08-28-2004, 08:28 AM
tsunami Wrote:Well to be honest Bumperboy it does cost some money to send stuff out of the U.S. I'd trade with yah but you never ask me for anything. :p Plus you can add in the fact it can take up to 14 days to reach you and then you wait 30 days (14 days their and 14 days to send back) to see if the person on the other side of the table kept their bargain.
So let's compare $3-8 for shipping and 10 days max for domestic trading versus $8-17 and 35 days max for international trading not to mention the rare case of stuff being lost in the mail.
But yeah thats bad that people don't say up-front they won't trade international.
Well there are some errors in you argumentation. First of all I usually send at the same time as the other trader so it will take the same time for both (around 7-10 days if it doesn't stop at customs). second shipping for Portugal for a 6 dvd set by global priority flat fee package is 9$USD. that's expensive? I don't think so. and usually it takes 7-10 days to get here which is extremely good. stuff being lost in mail happens all around the world, even sending to our next door neighbour. ^___^ My problem is why people avoid the non-US traders. a simple "sorry I don't trade outside US" is enough.