10-22-2013 05:07 PM
Hi everyone. I had a buyer in Australia "buy" a DVD I had listed as Canada/USA only with free shipping to both countries. Since I did not obviously have shipping to Australia on the item I got a request for an invoice with the shipping cost from them. I sent them the invoice with shipping to Australia and mentioned that the DVD was region 1 and may not play there. Haven't heard back from them yet. I have my eBay settings set to block buyers who "Have a primary shipping address in countries that I don't ship to". So how was this person registered in Australia with an address there able to "buy" my item? I think my settings are all correct.
10-22-2013 05:11 PM
just speculating but maybe they have a north america address, a friend or relative perhaps. they used that address to purchase the item. after buying, they then changed the address in ebay to their real australian address. i had someone do this to me before to circumvent higher overseas shipping costs
10-22-2013 05:34 PM
Hi - Thanks for your input! Yes, I thought of this as a possibility, as it does happen occasionally. Will wait and see when they respond to my invoice email what the address is.
10-22-2013 07:10 PM
the buyer blocks randomly disappear when relisting items that had them set
10-22-2013 07:14 PM
Hi - Is that an new eBay "bug"? Never had that happen before.
10-22-2013 07:15 PM
yes, been mentioned on .com boards over past couple months and ive seen it on my own
10-22-2013 07:36 PM
This happened to me recently too.