[Coco] Re: Coco Digest, Vol 19, Issue 80

[John Donaldson]

Frank,
   I sell items on Ebay and I know that on some places oversea's , I can 
not insure the item
and postage can be twice what the item sold for. As for FBO/APO, 
shipping is to
either the West or East coast and no farther and I can insure it too.
   I know if a person in the UK wins an auction from, that I have to 
make sure and label
it as "USED" or such or the person that bought it will get TAXed on it. 
The tax can
sometimes be as much as the item itself. Also if the person wants to 
keep the shipping
down, it will take as much as 10-14 days shippment. 2-3 day shipping to 
UK is really
high. A lot of people do not want to hassle with it all. As for APO/FPO, 
these are no
different than shipping to anyone inside the USA. But some people don't 
think it is.

John Donaldson



farna at att.net wrote:

>It ticks me off that someone won't send something out of the country to begin with. Many sellers won't even send to an APO/FPO address (military overseas, but shipper just sends to CA or NY depending on overseas location of buyer). That REALLY ticked me off when I was in Korea! I can understand only sending to CC billing or PayPal verified addresses, but even when I changed the address they still wouldn't send. Some BS about PayPal or E-bay not covering overseas/APO/FPO shipments with their protection plans. 
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>>Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:07:59 -0000
>>From: "Dave" <dx375 at hotmail.com>
>>Subject: [Coco] [Color Computer] New eBay Twist....
>>To: ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com
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>>It seems I can no longer bid on U.S. only auctions now as designated 
>>by the seller.....
>>eBay is actaully filtering for out of country bids....
>>I noted to eBay tonight that many US sellers are more than happy to 
>>sell to someone who can provide a U.S. shipping address....which in my 
>>case I can as my brother lives in Texas....
>>It's ovbious this wasn't completely thought out...
>>Their loss....and the sellers unfortunatley....
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>>Cheers Dave
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