International bidders...

orchidpepper

Hi guys,

I'm back selling on ebay after a looooong break

Have advertised a batch of things and within 2 days I have had 3 requests for international postage amounts....

Possible scam? Am I being too suspicious? If genuine where is the best website for postage rates.

Thanks in advance

Gx

lindseykim13

whats wrong with that then? i get lots of requests for postage costs to various countries and i even pre-fill the european ones.
postage costs from rm http://sg.royalmail.com/portal/rm/PriceFinder?catId=23500532&gear=pricingcalc

orchidpepper

Thanks Lindsey

you put it in perspective for me there, I was getting a bit worried...

Thanks again x

soolin

Over half my items go overseas and without them my business would not be able to survive.

However, I limit my sales to Europe (excluding Italy) , The US , Canada , Australia and sometimes Asia and the Far East. I don't sell worldwide alhtough I do often open my listings to individual buyers from 'other' countries if they contact me and they look OK and don't set off my scam radar.

Jackinbox99

Ive posted stuff all over the world recently. I think its because the pound is so week people dont mind paying for the postage as they still get the item cheaper than it costs in their own countries.

I just use the royal mail price finder which is on the royal mail website to calculate postage for overseas.

jammin_2

soolin wrote: »

Over half my items go overseas and without them my business would not be able to survive.

However, I limit my sales to Europe (excluding Italy)..

Can I ask why you exclude Italy? Just curious.

fridayschild_2

jammin wrote: »

Can I ask why you exclude Italy? Just curious.

You'll find a lot of sellers do. Their postal service is notoriously bad aparently and things 'go missing' a lot.

I have only sold to Italy once. I posted on the Friday as soon as he paid and on Monday he was on to me saying "I haven't had it yet!" Put me off rather but maybe he was just a niggly buyer anyway regardless of origin.

soolin

jammin wrote: »

Can I ask why you exclude Italy? Just curious.

They do seem to have a real issue with processing stuff through their systems and a higher than average percentage of items just get lost en route.

jammin_2

fridayschild wrote: »

You'll find a lot of sellers do. Their postal service is notoriously bad aparently and things 'go missing' a lot.

Didn't know that. Thanks.

macfly

Nor did I. As a former postmaster, we never had any indication Italy was dodgy. Poland, Jamaica and of course Nigeria - but not Italy.
I have recently sold three items there, all arrived and the buyers eamiled me to tell me.

itsnotfair_2

I get requests for international postage costs every day. Bring it on I say. It means your items are getting noticed. I sell all over the world every week and don't exclude any country, losses and conmen are all over the world. It's a risk we take when choosing to sell online for a living.