Forum Etiquette

[alanint]

Originally Posted by NoncomRetired

I insist that it be sent registered and sometimes insured and I send registered overseas, stateside, I send UPS registered whenever possible. I don't like sending overseas because of all the damn customs forms that have to be filled out too.

The problem with the evil Ebay/PayPal axis is that they will immediately side with the buyer and even presenting video of the UPS driver personally handing the seller the package won't get you your money back if the seller claims he did not receive it.
My contacts presented SIGNED receipts, with the buyers signature clearly on the slip and the buyers claimed it was not their signature. (How often have we all just scrawled gibberish on the driver's pad when we received something? And still got the package? The security is a joke and buyers know this).

It is even worse for our military/gun related hobby, which Ebay/PayPal has made clear they are not sympathetic to.
A US buyer is someone you can still reach out and touch through the law, if necessary. Are you really going to go after someone in a distant place like Australia for a couple of hundred bucks?
Crooked buyers there know this and actively troll ebay for stuff they would like to receive for free.

I too will no longer ship to Australia unless the buyer is vouched for.