At 11:34 PM 2/20/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>Herbert,
>
>Sorry about that.  I normally would have no problem's with it, but with all
>the rules we have to follow at the college just to run the auction, adding
>the customs and international shipping is a bit more than they are ready to
>handle right now.  If you have suggestions on methods to handle
>international transactions easily, I'll start to work on them for the
>future auctions and see if I can get the limitation lifted.  I'll at least
>give it a try before all the rest of the stuff goes up on auction.  There
>is so much stuff, our auctions will be going on until at least June.
>
>Thanks
>Scott

For international, USPS shipping only. Payment by international money order
in US dollars only (unless you want to take Paypal). Bidpay might work
well, I just got a payment from a Latvian buyer- it comes in the form
of a locally mailed Western Union money order. Specify that recipient
is responsible for any customs charges from their own country, and that
your responsibility ends when you hand it to the post office (that allows
cheaper shipping), with insurance optional.

Someone will have to take the box to the post office and fill out a
form (the little green sticker or a longer one with basically the same
information) that says what the stuff is, and what it's worth (what was
paid for it, not including shipping). Takes about 30 seconds. If you're
shipping via mail anyway, post 911, it's not that much different, AFAIUI.

International orders have the advantage that you don't have to worry about
collecting sales tax depending on where the buyer is. ;-)

>At 06:41 PM 2/20/04, you wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > My students are running some ebay auctions to raise money for their
>> > Underwater ROV they are building.  Over the next couple of months we will
>> > be running auctions as we are able to get the items together.  Currently
>> > there are over 20 different items up there.  Later on, we will
>> > have a bunch
>> > of Heath Hero robots and components up there.
>> >
>> > Little bit about the ROV, it is 18" w x 18" h x 24" L, it will have five
>> > thrusters, each controlled by a PIC.  The ROV controller will be PIC based
>> > as will the surface controller.  The system will be running on
>> > 48V and have
>> > a current limit of 40 amps.  Multiple low light color cameras, a killer
>> > gripper, distance measurement, temperature and depth measurement and a few
>> > other goodies.  For info on the ROV competition, check
>> > out  http://www.marinetech.org
>> >
>> > All the auctions can be found at
>> >
>> > http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&includ
>> > e=0&userid=eir_club
>>
>>         Too bad you only ship to the states. Considering the wide variety
>>of people
>>on this list you've drastically reduced your potential audience. Too bad.
>>TTYL
>>
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