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So Cal Joe.
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11/26/2017 at 10:37 pm #27120
I just sold a pair of high priced shoes. The buyer is in Thailand. He has a ship to address in CA. She will sign. Am I protected from a credit card charge back?
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11/26/2017 at 10:52 pm #27125
As long as it’s the address that comes up when you print the shipping label and it’s confirmed through Paypal, you should be fine.
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11/26/2017 at 10:54 pm #27126
Thanks So Cal Joe!
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11/27/2017 at 8:24 am #27140
it might be a warehouse shipper/forwarder or a family member that will bring it with them when they visit. as joe says, ebay will back you up if that’s the address they have in ebay/paypal.
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11/27/2017 at 9:32 am #27145
I deal with these places all the time. Only had one issue where an item that I sent to California ended up with someone in Vietnam and either the freight forwarder or customs opened a sealed collectors item. The buyer wanted me to pay shipping back from Vietnam which was about 10x the items value. eBay sided with me that they used a forwarder and weren’t covered beyond the shipment to California.
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11/27/2017 at 9:51 am #27149
Yep. In eBay’s eyes, you’re selling to the address in California. Whatever happens between them and their buyer is not your problem.
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11/27/2017 at 9:57 am #27151
Thank you everyone. Good info to know!
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11/28/2017 at 11:24 am #27353
I would suggest investing in signature confirmation, just to protect yourself. Most reshipping companies are fine, but I had one in California that tried to scam me and filed a Paypal case saying I shipped them an empty box. The actual buyer was in Korea. It was a mess that might have been avoided with signature confirmation.
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11/28/2017 at 7:06 pm #27453
Yes I would only send it if someone was there for a signature confirmation
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11/29/2017 at 8:12 am #27511
Can I ask how you were made aware that the buyer is in Thailand but with a US based address?
I have a potential buyer that has a private account which says it is based in the US. His name is Asian and he wanted to buy a lot of 8 items from me. I just wanted to protect myself in case…
Thank you.
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11/29/2017 at 8:23 am #27512
I’m confused by people’s fear of selling to someone overseas with a US address.
–eBay only recognizes the account that has your item shipped to the US. What happens after that is not your responsibility.
–As long as your tracking says the item was successfully delivered to the US, you’re covered.
–If someone from overseas contacts you about a complaint on the item, you ignore it. That’s not the person who bought it from you.Or don’t sell overseas so we can have more of that business to ourselves 🙂
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11/29/2017 at 3:11 pm #27593
I had a chargeback through the credit card that the person purchased it through 5 1/2 months later. Although I did have a tracking number, eBay only stores them for so long. They first claimed they didn’t like and wanted their money back, but keep the item. When that failed, they said it was never delivered. PayPal for some reason didn’t have the full tracking number. The credit card company sided with them. So I was out over $300. You maybe covered through eBay’s buyer protection. Yet they can still fight it with their credit card company.
Ryanne said to check your emails to find tracking number. Yet this was quite awhile after it happened. Never dawned on me 🙁
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11/29/2017 at 3:04 pm #27591
When sale was completed, it said his eBay name and country he was based in. Then when he paid, it was a California address to ship it to.
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11/29/2017 at 10:10 pm #27638
If you click on the buyer’s User Id or feedback, it should tell you what country they are from.
You won’t know their shipping address, until the purchase is made. Sometimes people will come here on vacation and buy things. They will change their shipping address to their hotel or other place they are staying.
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11/29/2017 at 9:13 am #27520
It helps to have your input Jay, which is why this blog is so invaluable to people like us that are just starting out. This overseas stuff does make me feel nervous but like all things I assume that will smooth out over time. I am certainly more confident today than I was three months ago.
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11/29/2017 at 11:09 am #27552
There are businesses in the US that only freight forward stuff to foreign countries. I sold a semi rare lego set to someone in China, but it was sent to a forwarder in California first. The forwarder even had a website set up that was all in Mandarin.
I believe there are also companies that will order stuff for non English speaking people on US sites like ebay and later forward the products.
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11/29/2017 at 7:17 pm #27604
I have an Asian buyer now in Lompoc CA that wants a large order… I am going to get signature and tracking. He has great ratings on Ebay and has had an account since 2005. Jay seems to think there is nothing to worry about so I am working on not worrying… easier said than done.
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11/29/2017 at 7:29 pm #27625
Like I said, the more eBay sellers afraid of shipping overseas means more money for me. But eBay even has a program to take out the confusion: http://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/faq/global-shipping.html
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