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.???

[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