Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fair go, Brian. It is always the seller's choice. But it sounds like we are reading about US Post Office inefficiencies, not problems caused by buyers who don't live in the US of A. As always, the seller can choose who they wish to offer their item to. As always the keen and genuine European, Asian or Aussie buyer will sigh and pass on to the next auction if they can't bid on the first item. No question you guys have the bulk of the market. There's a bunch of potential buyers elsewhere as well. Your call if you want to trade. Not terribly polite though, to consider if you want to "waste half an hour" to trade with us foreigners! I'm sure you didn't mean to be rude. Me, I've sent several thousand dollars to various US and Canadian company and individual sellers over the last couple of years (amongst others) and uniformly dealt with genuine and friendly people. All of those fine folk have been paid quickly and without dispute. At this end the items have arrived quickly and the transactions were without problems. I have ignored several fraudulent offers that arrived. Just as every savvy trader will do. Cheers Hoppy, de-facto champion of the global community. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Brian Reid Sent: Saturday, 29 July 2006 20:47 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Just curious >From my point of view this is very simple: it's just time. If I ship a package inside the US, I can drop it off at a FedEx or UPS office, which takes me less than a minute. There are dozens of dropoff points near my home and office. If I ship a package outside the US, I need to wait in line at the Post Office, which always takes at least half an hour, and often more. Half an hour of my time is precious to me, and if I'm feeling busy, and I don't have that half hour to waste, I'll indicate that I don't ship outside the country. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information