It has to be noted: Several people has demanded that Amuricans get off of eBay and use some local business.

eBay is an American Company, so what are all you furringers doing using it.

Yeah, it has separate branch offices in lots of places....

21 spitball salute, wave the flags, play the lousy music.

Obviously: JUST KIDDING!

As has been discussed, especially by Joe O., a lot of Americans simply don't think in terms of markets outside the US when they post offers to sell, and have no idea what additional things are required in order to ship elsewhere and to deal with money exchanges across borders. It's reasonable to expect anyone making a business of selling on eBay to know what's involved and to accomodate international sales and shipping; but it's also understandable that less knowledgeable individuals are going to get a warm pair of pants just thinking about it.

Trading across borders is very common, I understand, in lots of places; but it just doesn't happen much for many of the locals here.

It is also possible that the specific individual originally cited may have run into that one bad guy somewhere in Europe, so it's really his choice to decline the risk of trying it again. I'd be inclined to "not take it personally."

Just by way of "conversation," I did find Wiki eBay sort of interesting. Since I haven't done any dealings on eBay, I don't know if it's accurate; but it's got a fair amount of opinionating.

John