possible euro schillers

Carew29

I thought i might be getting schilled on a recent auction as the bidder had that wonderful word (private) next to his ebay name. When i put his name in to see what he was currently bidding on ( expecting to see lots of the sellers auction) this is what i received from ebay below.....

Not possible
Privacy laws in some European countries do not allow us to pass on information involving bidders from those countries. If you want to find all auctions this user has bid on, please contact the user directly by email.

O.k. ---'Excuse me sir, are you schilling the auctions i am bidding on?

zenlaw007

That almost sounds made up. How can they be serious with that kind of response?

On the topic of international bidders, has anyone had any positive experiences? I had an auction up recently and received an email asking what the shipping would be to the UK. I was charging around $9 for domestic. I responded (not knowing what rates are and not wanting to be bothered) with $35. I was promptly told where I should go and for me to rot there. Nice fellow.

XanaduNow

<< <i>That almost sounds made up. How can they be serious with that kind of response?

On the topic of international bidders, has anyone had any positive experiences? I had an auction up recently and received an email asking what the shipping would be to the UK. I was charging around $9 for domestic. I responded (not knowing what rates are and not wanting to be bothered) with $35. I was promptly told where I should go and for me to rot there. Nice fellow. >>



If you don't mind me asking, what were you shipping?

Arthur

Guru

My favorite is when you specifically say U.S. and Canada only on shipping and then people from everywhere start asking how much shipping will be. LEARN TO READ! I actually had someone in Greece tell me they were american (although their english sentence structure was horrible) and wanted to know if they could be charged the domestic rate to send to Greece since they actually had residence in the U.S.. I was like, "Um...no."
I do not ship anywhere but domestically and Canada for those reasons.
And don't feel bad; I've been called so many names by foreigners also.

storm888

If I were PMd the suspected shiller's ID, I could try a test using
a UK account, or other means.

On the foreign shipping:

If I do not know you as a previous customer, I can no longer
ship out of the US. I know I lose alot of orders, but the
extra bother is just not worth it to me.

The PayPal issues forced me to use Global Express on foreign
orders and it is close to $20.00. I thought that number sounded
mean-spirited to shoppers, so I just stopped doing it all together.

I still ship to everybody I have sold to b4 my "policy" change;
they just email me, and EBAY gets left out.

storm