Buying an item in canada and asked to ship to the usa

[anderlance]

I did not realize it is against the rules to buy an item and have the seller ship it elsewhere.  I bought an item in New Brunswick, Canada) and paid immediately with an enclosed note to be sent to Massachusetts, USA.

I received this as a reply:  Hi there, thanks for buying my item. Unfortunately, Ebay and Paypal don't allow for sellers to ship items to unverified addresses - doing so results in losing my Seller Protection and is a risk I'm not willing to take. I can only ship to the verified address that Paypal has provided me with.

My question is this; My ebay address is verified why can I not ask the shipper to send the item to another address.  It is actually closer to Massachusetts than it is to me in British Columbia.  I have had items shipped to other addresses before and not problem.  This really puzzles me and any insight would help.  Thank you.

[reallynicestamps]

The seller must ship to the address she is given by Paypal.

You can add about a dozen 'gift' addresses to your Paypal account.

Add the address to your PP account and your seller will be able to ship and retain her protections.