Help needed with overseas bidders please

standupifyou

Hi

I've an auction coming to a conclusion today and I've had a query from a potential bidder saying ebay is blocking him bidding from Italy. Can one of you good people tell me how to amend my listing so he'sable to bid?

Thanks

natalieho

Have you got bids on the auction? If you have you cant amend the international bidders bit, but if you havent just go into revise item and the option is at the bottom of the page hth

standupifyou

Thanks Natalie. I've no bids yet (it's a really obscure item) but I still can't amend to accept overseas bids. I've e-mailed my Italian and promised to re-list

justjohn

italy is a pain to post to. I only post there if i can afford to lose it.

Hintza

justjohn wrote: »

italy is a pain to post to. I only post there if i can afford to lose it.

Just to expand on that it is the Italian postal service that is a bit dodgy.

But I have 100% sucess posting to Italy! (oh OK I have only sent one item there...:))

soolin

I did have italy blocked for ages due to their postal service, I have just allowed 2 Italian bidders to buy low end items from me though. Out of interest I have just checked and neither has left feedback yet, and both items were sent over 2 weeks ago. Hop[efully that just means they don't leave feedback routinely, rather than my items have disappeared into the ether yet again.

George666

justjohn wrote: »

italy is a pain to post to. I only post there if i can afford to lose it.

I agree I only send low value items to Italy by this I mean things worth less than £20.
This is due to the postal system there being rubbish.

adam.derry

Not only postal service, their customs is picky too - they will keep the parcel for "inspection" for weeks, and time to time the buyers have to pay extra tax for "importing" items.

Smart_But_Casual

Italy is perfectly fine to send to if you use ISF as they are anal about making sure anything signed for is actually signed for. They are more jobsworth than us then it comes to things like that.

If it's ordinary post, they you pay your money and take your chances!

standupifyou

I'm grateful for the advice. I'm also too embarrassed to tell you what I listed and the trivial amount I'll (hopefully) get when I list it properly next time

theonlywayisup

If you check your preferences tab, you should see the buyers name in the list, if he has attempted to buy, you can exempt his username rather than relist.

My ebay, account, site preferences, show all, buyer requirements activity log, check username, exempt.