My view on “Conus Only” is that folks don’t feel comfortable fibbing about value, risking an uninsured shipment or making price concessions to compensate for shipping and import fees.
Mine is that they are simply too lazy to fill out a form.
My view on “Conus Only” is that folks don’t feel comfortable fibbing about value, risking an uninsured shipment or making price concessions to compensate for shipping and import fees.
I won’t. I’m happy to ship anywhere in the world, but I won’t commit fraud to save- even a friend- a couple bucks. And a friend wouldn’t ask another friend to do that.
Oh, and I had to explain to a Fed-ex/Kinko’s clerk that “The Netherlands” is not Neverland and is a real place.
I noted some time back that selling things on eBay, you get messages from Europeans saying “would you accept (40% of your asking price) and list it as being worth $25 on the customs forms?” as if the second part of that request were a grand gesture on their part. It’s like they’re offering to take it off your hands if you’d just do them the favor of smuggling it across the border.
I noted some time back that selling things on eBay, you get messages from Europeans saying “would you accept (40% of your asking price) and list it as being worth $25 on the customs forms?” as if the second part of that request were a grand gesture on their part. It’s like they’re offering to take it off your hands if you’d just do them the favor of smuggling it across the border.
Sellers can decide where, and to who, they want to sell their property. No need to call people lazy because they have decided they would rather sell to a 330,000,000 person market rather than shipping internationally. Their choice. Those that are comfortable selling, or buying, internationally are free to do so. That's how free market capitalism works.
If the buyer refrains from all the toxic behaviors I listed, then yes…lazy.
I don't think that "Europeans" have any sort of monopoly on this kind of behaviour...at least based on my experiences.
I wouldn’t say anyone has a monopoly on that behavior. I also didn’t say anyone had a monopoly on that behavior. I
would say that eBay is a particularly large platform and even if only a small minority of buyers and sellers use obnoxious tactics, it’s still an awful lot of people.
@eugeneandresson …Are you seriously suggesting that asking someone to commit fraud on your behalf or take a hit because of import fees isn’t toxic?
Wasn’t there something a while back where 75% of Americans didn’t know where half the world is on a map….
Of course, this is obvious. No one even has to have a reason not to sell somewhere...
No, but you singled them out for some reason. No one is saying that there isn't a lot of them - trust me I have dealt with them from all over the world.
whatever behavior any of you claim to be up on a tall horse about, is statistically as prevalent in CONUS as EU. Its all moot.
Can you point out to me, in my carefully and clearly worded text, where this was suggested? I was pretty clear in my communication, I think, with no space between the lines to read anything other than the lines themselves.
The point that I made is, based on all the EU bashing (I don't live in the EU) : ITS EVERYWHERE, based on first hand experience, and statistical probability. And more importantly, its moot (IMHO) to the subject of this thread.
