There should be some better way of controlling those that do not really want goods.  I have found it a useful way to sell off some B&O - as far afield as Greece, Spain, Finland  and France. The only problem I had was with an MCP 5500 that I sold to someone in the USA who said it was not mint - but I had described it as good used for an item over 20 years old!  He paid to ship it back across the Atlantic so I was only out by postage.  I had the best of it though as 3 weeks later I sold it for 50% more!!

Had a similar thing happen to me just recently, I was selling a Beogram which someone brought on B.I.N. After waiting over 2 weeks for payment they now don't want it and have offered to pay any relisting fees. Why click on the B.I.N. in the first place though.

Craig🙂 

Tell me about it!

I've had loads of trouble (like everyone else I suspect) with idiot buyers. I don't give them 2nd chances though and immediately

Totally DISAGREE ..............

All you guys know the pro's and cons of EBAY.......................

It works when you know what you're doing and you all have track records....................

Set your auctions correctly and you'll have no problems - i.e. UK sellers, sell in the UK only to people with proven history.

Simply put, you deserve to get burnt selling to some muppet from Mexico - DON'T GO THERE.

You don't whinge at all the positive trades you do.

Count the cash you've made at all the auctions that went your way.

No I don't work for Ebay, but how much would it cost to sell your B&O produce globally -   

Nice one Steve!

I totally agree with you, I have never had any problems, but don't post abroad.

Andy T.

Well, I guess I'm in both Chris's and nikeyboy's camps.

Chris - Yea it's sometimes maddening... I've had international buyers with virtually no English language skills, no Paypal, etc, but have always managed with the utmost patience to eventually works things through. I remember getting my first negative feedback from some muppet who sold me something and then decided it wasn't for sale after all because it went for a low price - I left her negative feedback and she retaliated with negative feedback for me - so I do welcome ebay's removal of neg f/b for buyers .

nikeyboy - Sales to international buyers do work and you definitely get a higher price by doing so. I have sold to Mexico without any problems. Yes you have to be very careful - an essential is to send via a mode that requires a signature on receipt, otherwise you might as well right off what you've just despatched. I agree that for all the moaning I and a lot of others do about ebay and paypal and their charges, there's no real alternative (and even if there was, it would be a damn sight more expensive) for selling items to such a wide market.

Cheers

Nigel