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My 2nd and last global shipment program sucks
 

I am not sure why people from other countries think it's ok to win an auction they bid on for 7 days and then start a ? and answer dialogue. LIke how long to Germany what's this and what's that before I pay.
That's not how it works. Not to mention I don't care for ebay saying I can't send an invoice to a global shipping buyer. Why? That's ridiculous. I forgot so is eb.
I'm done, the 1st AU buyer said the item was mfg. defective (it wasn't, I check each item b4 ship) and sent me some pic that did not show anything and then negotiates a 30% discount. I would not have had possession of my item for a month if I did that and they know it. They lurk, buy at lo price and then want to negotiate better price. It's not that kind of party. I'm done after 2 sales I think.
Ther are probably even bigger objections I am not even aware of.

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Agreed. Too many horror stories w/ this Global Shipping Program for me. Less hassle + less stress = happier me.


http://www.aspkin.com/forums/shippin...g-program.html


I stayed for away from it and never opted in based on many other's take on it.

Less hassle + less stress = happier me.

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Thanks, I agree especially when I can have up to $50 cost for my item. Can anyone offer some advice as to how to get out of this German sale before he pays me over 24 hours and still asking questions. I know what I would like to tell him but won't.

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Rough to hear OP - perhaps negotiate a reason for avoiding the sale and cancel this transaction. Could be problems later on down the road e.g. "I didnt receive the item! Why is this XXXX wrong with it? I want my money! Blah blah"

(Apologies joesshooze - I did read the post but badly worded - did not mean for refund - you're right)

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rsot now you prove what I suspected. Please re read what I wrote. It says he hasn't paid me yet. "HASN'T" being the operative word here.
I am still worried about negative feedback. I know how to get out of it for sure. Here on Aspkin if I am open minded I learn more than I know and that's why I am here.

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You're right about negative feedback but I am not a fan of shipping to these kind of people - his questions back and forth AFTER an auction has ended? He COULD be feeling buyer's remorse and trying to find his own way to justify NOT paying...

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I refuse to sell to any other Country other than the U.S. and Canada. No if's or but's.

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The 1st thing he did after end of auction was to ask the model number when these are sold by trade name. So I told him he could maybe be best served buying from Neiman Marcus .com for 3x the price. and I offered him to cancel the sale with no response. This was a rapid dialog so he disappeared from it. If I can control my greed I will just say I scratched them when I took out of packing to get the model number. And that has happened but not 2x in my life.

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Selling globally used to be lucrative but not anymore. Thses types of buyers see usa sellers as a whopping post and beat away at us.

I stopped years ago and give it a try last year and ran into idiots who did the professional buyers thing of "hey this item is blue and not navy blue and I want to return it" crap. Knwoing the cost is high to ship a five pound box back and expect me to pay for it.

No more for me. Like mm I get enough sales from the usa and canada and don't need global sales.

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I did it once earlier this year, had a great transaction but vowed never to do it again.

The risk of fraud is too great.

I keep getting a buyer that 'insists' that its soooooo easy to ship to his country and he can 'walk me through it' but changes his ebay ID once a month...

Its a waste of time for me.

The only way I ship internationally now is if they come to meet me for a pick up with cash. :thumb:

Re: My 2nd and last global shipment program sucks
 

On the ball with the wrong replies again?

When are you going to stop and proof read?

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When you first mentioned this program I told you straight to avoid it.

It was not to deprive you of sales but to help you protect your account.

The program suxs.

Until you have a strong flourishing account, your sales are better to be USA only. Even avoid Canada.

I am so sorry this happened. It is something to be expected, however.

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How many days since end of sale?

Do not feed him any more rubbish or put words in his mouth for SNAD.

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Agree with GB - dont give him ideas of paying and doing a SNAD on you - end the communication with this guy and avoid the sale.

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Cancelled the sale told him it was scratched and he agreed. rsot, no worries we all make mistakes. Overseas no more I go not.

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Thanks joe - it happens to us all, more so for me it would seem but we move and not make a big point about it

Update to my 1st global sale
 

Now I really know I hate the global shipping prog. The 1st buyer I had was German also and has opened a case because he says the retail box my item comes in was a little worse for wear after receiving. The actual item is protected like Fort Knox inside but this happens and I offer double box for a price which he opted out for. This is the killer when I go to answer the case when I click respond it take me to German website which I had to log into all in German with no translation and I looked plenty because I didn't believe this was happening. How does eb expect me to respond to anything in German? He didn't buy it in German. I don't want to even think if it was in Chinese or Cyrilic (Russian). The buyer answered me in Great English everytime so I contacted him and just issued the refund through my U.S. PP acct. This makes no sense to me what so ever.

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I agree with Sandy almost 100%. I use to ship overseas all the time and had a few problems but the profitability outweighed the risk. Now I refuse to ship outside the for the most part. Select items I will ship to Canada and about 6 European Countries I have never had a problem with. Other than that it just got to be too many headaches.

Not mention the Yankee Dollar has sunk so much against the other currencies its a double whammy when you get hit with one of these buyers. You get dinged with the high shipping cost you had to eat and then whatever the product is.

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I did the overseas on my original account and was just a huge target for scammers an didnt realize till a month latter when cases rolled in.

Now I stick to only the 48 continuous states and that's it, plenty of sales and tracking says delivered 2-3 days after shipping no more of those headaches

It's a shame for new sellers on ebay , it seems great to wake up to $1000 in sales , with ebay even pushing it u think its safe until all the scams come in