Can a seller refuse to ship to another country thus preventing them from bidding on their item?

[dolldr10]

I wrote a seller that said MAY NOT SHIP TO CANADA to see if they would because I wanted to place the first bid on an item that was ending soon. They said they weren't at this time. I knew they were afraid no one else would bid and it would go to me for a low price but they only got one bid anyway and it till ended up being sold at the really low price, just not to me. I didn't think they could do this.???

[reallynicestamps · Accepted solution]

If you are doing this in future, when you contact the seller, ask if they would ship by First Class International and tell him that this USPS service now includes Delivery Confirmation and can be used for up to four pounds of product.

Many Americans are wary  of foreign sales and are used to very cheap domestic Delivery Confirmation. The DC on FCI is relatively new and needs all the publicity it can get.

[karl*katz]

YES - They can refuse to ship to Canada

YES - They can sell for a low price

[aubreyclay56]

i see a lot of that wont ship to canada from us sellers,kind of ignorant really,i get requests from all over the world,its a little expensive to ship to some countries but if the buyer is willing to pay the shipping costs, i really dont care where the item goes,a lot of us sellers if contacted will ship to canada,but they do hve that choice