Question about ebay in Germany

[gray5596]

An older test meter caught my eye on ebay but it was in Weissenburg, Germany and the seller was not shipping to United States.

My question, has any of the members found a way around this?

I understand why a person wouldn't want to ship internationally, but I am truly interested in purchasing this meter if there is a possible way.

Thanks for any assistance you might share.

 

[rayma]

For a seller in the USA, ebay will handle all the paperwork. You just ship it using their mailing label,
and they do the rest. You only have to enable international selling. Maybe for sellers in Germany
the process is similar, try contacting ebay.

 

[kevinkr]

Try contacting the seller too, I have had similar experiences where I was the only interested party and the seller accommodated me. Can't hurt to ask.

 

[leadbelly]

Indeed, I don't think contacting ebay will help, because they can't override the options the seller chose, but I have bought several items over the years by contacting the seller directly. I can speak French and some Italian, so I've shopped on those local sites over the years.

 

[ubergeeknz]

Contact the seller and ask them. I've had success with this in the past.

 

[gray5596]

Thanks for all the suggestions.

 

[gray5596]

After contacting the seller and showing an interest, he agreed to ship to United States.

 

[soundbrigade]

The seller can change the ”not shipping to ...”.
Just a week ago I bought a camera from Ukraine and that one was not to be shipped. But a polite message to the seller made him change the shipping conditions.

Guess some sellers don’t want the fuss with complaints from buyers on the other side of an ocean.

 

[Stixx]

Guess some sellers don’t want the fuss with complaints from buyers on the other side of an ocean.

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^.

Plus they are probaly scared by possible paperwork like customs declarations...
Glad it worked out for you.

 

[lcsaszar]

It's all about customs. I, living in the EU, usually buy from eBay Germany, so that no customs charges are involved and delivery is reasonable. In some cases I find the desired item on ebay.com (US) only, and once I had to pay a huge import duties on top of delivery costs.
Some sellers don't like to send goods abroad - just because. Contacting them in their language sometimes helps.

 

[kevinkr]

Great news! Generally shipping items of moderate value from the EU to the U.S. does not result in any customs issues IMVLE.