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10-29-2010, 04:19 PM #1
Why??????
Hi just wanted to say a little thing.
I just feel frustated and sad when ppl dont want my money.
How can ebaysellers list a card of a swede and not sell it to a swede,sad that they dont want to earn money on their sales....
I mean check this aution out on lidstrom a great swedish player but i cant buy it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/2010-11-Certifie...item53e44ff7ea
when i joined ebay abour 12 years ago there wasnt much of that but latley i have seen moore sellers that dont ship outside us/can.
What the heck most times its safer and faster to ship to sweden then to can and its not that expensive for single cards about 3-4$.
Well sry for the long read but just had to get it out of my system.
Regads Patrik
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10-29-2010, 04:27 PM #2Hockey Advisor
Problem is, it's very expensive to get tracking numbers when shipping out of the country.
In the USA - they can get delivery confirmation for a couple of bucks, so long as it stays in USA borders. You see a lot of American sellers that won't even sell to Canada, because tracking over the boarder costs too much.
Without tracking, sellers will lose paypal claims every single time. Because it's so expensive, they just don't bother and many have stopped selling outside of the USA. For hockey cards in particular, this (I would think) kills their auctions. They're losing out on some of the best bidders around.
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10-29-2010, 04:31 PM #3
I think it's something like 70 cents to get delivery confirmation within the US, and registered to Canada/Europe is $12. It makes sense for cards valued over $75, but I'm not going to pay $12 out of my own pocket to ship a card that I sold for $5. I usually use delivery confirmation on every package within the US because it's so cheap.
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10-29-2010, 04:36 PM #4
I agree that it's safer to ship overseas than domestic, but there's always that risk.
My rule when selling on Ebay is: under $100 and solid feedback I'll risk regular mail, anything above that and it has to be tracked, period.
As an international buyer you sometime have to be willing to pay the extra. Even if a seller says he won't ship to Sweden, contact him and tell him you will pay the extra for tracking. More often than not he'll agree to let you bid/buy.
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10-29-2010, 04:38 PM #5
Well maybe they could state like international bidders need to pay for registrated mail that way i get an option.
And i have been buying and selling for well over 10 years and only 1 time did i not get my cards and only 1 time i lost a package as a seller i think that speaks for itself,its safe to send to sweden
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10-29-2010, 05:27 PM #6
I send overseas pretty regularly....usually under $100, but as long as it is under 100 I feel the risk is worth the potential bidders. One of the things that I love about hockey and hockey collecting is the fact that it's international!
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10-29-2010, 06:56 PM #7Hockey Manager
It is definitely an intensifying phenomenon in recent months to see sellers closing up shop and only encouraging their fellow Americans to "buy American" with certain items. With the economy being what it is, any dollar that can be saved on shipping, and especially any minimization of risk of losing further dollars due to lost packages, is a dollar that many are holding on to with dear life. It is something that can very badly hurt their sales--I experience it all the time seeing Carey Price cards selling for a fraction of what they should because the seller is US-only (luckily some of the time it's to one of my US friends that can send it up to me)--but many would rather get $14 from an American with no risk than get $35 from a Canadian/Swede/Ukrainian/Australian/Briton at the peril of potentially losing the item and having to refund it all.
It stinks for everybody involved, as I'm sure that those Americans selling only within the US would like to feel safe offering international shipping without having to put up a scary $15 s/h fee. The sight of that scares off international buyers, too. But eBay's rules being what they are, and the amount of predatory buyers that have taken advantage of those rules, makes for bad times all around.
Habs fan and collector! Current PC's: Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, and Lane Hutson...., and of course...
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10-30-2010, 12:40 AM #8
Im one of those sellers that only ships within the United States (sometimes will ship to Canada if its a person with a vast amount of feedback and over 95%). I have only started doing this because I have had 2 buyers say they never received items which were sent and they filed claims within 2 weeks of me sending the item (with customs now it could take months to receive an item!). I also have refused to sell to individuals with less than 10 feedback (many bidders with low feedback that I have dealt with decide after they win that they dont want to pay).
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10-30-2010, 01:20 AM #9
I too am an american Ebayer who will not ship outside the states because of the tracking issue. To me it is just never worth the risk. I don't send a single thing without DC.
The thing that annoys me very much is when people win my auctions and aren't from the states. It really annoys me when they actually go as far as paying for the itam and pay the local shipping and handling charges thinking its going to slip though the cracks and I am going to send anyway.
A few years back I even had a guy leave me negative feedback because I wouldn't ship to the UK eventhough my auctions clearly states USA only.
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10-30-2010, 01:23 AM #10
Well you are losing customers, and that is your lost.
I find it funny when people don't ship outside the States.. even for a $5 card... just post in your listing that anything over $50 must have tracking purchase.
Why is shipping International more of a risk than America beside tracking number? I have had no issues, and I rarely send with a tracking number.
Paranoia (sp?) I guess.
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