[78-L] "Buy It Now!"

[David Lennick]

Not really sure which of the possibilities mentioned was the trigger, and it 
hasn't occurred for a few years now, but as I say, I've had a US mailing 
address since 1994 and have used it 99% of the time, the exceptions being the 
few eBay items I've found in Canada or Europe (which I avoid because shipping 
ends up costing 4 times the purchase price). However, my AMEX card has a 
Canadian address so that might have been a factor. Still, it happened only 4 or 
5 times and in each case, the seller had a "no sales outside the US 
restriction" on his profile.

dl

On 11/9/2010 9:36 AM, goldenbough at arcor.de wrote:
>
> .
> David,
> I doubt that it is your Canadian email addy that triggers the ban. The reason being that it works
> well for me with all my email addresses being in Germany. So, if your default shipping address
> is a U.S. address anyway, then it may have to do with the link to PayPal.
>
> In fact, what I do in order to be on the safe side - before bidding or activating a snipe, I change
> both my eBay AND PayPal shipping address to be the address for the 'right' country.
>
> However, eBay has made so many changes lately - especially with the seller settings for international
> sales -  that I fear it's nearly impossible to figure out all the options for the technical viability.
>
> AFAIK, you can now opt out 'buyers from certain countries' or 'buyers with an address I do not ship to' -
> which, of course, is not the same. So, maybe you encouter this kind of embargo.
>
> Have you tried registering a separate eBay purchasing account with your U.S. shipping address as
> the Home Address? If this is viable, then you simply link it to your usual PayPal account for payments.
> You can even have your eBay and PayPal accounts 'verified' with your U.S. address, if you manage to
> get a U.S. bank account with your U.S. address! (I have just opened a bank account with HSBC in NYC,
> with online banking and debit card)
>
> It suffices to 'rent' a U.S. shipping address through a 'mail forwarding service'.  One finds a ''mail
> forwarding service'' on eBay by searching for this combination of words. Some of them are inexpensive,
> like $5.oo per shipment plus original USPS First Class postage.
>
> Benno
>
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