US only sales WHY???

Every time I have been asked to ship an item out of the US,
the buyer requested that I declare the value as ZERO dollars which negates any form of insurance. Also the "gift" declaration is another issue which can result in problems such as hangups in customs. Transit times can be very long. I had a buyer get very upset because it took almost 3 weeks for a package to reach Asia. I shipped per his instructions, and he was still unhappy because it took so long. I made this very clear in our communications and he agreed. As another post above stated, I have had only 2 issues with buyers, and both involved international sales and this was due to long shipping times and high shipping costs. It is too much hassle for me personally.

I agree with all of the above comments and can ad in my experience every time I get an international inquiry, it always leads to a discussion about electrical compatibility. That always leads to a lot of wasted effort, and no sales.

Even if you list for US only you still get inquiries from other countries. I just got one from a buyer in Asia with a track record asking if I would ship there and offering to pay with wire transfer. I told him I would for my asking price and never heard back. I received another inquiry from someone in Asia whom I was willing to deal with but I had already sold the item. I shipped a tonearm to Australia last fall. But there are too many buyers like the guy from Hong Kong who "bought" an item from me and never sent the payment. The main thing is having a history of positive feedback. But there are some countries that the Postal Service will simply not offer insurance to. My bank has discouraged me from using wire transfer unless you set up a separate account for it. Has anyone had experience using them? By no means are dud buyers limited to overseas, I recently waited 2 weeks for a payment only to be finally informed that he hadn't sent it and wasn't going to but I can deal with problems here easier than overseas.

Because international law is a bitch!

I sent an item to Spain, within 24 hours of the sale.
It got hung up in Spain Customs for some time and the customer gave me some grief!