Rude sellers

Question

I feel like sellers in Australia are genuinely rude I asked one seller if she would be willing to ship an item to me since I’m over seas and she said she doesn’t ship overseas I asked nicely and I told her I really wanted the item and she wouldn’t sell it to me and then I asked another seller in Australia that had what I wanted and she also said she wouldn’t ship over seas I told her I really wanted to buy it and I asked nicely like why are sellers so rude in Australia ? Why is is so hard to sim...

kathiec · Accepted Answer

@sunnyli25

If you want to take this to its logical conclusion one could also say it's incredibly entitled to think that all you need do is declare "but I want it" and have a seller declare "oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize you actually want it, of course I'll set aside my business rules and go to a lot of trouble to send it to you."

Translation: It has nothing to do with being rude, it has to do with real life. We all have to live in it, so you might as well get used to dealing with it.

house*of*paws · Answer

@sunnyli25 I would appreciate your opinion on this question: How many times can a buyer continue to contact a seller after being told ‘no’ before that buyer is considered ‘rude’. 🤔

toomuchstuffagain35 · Answer

As an Aussie I can tell you right now, we're known for being "laid back" but keep bugging them with the tone you've shown on here and you'll find out what rude really means.

lacemaker3 · Answer

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kh-tuna · Answer

Hi everyone,

This discussion has gotten a bit heated. Please remember that, while it is fine to disagree with others, discussion should always remain friendly and respectful as required by the Community Guidelines.

Thank you for your cooperation.

pickapaper · Answer

@sunnyli25

Did your mother ever tell you no when you wanted a certain new toy? If she said no, did you tell her you really wanted it (in a nice way, of course) and since you asked her nicely, did she relent and say she would buy you that new toy after all? Or did she continue to tell you no?

albertabrightalberta · Answer

@sunnyli25

By arguing how entitled you are to believe that any seller in any country should sell to you, you are risking your ability to buy from sellers who read this thread which includes many US sellers.

As @momtoabeautifuldaughter said in post 17, many sellers will likely block you because of your argumentative opinion. And many of us posting to this thread are US sellers.

Any seller can choose to not sell to or block any buyer for any reason or for no reason.

krazzykats · Answer

Australians might be hesitant to sell due to all the various fees involved, as listed prices often don’t include tariffs or duties. As of April 5, 2025, a 10% tariff applies to most imports into the U.S. from foreign countries.

Shipments valued over $800 now require formal entry, meaning buyers must pay duties and provide personal details for clearance.

Most goods from Australia will face a 10% tariff when imported into the United States.

Tariff updates on international selling to the US | Seller Centre

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kibble-net · Answer

@sunnyli25 wrote:
Why is is so hard to simply be nice and ship an item someone wants over seas 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒

Not every seller is comfortable with international shipping. Especially if they don't have access to ebay's international shipping program. I don't know if that is something that is available in other countries, including Australia.

Shipping overseas often comes with a high risk of losing the item AND the payment, while being on the hook for shipping costs all the same.

My spidey sense tells me that if your item still hadn't arrived after 2 weeks you'd be asking for your money back, and when the seller told you to please be patient you'd be posting here "why can't sellers in Australia just be nice and give me my money back? <eye roll emoji spam>"

And THAT is why the sellers say "no" to this request.

The world does not revolve around you.

christworks · Answer

@sunnyli25 wrote:
I feel like sellers in Australia are genuinely rude I asked one seller if she would be willing to ship an item to me since I’m over seas and she said she doesn’t ship overseas I asked nicely and I told her I really wanted the item and she wouldn’t sell it to me and then I asked another seller in Australia that had what I wanted and she also said she wouldn’t ship over seas I told her I really wanted to buy it and I asked nicely like why are sellers so rude in Australia ? Why is is so hard to simply be nice and ship an item someone wants over seas 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒

Children aren't allowed on eBay. Surely you must be one considering you think the world revolves around you. But for eBay International Shipping, which I do not believe Australlia has, I would not ship overseas. Well, I might if you pay my $60/hour rate to fill out the customs forms. Somehow I don't think you'd do that, even for an item you "really wanted to buy."

momtoabeautifuldaughter · Answer

It doesn't make someone rude just because they won't change their business plan. They may find it rude that you have even asked

aleiasthings · Answer

I do not ship outside my country either. PERIOD.

pastimpressions · Answer

The seller was not rude merely by choosing locations to which they ship or do not ship.

The buyer was not rude to ask if an exception might be made. Once.

The seller is not obliged to justify where or why they do or do not ship.

IMHO, once you have asked and been answered you move on to ask someone else that might accommodate you. If you have no takers, you have no takers.

I only ship within the U.S. and have had buyers request I ship abroad.

They ask politely and I politely decline stating my shipping destinations/policies.

I take exception to being called rude merely for politely declining a request to alter my shipping profile.

Just a thought.

stainlessenginecovers · Answer

This reminds me of 'A Few Good Men' where Demi Moore 'objects' and then 'REALLY objects' and then ' Really REALLY Object!... then she is told by co-council 'you object once to get it on record, but REALLY object makes you look like an id....."

Even though NOT selling outside of ones country is NOT rude- it is a HUGE risk by the Seller because you could easily say the item is 'not as described' after receiving then they would have to pay you to ship it back and refund you when it is received as well as the item could sit in Customs for WEEKS and then you would be bugging this seller in which they have NO control over that.

But, the REAL reason they are rude is because you use run-on sentences with no stop or start or punctuation.

mattva · Answer

Maybe the sellers have delt with rude buyers in the past from the United States and decided not to ship there anymore.

powell-collectibles · Answer

It really isn’t that simple a lot of sellers don’t want to deal with the hassles and the risks of sending something over to another country. I don’t – I only ship through the eBay EIS program for overseas buyers. I found it just isn’t worth it to do it on my own.

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