will ship to United States only'' ...
I find it irritating too, but I can certainly see why they do it:
US citizens are the largest body of online e-commerce users - they're the
biggest market.
US postal service will give them fixed-rate, guaranteed service and they never
have to even see a post office. But it's only inside the US.
International postal rates vary by country, and it means before a seller can
even give a final total, they have to pack up whatever you bought, take it to
the post office, and find out how much it costs - all before they get paid.
The fact is, it's a heck of a lot easier, faster, and cheaper for US sellers to
deal with US buyers.
So quit whining.
James
(F-UT lugnet.market.theory, where this belongs.)
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| (...) Say it's christmas season and waiting in line at the post office can take up to 30 minutes. Combine that with a Non-Paying Buyer and there's a problem. Rather than making 2 trips to the post office and giving accurate shipping, I tend to just (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) And don't forget, if we send the package Priority (inexpensive in the U.S., prohibitive elsewhere), the post office provides free boxes (of which some sizes are conveniently self-sealing), labels, and even packaging tape! We can order these (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| I'm fed up with this on ebay/brickbay. What is it with you people ? Is your postal service that unsafe ? Or are just (backward) children in a play-pen? Duh ! Grow up. You're not that fr*%^n central to the cosmos. Each time I see 'Will ship to United (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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