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Help:buyer

Hi
Im selling some shoes and i have had a few people ask to ship abroad and i thought i had posted the questions on the actual item page(it appears at the very bottom). Anyway, someone did bid and i have told them i dont ship abroad. They havnt paid. So i asked to cancel it and sent the request via ebay. They replied:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR BIG CONFIDENCE
You are right to distrust French!!!!

(They put it in red/bold/caps)
So i told them it wasnt anything to do with the french, i just dont ship abroad.

Im worried hes going to be a pain and wont let me cancel. What do i do then? How long do i wait?

How can i ban people from other countries bidding?

Thank you

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  • terra_ferma
    terra_ferma Posts: 5,484 Forumite
    rgay1992 wrote: »
    Hi
    Im selling some shoes and i have had a few people ask to ship abroad and i thought i had posted the questions on the actual item page(it appears at the very bottom). Anyway, someone did bid and i have told them i dont ship abroad. They havnt paid. So i asked to cancel it and sent the request via ebay. They replied:
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR BIG CONFIDENCE
    You are right to distrust French!!!!

    (They put it in red/bold/caps)
    So i told them it wasnt anything to do with the french, i just dont ship abroad.

    Im worried hes going to be a pain and wont let me cancel. What do i do then? How long do i wait?

    How can i ban people from other countries bidding?

    Thank you
    If you go to account/site preferences/postage preferences/exclude postage locations
    you can choose the countries you don't want to ship to.
  • popadom
    popadom Posts: 822 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Thank you.

    Do you have any ideas on how to cancel this transaction-they keep emailing me but i did cancel it via ebay. I think they wont agree.
  • hermum
    hermum Posts: 7,123 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    If they don't agree then you are stuck with a disgruntled buyer. If they're emailing you it doesn't sound as if they will agree so you'll not get your FVF back & they can leave neg FB.
  • mobile48
    mobile48 Posts: 745 Forumite
    Perhaps someone could post a friendly reply in French to send in the hope they change their minds.
  • popadom
    popadom Posts: 822 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    They finally agreed-i have now blocked bids from outside the uk (thanks to terra_ferm explaining it) Thanks
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