Darn, I meant David...
Sorry.
Kai Hilbertz Munich, Germany
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Kai Hilbertz <khilbertz@gmail.com>
> Date: 18. Februar 2009 22:43:53 MEZ
> To: <dbilenkey@sympatico.ca>
> Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: Re: [CR] Was: Ebay items you might be interested in. Now:
> Courtesy
>
> Feb. 18, 09
>
> Hello John, cc List
>
> many thanks for your elucidation, I wasn't aware that the eBay
> seller's shipping settings affects their international visibility.
>
> One more thing; if a prospective buyer find an interesting
> "offshore" item that the seller only ships nationally, go ahead and
> ask if they'll ship to your location anyway. Very often they will,
> if you ask nicely.
>
> Greets
>
> Kai Hilbertz
> Munich, Germany
>
>
> On 18.02.2009, at 20:23, <dbilenkey@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> It isn't an eBay thing, it is a seller thing.
>>
>> The primary reason that the other items are not visible to buyers
>> not in the UK is because the listing shows that the seller will
>> only ship to the United Kingdom. As such if you are not in the UK
>> when you click on 'Show seller's other items' you get nothing
>> because there is nothing else available to you because you aren't
>> in the UK. The same thing happens to me (in Canada) when a US
>> seller only indicates that they ship to the States in the auction
>> specification (they might say in the body text that they ship
>> elsewhere but eBay is blind to that), I can't see their items when
>> I search or try and show seller's other items.
>>
>> The same problem arises if you are searching for a particular item.
>> Unless a seller has listed International shipping, you will not be
>> able to find an item they list if you are not located in the
>> specified shipping zone. So people if you really want to sell your
>> items and get the best price, always list International shipping.
>>
>> David Bilenkey
>> Ottawa, ON, Canada