[Milsurplus] ebay bullsh*t from certain folk

[Peter Gottlieb]

I don't know what the story is with that guy but I do know that I bought 
a bunch of stuff from DRMO and I had to sign an agreement that it could 
not be sold outside of the US without prior approval in writing.  And 
good luck getting that.

I have also shipped several non-regulated items overseas and it is not 
quite as easy as just filling out another form.  In one case UPS told me 
I had weighed the item wrong and assessed me a hefty surcharge.  The 
only problem was that I had brought the box in and their own counter 
personnel weighed it.  That took hours on the phone to straighten out.

There is enough overhead in shipping to begin with.  Adding overseas 
just makes it not worth it for some people.

I have actually come to the conclusion it is more economical to throw 
unneeded stuff in the trash than to bother selling it on eBay, unless it 
is of significant value.  My time has to count for something!

Peter


Military1944 at aol.com wrote:
> "Redistribution of the August J.Link archive by August J.Link. Stay tuned for the next few years. Shipment to USA addresses only."
> 
> seems this traders words are not quite so, as he's just sold his latest two items to a UK dealer, after he had emailed his refusale to take offers from another UK buyer. 
> 
> Just what is it with this "will not post outside US" mentality?
> 
> Just offered to buy another guys item. When asked if he'd take bids and ship to UK got a cock and bull story about him being too busy to mess with foreign posting, even though it takes the same time to hand a package over the counter for delivery to Timbukto as to Texas, and that there were exportation laws re military gear. The kit in question was a Russian 1950's bit of junk, hardly just stolen from your sacred Langley !  When this was pointed out his second line of excuse was that the package was already at the UPS depot..... even though the bidding was still taking place. 
> 
> Inward looking or what !
> 
> QM. 
> 
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