"Bill Beam" wrote in message
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Recently went to the home page of EBay and noticed other countries
listed. Went to English site, German, and Spanish. My question is:
Has anyone visited these sites from U.S. computer and bought
something? I was thinking I could get a cool vintage radio that I
might not be able to find over here in the States. I know some US
EBay sellers ship international so I figure it might go the other way.
Could someone that might have done this please help me get started if
it's possible? Is it more "chancy"? Thx

I've never bought anything from the other e-bay sites, but I have bought
things from a couple of vendors in Lithuania, and everything went
flawlessly. The shipping was surprisingly quick and priced reasonably.
These were small packages. Larger packages and different countires might
whole 'nother story. I was able to use the BidPay service, which does
charge a fee, but I don't think the fee is too bad compared to international
bank checks, or whatever they're called. I'd do it again, but if it's a
radio, I'd double check every detail before making any commitments.

I'm sure there's alot of practical expierence at the rec.radio.antique+phono
newsgroup. Might be worth asking there, too.

Frank Dresser