Fw: Reflector/ebay and Canada

[Ken Dupuis, wn2sqc]

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On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 19:27:00 -0400 wn2sqc at juno.com writes:

> Hi Heath Fans. I have sold items on eBay to Canadian and Europe
> buyers. The Canadian money orders cost me $10 each to have my bank
> cash, the Belgium buyer finally had to send US cach to avoid a $45
> fee to cash the EURO Bank Check, another buyer in Italy was lickier,
> he was visiting Canada so i sent the item there, he  arranged to get it
to Italy.

The moral from my perspective is make sure you indicate in your ad that
the buyer pays
ALL costs associated with the money transfer, PS: Customs opened,
(inspected) one
item and it barely arrived in useable shape, good luck 73's Ken
>
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 09:48:42 -0500 talen <talen at INETPORT.COM>
> writes:
> > >When you list items on ebay, it helps us Canadian folks if you
> would
> > take
> > >the extra 3 seconds it takes to list CANADA as a Region you would
> > >sell/deliver to.
> >
> > >From my  experience (ebay, and this reflector) shipping to us in
> > Canada has
> > >not caused any increased work or aggravation for any of my US
> > colleagues.
> >
> > I agree, in fact shipping worldwide is really not a problem, funds
>
> > transfer with
> > an INTERNATIONAL Money Order, wiring it, or $$ has been absolutely
>
> > no
> > problem (once I figured out what doesn't work well...ANY checks)
> and
> > good
> > packing has not been a problem. I am surprised by the extremely
> high
> > charges for overseas shipping but to Canada is sometimes actually
> > less
> > than to the lower 48.
> >
> > Thanks for the reminder.
> >
> > 73s  Kees K5BCQ
> >
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