Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> The main points, as far as I've
> found out are :
>
> 1. I explain that I *only* pay using founds on my PayPal
>    acount. Never "CC-founded", that I know that most
>    US based sellers conciders as a potential (intl.) problem.
>
> 2. I ask them to check my excellent 100% positive 3 year
>    old eBay feedback. :-)
>
> 3. I clearly state that I take the full risk of loosing
>    something in the mail. I've so far not lost anything,
>    either using airmail or surface mail.

Another reluctance may be that it's much more a pain in the butt to send
something outside the country than domestic.  For domestic priority mail I
can use the click and ship feature of the USPS web site.  That means I can
print a shipping label and pay for postage on line, then just dump the
package at the post office without standing in line.  Click and ship never
seems to work right for international shipments.  I have to go to the post
office, stand in line, fill out both addresses by hand 3 times, customs
information, etc.  Some folks may have concluded it's just not worth it, or
would have to charge too much shipping if they include their full cost,
including time and hassle at the post office.

Unfortunately I don't know of a good answer.  I now print both addresses
three times on small labels in the office which I can just stick to the
forms at the post office, but it took me a while to think of that and get
used to doing it.


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