Shopping On Worldwide EBay Question
 

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

Many of the sellers on the UK sites for old hand tools (which I collect)
quote US shipping and US prices. I don't believe it to be any more risky
than when I ship stuff from the states (i'm in the UK). Just do all your
normal checks, seller rating etc. I can't see any reason not to purchase
worldwide, although I think you'll notice bulky objects get expensive to
have shipped. This applies equally to old radios as it does to tools/

Remember old tools work everywhere, English electronics (for example) use
240V AC, so if you are buying radios you need to work out how to power them.

Just a few thoughts.
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"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

"Bill Beam" wrote in message
...
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