Selling to someone in another country

There is really no difference as far as the item arriving in good/bad shape, assuming you don't "cheap out" on the shipping and packing. Yes, more complicated rules and precautions to be followed. so a lot of sellers just don't want to be bothered.

For me, as long as the buyer is willing to pay all the shipping/packing/customs/insurance costs, I'm good with it.
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Language barriers, trust, time zones, customs, VAT, shipping arrangements, shipping costs, currency exchange, fraud, et al.
I don't have many completed overseas transactions but I have logged many hours emailing and researching failed efforts. I've had a couple of offers from Asia where all goes well with the arrangements until time to pay ....... then the downward negotiation begins. I, for one, would rather not bother.

Macrojack,

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I've had a couple of offers from Asia where all goes well with the arrangements until time to pay ....... then the downward negotiation begins. I, for one, would rather not bother.

I've had similar experiences, what is it with that?

Do they put us through mental gymnastics, hoping the time already invested will force us to accept a low ball offer?

My favorite is accepting a reduced price on goods and after quoting the shipping at my EXACT cost, no extra's for time, packing materials or driving to shipping office, the response is: "Shipping too high, I won't pay."

Perhaps we should take buy out FedEx and change the rates?

I've sold to Europe, Australia, and the U.S. with no problems at all. Sure there's a small amount of paperwork, takes about 10 minutes all told (which is nothing compared to the time it takes me to pack for safe shipment). World Wide Web, lots of potential buyers all over the globe and if they're willing to pay me for the item including shipping, I'm happy to do the deal.

Being Canadian I don't try to purchase items listed here as "U.S. Only", shame cuz there's a lot of cool stuff I would buy if I was invited to by the seller.