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Purchasing

Hello all,

I'm Canadian and have in the past noticed Americans are less likely to purchase products I've attempted to sell from Canada. I've never understood this as I've been purchasing from America over ebay and other sites like Audiogon for 20 years. I've sent my money before seeing the actual goods just as everyone does when buying on line. 99.99% of the time everything is as stated and all is good. Such as on-line shopping should be. And now its even better with PayPal making purchasing like full-proof/safe.

Now I live in Thailand (three years now) and have several listings with hundreds of views each but no buyers. I know my pricing is good to great (I just lowered my pricing) but no one will buy. I even have included free shipping.
My question is,,, is it a wast of my time to sell from Thailand on this site? Does anyone know of a service where a firm takes care of selling used or new products on line for others?
I think its clear I'm a little frustrated with no buys,,, especially when I've been the buyer from other countries for 20 years and see little to no risk in it, and have found great buys that could not have been had in my own country at the time.
I'd just like to know what's going on.

Thank you,
thairon
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mapman
22,210 posts
 
The further an item is shipped and the more handling involved by multiple parties during shipping the bigger the risk of damage. When I buy larger more fragile items of value I look to minimize shipping distance within the U.S. even to minimize chances of damage in shipping. I might buy certain smaller less fragile items from overseas and have from Canada as well. Just a general rule of thumb for me.
unsound
7,329 posts
 
IME, should something go wrong, international law can be a bitch. I only do deals within the U.S.A..
dopogue
1,773 posts
 
For some reason, I've had more problems (as both buyer and seller) dealing with shipping to/from Canada than anywhere else. I can get something from China or Eastern Europe in way less time. It does tend to make me gun shy about our Northern neighbor.
tweakmenow
35 posts
 
Concerning your present Thailand selling experience, your zero feedback is not doing you any favors...
mcbuddah
93 posts
 
I had just one transaction with a Canadian. I responded to a WTB ad for a Magnum Dynalab Signal Sleuth. I had one that I had not needed since moving from the country to a Metro area. We decided to trade the Sleuth even up for some miscellaneous stuff from his junk drawer, the best item being a set of Furutech AC connectors. Due to some kind of Canadian VAT or something, the transaction cost each of us more than $85 in fees assigned to get through customs. Besides that, the shippng time from Saskatchewan to the border took less than a week but the time in customs, etc. took more than a month.

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