There are a number of unfair policies that eBay really should change, but there's one that particularly annoys me because it hurts my attitude not only towards eBay, but towards Americans in general. Anyone here in Canada, or anywhere outside the US for that matter, who has tried to bid on items in the US or contact the sellers, has probably run into this problem. You notice that the seller "Does not ship to Canada", and you decide to ask them nicely if they'll make an exception for you. In many cases they will, or at least will ship to US address on your behalf. But sometimes you try to contact a US seller and get an error message: "Sorry, the seller is not able to accept your messages at this time". Why doesn't eBay just tell it like it is - the seller has blocked your message because you're outside the USA! Since I'm not registered in the US, I don't know exactly what options sellers have but I must assume there must be one labeled "Block communication from non-US members". It's an apparent double standard, as I've never seen an option to block buyers from outside Canada, nor am I aware of any similar policies elsewhere in the world.
It's so ironic that Americans do things like this and then wonder why the rest of the world hates them. Honestly!
A far better option would be to only allow sellers to block foreign bids / purchases, and only block messages from specific members at a time (for harassing them etc.) And to make it perfectly fair for everyone, people in countries outside the US should be given the same filtering options - not that we'd use them though, since we're so much more dependent on them than they are on us.
I suppose I'm just wasting my time to even talk about it, but maybe if enough people voice their gripe the powers that be will start listening. Not that it's ever happened before of course, but it's still worth a try.....
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