ebay question
 

Ok guys, I sold a motor on ebay. The descriptions clearly state that the shipping price is for US shipping only. It even stated that I will only ship to the US. The winning bidder is from South Korea. He has paypalled the money for US shipping prices. I sent him a message saying that the description clearly states US only and that I can ship to South Korea is he pays $10 extra. Otherwise I will refund his money.

Am I going about this the right way? Or is there someone else I should contact to cover my ass?

yeah thats about it. If he ends up wanting his money back, ebay will let you relist it for free because it wasn't your fault (up to I think 30 days). Just a nice waste of time

If it's clearly stated your cool . If you dont feel comfortable shipping out of the US dont do it . But if he is willing to pay the extra shipping thats cool to . I have shipped out of the US with no problems so far .

Just be sure to send it via some form of trackable shipping, but the seller should be cool with that- still annoying that he didnt contact you before bidding to ask if that was okay, but I guess some people never bother to read the terms of sale :sarcastic:

If he's willing, do a mutual withdrawal of the transaction form. You refund him and you get the listing fee refunded.

http://rebulk.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI....isputeReason=2

It'll cost more than 10.00 to ship over there anyway and the extra paper work is a pain in the ass. I absolutely refuse to ship outside US because it's more trouble than it's worth, no disrepect intended to our out of country members.

I don't have a problem shipping there, its just that is cost about $15 to do so. Shipping was set at $5.65 which covers shipping in the US. I'm not taking another $10 loss, ebay fees rammed me hard enough...

I'm waiting to hear back from him now... Pay up or I'm refunding and re-listing.

I guess I'll have to be extra explicit and type it over and over and use BOLD font to get the point across.

I had other bidders actually message and ask if I would ship out of country and I told them the same thing, pay the extra shipping and I'll do it.

Also, if you are sending USPS, the tracking wont go all the way there. ;) Once it hits there, USPS can no longer track it as they dont have USPS. At least that is the issue I ran into two years ago. Your best option trackable method is FedEx which will cost him more.

The extra forms are not all that hard thru USPS actually, its three forms that you just need to describe the item and sign it. And then you need to make sure to put them into a shipping envelope (provided by USPS as you have to drop it off to send out anyways)

But you are right, it sucks people do not read the adds. I have had that issue over and over again with europeans and asians...again, no disrespect either, i think its just a language barrier.

What kind of motor is it? I love motors. LOL

I rarely ship outside the US because it is a PITA.

If you don't want this to happen again, BLOCK all bidders from countries that you don't ship to.

That will fix their wagon. :yes:

Then they MUST email you first, or no chance.

Hmm, I'll look into that blocking stuff!

It was the Tekin 1700kv I been trying to get rid of...

I sold a broken computer on ebay once. listed broken. it was a sony vaio desktop computer. it ended up being 45+ lbs, and costed me $75 to ship it out. The winning bid was $90 with free shipping. thats the last time I ship overseas. Now hobbycity, I'm ok with them shipping to me, just not the other way around.

Free shipping on anything as large and heavy as a PC is nuts! and to sell it to someone over seas too? Crazy young man... :P

speaking of ebay Neil, any luck with mentat or should we start sqouring the net for info.. Hes about 1.5 hours from me lol

you know the worst thing about listing on ebay is? when all the out of country folks want you to ship to them but then when they want to know to the penny what the shipping cost is. what am i a f***ing post office? i let them know i am fine to ship out of the country but they pay the shipping and they cant be worried about nickels and dimes. i just tell them its double the us shipping price up front. and if i get to the post office and it ends up being more they better be prepared to pay that too or get negative feedback. but seriously, what is with these fools that think i am a walking rolodex of worldwide shipping prices? if you want special services, be prepared to pay is what i say. and dont expect me to go get custom quotes on shipping just so you can decide if you are willing to pay an extra 5 bucks. that is the pain with shipping out of country. so yeah, like so-and-so said, its probably not worth the big waste of extra time.

Sent him 1 more message and if no response in 24 hours, I'm cancelling everything and refunding the money. Dumbass people...

I really HATE those people! I'm from the Netherlands, and 70 or maybe even 80% doesn't ship to here because they had bad experience with buyers outside the US... :whip: And because of those idiot 'buyers' I can't get my stuff cheap from the US.

Sorry for the off-topic. I hope that you'll get those $10 (?) extra and that you won't get other problems with non-US ebayers.