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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 10298531, member: 36"]One more reason I got out; in the old days a significant chunk of my sales went to other countries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Currently, eBay sellers in the USA have zero protection if they ship internationally direct, or really anywhere direct. If it gets to eBay and gets lost after that, or the buyer claims it got lost, the seller is off the hook. There is no such protection for domestic sales. However, using eBay International jacks up the shipping so badly that international buyers back off unless the item is going for pennies. If a seller does puts something up for a low price, they're guarenteed to lose money on it, so scratch that idea. The seller is left with a choice of No Sale or No Money, neither of which is acceptable. A lot of them simply won't ship internationaly any more for that reason; it's pointless. It may be different in Canada, the Eurozone, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 10298531, member: 36"]One more reason I got out; in the old days a significant chunk of my sales went to other countries. Currently, eBay sellers in the USA have zero protection if they ship internationally direct, or really anywhere direct. If it gets to eBay and gets lost after that, or the buyer claims it got lost, the seller is off the hook. There is no such protection for domestic sales. However, using eBay International jacks up the shipping so badly that international buyers back off unless the item is going for pennies. If a seller does puts something up for a low price, they're guarenteed to lose money on it, so scratch that idea. The seller is left with a choice of No Sale or No Money, neither of which is acceptable. A lot of them simply won't ship internationaly any more for that reason; it's pointless. It may be different in Canada, the Eurozone, etc.[/QUOTE]
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