All this gone way beyond common sense I believe and really starts to get quite off putting as in selling outside the country borders!
The likely hood of goods going walk about for whatever reason is slim although it does happen!
The actual Insurance Claim is for the extreme circumstance when shit does hit the fan.
The above eBay thing is a safeguard for eBay itself as noone really wants to get loaded with all thes liabilities.
If the occurance of loss and associated claims would be a real concern generally charges for insurance would be sky high by now and most likely even the postal sevices would refuse to ship outside ther respective countries due to the extra administrative workload required to deal with the issues arising.
International postage is the same as national postage but requires a form to be filled out!
Problems with postage is same Nationally as Internationally, sometimes with negative issues but most the time with a good result.
Foreign Custom and Postal Services are the resposibility of the buyer in my oppinion, the buyer has to be aware of the local laws!
Chinese forumites can only import knives to a certain lenght due to local laws and a 2 month period from postage in the US to receipt of parcel in China as per one post I read may apply. All that due to local circumstance in China!
Similar issues with a knife I sent to South Korea and another one to some Russian Republic.
The buyers are aware of these circumstances and issues arising are not the sellers resposibility nor liability!
Some countries have relaxed laws and stipulations as to the import of what may be classed a weapon, others are very strict on the same. Some countries charge a high import duty and others don't.
A seller lists his/her goods at a price and it is for the buyer to come to terms with the extra cost to bring the goods into the country, nothing to do with the seller.
Risk of local circumstance interfering with a happy outcome is the buyers risk!
So, for as long as the seller is not doing a dodgy and the package is propperly packed and the paperwork and custom declaration are in order, there is no risk for the seller.
Appropriate communicatin, national and/or international prior to finalizing the deal I guess a worthwhile thing to do to clear any doubt and then, off you go and post,
..... that is if you intend to post OS, and that is the sellers choice!
I believe that choice a seller makes is the bottom line for all of us Internationals wanting to buy, and is all that counts.
As said before, no sweat if you don't, someone else will.
And to all of you that do ship OS, thanks very much, your good will is most appreciated!
) So telling people they have a right to choose what they want is simply not helpful. We all know this already, and no one is trying to force anyone else to do anything they don't want to do.
