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I accept that I'm losing customers. It does suck for both of us. So I hate it when people take it personally, as if I'm saying I hate their country by not shipping to them....the 20-40 minutes in the PO on a Saturday TWO cities over just isn't worth it to an occasional individual seller.
How is it personally offensive that people don't want to spend hours and hours trying to deal with international shipping? That's a ridiculous notion. It is a HUGE pain in the USA. It doesn't mean that sellers hate you or your country or consider you and others in your country untrustworthy. Assuming that is making a very, very huge leap.A lot of non-US buyers (not necessarily in ponies, but in general sales) don't even understand customs and get furious at the "extra charge" they have to pay, blaming the seller for being dishonest/cheating them/etc. Buyers don't always understand that yes, that insane shipping price is the real actual price and not something inflated so the seller can make a quick buck. Its not worth the time, effort, and potential trouble/bad feedback for a very minimal amount of money for some people (not just on the Arena but in general) and there's nothing wrong with that.It sucks some people can't buy Pony A from Sally, but there's plenty of other ways to get things. Buy from a different seller, go to eBay, make a friend you trade or "swap" sales with to get exclusives, etc.And honestly, this is a topic about why and how its a pain. Of course people will give their reasons here. If they upset you that much, just don't read them.
But you must agree that some shipping costs, on eBay, are just ridiculously high. When I started using eBay my cousin told me, never to buy from Italy, caise it always gets lost (and he is Italian!), that the sending from UK took a lot longer than from US (which is not true, even if the US are just a week away) and to be careful with the shipping costs, since many people used to charge them higher so that they could make profit about it. I have seen some sales on eBay that prooved me it is true. Selling a pony 5€ plus 25€ on shipping is weird, and that within Europe.
I have seen some sales on eBay that prooved me it is true. Selling a pony 5€ plus 25€ on shipping is weird, and that within Europe.
This was started as a thread for Americans to complain about the US postal system's issues and annoyances with shipping to other countries.
If those problems are so offensive to you when Americans discuss them why did you even open this thread?
A lot of non-US buyers (not necessarily in ponies, but in general sales) don't even understand customs and get furious at the "extra charge" they have to pay, blaming the seller for being dishonest/cheating them/etc. Buyers don't always understand that yes, that insane shipping price is the real actual price and not something inflated so the seller can make a quick buck.
Please stop making assumptions about me. I know what customs are. I know they apply to many countries, and even the US in some rare cases. Do not assume I'm uninformed and don't know what I'm talking about because I'm from the US.
. I think what you don't realise is that even if I send something somewhere other than the US, this custom fee thing can happen. It isn't exclusively a problem between the US and outside.
How do other US sellers deal with mailing internationally? What problems do you encounter?