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[Seraph]

Sorry Canadians for the title. Don't shoot me, I love your maple syrup, and Colin Mochrie. But really, this is the only thing I could think of.

Also, woo. Ebay fun.


Buyer: Hey, do you ship to Canada?

Seraph: Sorry, no, that's quite literally why I typed in big bold letters there that I only ship in the US. <grins>

Buyer: Oh. Ok.

<buyer promptly buys item two days later, circumventing the no int'l buyers requirement I have. Somehow.>

Seraph: Okay, I noticed that you still gave me a Canadian address to ship to. After our conversation, do you have an American addy you want this shipped to?

Buyer: Nope, just the Canadian one.

Seraph: ...........Well, I'll start the cancellation proceedings for the transaction then.

Buyer: Well, I just figured if I paid for it, you'd ship it anyways. Yourr loss.


Took him a couple of days, but he finally agreed to the transaction cancellation. Ebay won't let you do it by yourself anymore, you have to either let the buyer agree, or wait an entire week. <sigh>

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

Man, ebay really sucks these days.

I remember when shopping in Canada I came across a lot of stuff I couldn't get because they wouldn't ship to me, but I accepted it and moved on.

I'm not sure how the guy got around your requirement, but I seem to remember there were two things you had to do to really lock down a listing so international buyers couldn't bid.

[dalesys]

He figured he was panting so much for your wares, if he camoflaged his buy he could pull a hat over your eyes.

[ReverendBSB]

This is why I am pissed eBay no longer allows sellers to give negative feedback. I recently had someone win a WWE belt buckle from me and never pay. No communication, no pay. I filed the dispute, they never responded, I waited the week and relisted it. I left feedback anyway, it records as positive but I wrote that they never paid or communicated, hopefully someone will see it. It really sucks that every buyer now has 100% feedback, and without the ability to give them negative they can hold a sellers feedback hostage.

[Rapscallion]

He figured he was panting so much for your wares, if he camoflaged his buy he could pull a hat over your eyes.

Even running jokes have use-by dates.

Rapscallion

[Seraph]

I'm not sure how the guy got around your requirement, but I seem to remember there were two things you had to do to really lock down a listing so international buyers couldn't bid.

He apparently registered his account with an American addy, then changed it to the CA one. Only way I've heard of to get around the reqs.

He'd have gotten a negative feedback if I'd had the chance to. He wasted my time, and I had to go through all the annoyance of relisting/waiting/filing the dispute. ><

[dalesys]

Even running jokes have use-by dates.

Rapscallion

Gotcha. So you're saying that one stumbled and failed.

[mhkohne]

Buyer: Well, I just figured if I paid for it, you'd ship it anyways. Yourr loss.

I've started to deal with this by always specifying shipping to Canada via international express mail or whatever. It costs a stinking fortune, so no one will ever take me up on it, but they are less likely to pull this kind of nonsense.

[XCashier]

This is why I am pissed eBay no longer allows sellers to give negative feedback....It really sucks that every buyer now has 100% feedback, and without the ability to give them negative they can hold a sellers feedback hostage.

Agreed. The playing field is so not level it isn't funny. Mind you, 95% of my buyers deserve good feedback, it's the other 5% that make me want to and There's a reason my Blocked Bidders list is insanely long.

[Pixilated]

I haven't dealt with eBay in a couple of years, but isn't there some way you can search specifically for items that are "available in Canada"? I seem to vaguely remember doing that specifically so I didn't spot something that I absolutely had to have -- and then being heartbroken because the seller didn't ship internationally. ()

[emax4]

It could be that i'm tired and don't know it, or am just easily amused, but I laughed for a good moment at the thread title. What's funny is that I just finished 1 bottle from a 6-pack of Canada Dry.

I can see the frustration, and would be just the same if not more frustrated. Did you happen to offer it to the second-highest bidder if there was one or did you just have to relist it?

I just thought of something else. It's not much, but you could look at it from a different perspective: Based on how eBay is set up, the sellers are in a different class than bidders. Sellers only need to post neutral and positive feedback, because they're better at resolving things, whereas sellers need to bitch and moan about getting everything for nothing and getting away with not learning how to read the seller's rules; hence they have the option for negative feedback also. Yes, I buy 10x more than I sell.

[PepperElf]

Gotcha. So you're saying that one stumbled and failed.

not to mention it's suppose to be PINK camo


as for the requirements... im glad he didn't try to tag you with any bad feedback cos... yeesh.

[Aria]

Why don't you ship to Canada? I'm just curious. Is it something perishable or something annoying with customs?

[Tama]

Could be that shipping costs money out the ass...

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I haven't
dealt with eBay in a couple of years, but isn't there some way you can search specifically for items that are "available in Canada"? I seem to vaguely remember doing that specifically so I didn't spot something that I absolutely had to have -- and then being heartbroken because the seller didn't ship internationally. ()

Click the link for advanced search next time you do a search. You should then be able to filter the results to only include items available to Canada.