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Subject:	Re: Why do so many people say "I will only ship to the us"?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Sun, 7 May 2000 19:58:07 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jonathan Wilson writes: > Why do so many people say "I will only ship to the us" in auctions, > sales, trades etc? Recently, I gave up my collectible card game sales business. It was tough dealing with foreign countries due to restrictions from: a) my bank and b) the US Postal Service. Sometimes I couldn't accept a check drawn on foreign funds (Canada), but other times it was fine (Mexico, Germany). The USPS didn't help matters much either...shipping to Israel was close to impossible because the packages just didn't arrive. China always took close to a month. Don't get me started on dealing with Australia...It's a wonderful place, but I don't want to send any more packages down under. I finally said 'enough is enough' and stopped dealing with anyone outside the US. I just couldn't justify the hassle on a $10 order. Now that I'm effectively starting over with my Lego ebay aucions, I will be shipping outside the US, but not for a month or so. I want to get set up and get everything running smoothly again. Hopefully, this first batch of auctions will run smoothly enough to allow me to do this...only time will tell. -Dave

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		Re: Why do so many people say "I will only ship to the us"?
I've got to second what Dave Johann writes. Having lived in the UK for about two years over two different time periods, I can say that, on average, the U. S. banking system simply isn't prepared to deal with international currency transactions (in (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.general)

		Re: Why do so many people say "I will only ship to the us"?
(...) tough (...) to (...) Dave, were there specific problems with Australia. It sounds as if you had some really bad experiences. I have been using ebay for two months and 'US only' auctions cuts down those available by a third. Auctions where the (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.general)

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		Why do so many people say "I will only ship to the us"?
Why do so many people say "I will only ship to the us" in auctions, sales, trades etc? (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.general)

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