[WWI] Rant (was RE: A few items for sale in the US)

[Andy Bannister]

-----Original Message-----
From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On
Behalf Of Rick Geisler
Sent: 29 June 2006 03:56
To: wwi at wwi-models.org
Subject: Re: [WWI] Rant (was RE: A few items for sale in the US)




"Bob, as you know I have sold and shipped items to Canada, and actually I 
have sold to european countries. I must say however that I usually put USA 
and Canada only on my adds on Hyperscale. The reason: In my Rural community 
there are no international banks to convert monetary exchanges. I can accept

canadian Postal MOs but no canadian based checks. ( There is about a $30.00 
US charge for checks without US bank routing numbers.) This is the main 
reason peaple ask for US only. Not due to shipping charges( usually at the 
buyers expense). I DO NOT HAVE PAY PAL!, nor will I!  It doesn't make me a 
US ONLY BIGOT, just someone who knows what he can deal with in his 
area,(geographical). So be kind to those people who request US only, it 
probably relates to something they can't control personally :-) Rick G."

Hmm, sorry that seems a wee bit weak to me! All you have to do is specify
"US currency only" on your listings thus leaving it up to the bidder to deal
with the currency exchange. I have a similar issue when I sell on eBay (I
live in the UK). My bank charges extortionate rates to change US currency so
I now specify Sterling only, but I will still ship worldwide. Buyers don't
seem to have a problem with that. Why penalise people because they don't
happen to live in the US? If they really want the item they'll pay for it in
the manner you specify and they're usually quite happy to do so. Many
sellers I've contacted to ask if I can bid on their US Only item have said
they won't deal overseas anymore because of bad experiences they've had with
foreign customers, not because of currency issues.

Andy 
 
CEO, Editor in Chief, Choreographer, Teaboy
www.warpedplastic.co.uk