Do you need a PH.D. to understand my listings?

[phoebescollectables]

For the last three years I have included shipping costs in my listings. I would say
Shipping/Handling is:
Ontario/Quebec $x.xx
Rest of Canada $x.xx
US $x.xx

Not once did I get a question about shipping costs to the US!!!

This week I decided to spruce up my listings. Instead of saying Canada or the US I substituted the appropriate flag. In the first 24 hours I have had 2 inquiry's about shipping costs to the US!!!

Am I taking too much for granted?

[mevans_dot_net]

Which leads me to wonder ... if these people go to a restaurant and there's a little girl figure on one door and a little boy figure on the other ...

[shooger]

Plain text, gooooood.
Symbols, baaaaaad.

Stop confusing the poor dumbasses of the world. Use plain text! 😄

PS: Have you had any inquiries from Canadians yet? 😉

[eserafini]

LOL

[shoplineca]

Why not put in the face of GW Bush instead of the US flag?

Malcolm

[phoebescollectables]

I couldn't take it anymore so I revised the listings I could to add the initials US. Hopefully that will help!!!

[systemagic]

They're probably misinterpreting "U.S." as "us". Take it away and they wonder "Where'd we go?".

[fenian]

The little rooms at the back of a restaurant in Ireland have "Fir" and "Mna" written on them. Now, as a guy, I'd think "Mna" was just a bad spelling day.......nope.... the guys use "Fir", and the ladies use "Mna". Wonder how our neighbours make out when they travel abroad ....... Fenian

[gloriaguides]

A PhD doesn't help.....I still don't understand! (just kidding!). Forget the fancy and give 'em plain english. That way if they are actually reading your listing, they'll understand. However, I get more inquiries from Canadians than from Americans.....are people in ON special or illiterate? 95% of the inquiries I receive are about shipping to somewhere in ON, where Canadian postage is specifically stated in my auctions.

[momosworld]

"Why not put in the face of GW Bush instead of the US flag?"

LMAO!!!

[shoplineca]

How about the back of Martin's head for Canada?

[phoebescollectables]

When I first started selling on eBay, I thought I would be cute and list my location as Bytown instead of Ottawa. But then it dawned on me that too many people would think I was dense and didn't know how to spell buytown.