"Lucky" wrote in message
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"m II" wrote in message
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Lucky wrote:

I did bid pretty high too. But yes, of course I'm ****ed I didn't win
it
but would have if she kept the auction the way it was represented and
followed her contract. And the next time I see an auction that says US
ONLY I will ask the seller if they will stick to that before I bid.


Good thinking. It's still a sad state of affairs when you have to ask if
someone will stick to the terms they themselves set. Mind you, this
situation can work to your benefit, too. I've told some 'US only'
sellers
that if they would ship to Canada, I'd bid on the item. Out of the three
times I asked, Two said ok. The third said the paper work was too much.
He
was a high volume seller with his hands full as it was. I could see his
point.



mike

Exactly. Perhaps I should have filled everyone on the important details of
this auction and why I'm so ****ed and why it's not just sour grapes. The
auction was for a Lowe HF-150 Europa radio. Here is my last experience
with
a foreign Japanese buyer for a Lowe 150 Europa.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=5751121 391

As you can see it went for $880 from a Japanese collector. You will also
notice I didn't bid on it cause the seller shipped worldwide. This is the
auction where the guy canceled his original auction and relisted it. But
this time he started the bidding at $595 where in the first it was a Buy
it
Now for $597.

This is not the first time I've seen Japanese and foreign buyers paying
way
over what they usually go for and blowing away other buyers. People from
overseas seem to be always willing to buy at very high prices since most
Ebayers won't ship out of the country. So, I always stay away from
worldwide
auctions unless it's a little item like Brenda Ann mentioned. Plus these
foreign bidders money is worth more then our US dollar so they can pay
more
too.

When I finally found another Europa auction, and I saw it was "Ships to US
ONLY" more then 3 times, I jumped on it.
This is what I've been waiting months for.

So, when I lost the auction of course I was disappointed and sad as any of
us would be for this radio. Then, when I saw the winner was a foreign
Japanese overseas buyer, I couldn't believe it. Yes, it made me100 times
more mad to see this happen. The radio would have been mine if that
overseas
buyer wasn't allowed to bid since the seller mentioned TO US ONLY in BIG
print. So I was sure this seller wouldn't accept a foreign bidder.

You have yet to answer the question that has been asked numerous
times.......how do you know the radio was shipped outside the US? The
bidder being from Japan doesn't mean diddly squat.