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International bidders bidding on my non-international item
hello, I have this item up for bidding, but I shut off all international sales and bidding, I even put in the description that I do not accept international shipping or bidding. I now have a bidder from Mexico who also has zero feedback on their account and has the winning bid currently. I would prefer not to take down the listing but if I'm still receiving international bidding, I might have to. I did double check my selling preferences and shipping preferences and it has excluded all international shipping, including Mexico. any idea what I could change to fix this? thanks!
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woodland_gnome
·2 years agoYou are not under any obligation to ship anywhere you didn't agree to ship. The buyer can only pay if s/he gives a shipping address in a location you've set up to ship to. If s/he does (many international buyers use forwarding services or friends or family in the US) your obligation is to deliver the item as described to that address, any forwarding from there voids the Money Back Guarantee. If s/he doesn't you can cancel for non-payment after 4 full days.
You are free to cancel any bid (all bids by that bidder on that auction are removed) up until the auction ends for just about any reasons (verboten reasons have to do with schemes to evade eBay fees) including that you don't want to deal with an international buyer (your fees are higher with them to cover extra payment costs). You do not have to end the listing after cancelling bids (and in fact that is discouraged by a hefty fee for doing so).
S/he was able to bid/buy because either s/he has a Primary Shipping Address in the US or you didn't set your Buyer Requirements to block those with PSAs in a location you don't ship to (the default for all Buyer Requirements is OFF; you can turn it on now and check the option to apply the change to current listings).
migu_1615
OP2 years agook, makes sense, ill triple check my settings to make sure it all applies. so your saying that i can cancel their bid for practically any reason? thanks!
house*of*paws
Mentor2 years agoHi @migu_1615
The buyer probably is using a US address to have items shipped to ... which would make it a domestic sale.