Selling to someone in another country

You do not need to accept the bid from the "joker-scammer" with no feedback, because you said US-Canada only. However, if there was a high bidder who met your qualifications and who bid above your reserve, then you need to sell to that person. Just because you decided to possibly entertain a bid from someone outside of your stated region, does not mean you have to accept all such bids, especially if your ad states you would not sell outside US-Canada. If you had no other offers, and you want to sell it to the good feedback guy from outside the US, have him post a wanted ad, which you can respond to. That way you can see if he is serious and you can conduct the transaction within the Audiogon system. Piece of cake.

Thanks for the advice, the "wanted Ad" does seem to be a great idea. Cheers.

Another "incident" related to international shipping

I had another ad that specifies "Ship to US Canada Japan" only.
Winner still bids on item despite my email caution of voltage and expensive shipping.
Winner wins auction, then says "out of town, will deal with u when I come back." THEN asks me to ask manufacturer for circuit map to modify voltage.
I did that for the winner as a courtesy.
The winner requested SURFACE SHIPPING (he selected Fedex economy when bidding!) to Europe.
I checked for surface shipping but found out amps too heavy for USPS (70 lbs limit) instead of FedEx Economy.
Winner asked me to dismantle amps to "Make weight"
which I refused after checking how vulnerable amps would be if dismantled (LED and switches and meters).
Lost communication with winner for a few days and then I pinged him with email that asks " am wondering if you would want to proceed with a
straightforward transaction or you'd like to back out. Your response is appreciated..."
Then very shortly afterwards I received a rude nasty-gram accusing me of not wanting to sell to him.
I am not going to post a negative feedback on the guy cos I think he will just sandblast me with negative feedbacks.

I am with Rambone on this one.And buying from another country may be fraught with NAFTA and customs and brokerage issues.But surely selling is just a matter of concluding the deal getting the money agreed on and popping the sucker correctly addressed in the post.Most of my deals have been with Americans and they seem to be honest and easy to get along with people.The only mildly annoying issue I have had was with a chap from the States with massive good audiogon feedback who insisted on using paypal after the deal was concluded and my add having clearly stated money order or personal cheque only.He insisted I call him in person I had to use my cell phone from the algerian sahara as I was at work[this at my expense and I had to drive 50 miles on a sand road to get close to a repeater station]I had marked both items as sold and he backed out of the deal as I refused to use paypal[I dont use credit cards] and I had to relist at a cost of $12.Both items sold the next day to happy purchasers.I didnt leave him negative feedback as I feel sorry for the handicapped and he obviously had a vision problem.

Point of View of Buyer . Well the problems with purchases thru the Net works both way. The past 15mths I have purchased more than 1200Lps thru ebay, audiogon and other sites. 99.5% of the purchases are problem free. Some of the purchases were fr Sellers who quoted USA only. After losing a few LPs, I always asked for USPS airmail parcel or EMS which is trackable and so far has not lose any shipped these manner. Off course if the item is expensive I will ship Fedex or UPS. I suspect a couple of times Sellers did not ship items I won cheap in which I shipped thru normal airmail-non trackable. No recourse for buyer to claim refund. So buyers do face problems as well. If u want to be careful insist on registered mail that is trackable. With such shipping no way buyers can deny not receiving it. Howevr if u insist on shipping with insurance u may not attract bidders fr country with high tax like Malaysia. Tax for CD is 35% + 10%, LP 10%, pre/power /cable 25% + 10% (?). Couple with high shipping cost, it will certainly refrain me fr buying. A single LP airmail parcel cost abt USD15-20 depending on Sellers.
To prevent unnecessary problems it will help to quote shipping charge at site to prevent future dispute on high shipping charge particular for buyers fr Asia. If u were to watch bidding carefully u do noticed that generally auctions that allow worldwide shipping do attract higher bids. There are a lot of crazily high bidders fr Asia esp Taiwan (strong currency I suppose). If selling thru the Net is yr way of doing biz, it certainly make sense to allow worldwide bidding. As for paypal fees been high just charge buyers 4%. If I want somethg I will pay for the small fees. I hope this feedback will help some Sellers to sell worldwide with confidence. A con is a con whether they are fr USA or the rest of the world. There are conman all over the way. Just be careful