I have a Canadian eBay account, why am I , automatically blocked from bidding because the seller will only ship within USA ?

[londoner02]

Why am I blocked from bidding on items because my account is based with a "Canadian address", from sellers who states will only ship within the USA, no international shipping?

I would have like to bid on the items & then,  easily request the item to be ship it  to my American friend who lives the  USA.

This will meet the terms of the seller, since I am a eBay member, using Paypal & shipping within the States.

Why am I block from these bids? 

[dtls1948]

You can also try and contact seller to see if they would consider shipping

to Canada. Some US sellers may say yes, while others may make it clear

that NO means no. I've had both. The main obstacle for the US seller that

does not advertise shipping to Canada is calculating the postage/shipping

as they cannot do it "automaticaly". After the auction, if you win, the seller

will have to take the package to the post office to get the rate.  If they do

then you will be "commited" to pay whatever they charge you. No backing

out of it.