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5544

5544

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So I am browsing through the Talkbass International Classifieds and I find this humorous:
Ships to::
  • Worldwide
  • United States
In case it escape you, apparently shipping to the United States is not the same as shipping Worldwide :whistle:
 
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5544 said:
So I am browsing through the Talkbass International Classifieds and I find this humorous:
Ships to::
  • Worldwide
  • United States
In case it escape you, apparently shipping to the United States is not the same as shipping Worldwide :whistle:
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Did you think they were the same somehow?
 
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International sellers will often ship to the US but not worldwide, so both options are given. Some will ship to neither. It makes it clear for the seller and easier to search the ads by having those options.
 
#10
murphy said:
Why would someone NOT ship to somewhere?

Always baffles me...you make money on the sale wherever it ends up
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Because if something goes wrong with the shipping, customs, potential damage, or the payment, the results can be vastly different depending on the country you sent it to, and suddenly your bass or your money could be trapped in a faraway land where you don't know the laws and you can't even speak the language of the people there who might be able to help you.
 
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Bryan R. Tyler said:
Because if something goes wrong with the shipping, customs, potential damage, or the payment, the results can be vastly different depending on the country you sent it to, and suddenly your bass or your money could be trapped in a faraway land where you don't know the laws and you can't even speak the language of the people there who might be able to help you.
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Shipping, customs and potential damage is easily solved by contacting the shipping company that took money in exchange for services. As far as payment protection, Paypal has been pretty smooth for the last 18 years I've used it (buying and selling).
 
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5544 said:
Shipping, customs and potential damage is easily solved by contacting the shipping company that took money in exchange for services. As far as payment protection, Paypal has been pretty smooth for the last 18 years I've used it (buying and selling).
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That's nice in theory. It's not true though. This is from someone who has run the Classifieds here for years and has sold internationally numerous times.
 
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