This might be a bit of a weird question, but I wanted some opinions so here goes:
I was looking at stuff on UK eBay for my other collections, when I happened to notice a UK seller auctioning a bunch of fairly rare US region things for lower than US eBay prices. When I went to send an offer for one of the things, it notified me the seller has specified it can’t be shipped to addresses in the US, even though I had my primary address set to my UK proxy’s. I’m guessing if I deleted my actual address, it might let me bid/offer (though I’d also suspect the seller could see on my profile I’m in the US and cancel manually).
So the question is: if I deleted my actual US address and sent an offer, would you consider that a jerk move? Or am I just overthinking this?
I’ll warn that even if there is a way to get around it, it might be a waste of time because it’s currently almost impossible to receive mail from the UK due to the Royal Mail strikes.
Nothing I’ve ordered since from the UK November ever moved.
Just to jump in, I’ve started receiving eBay stuff ordered from the 28th December. Yesterday was the first working day back for UK people (2nd was a bank
Holiday) after the holidays, so fingers crossed for you all. Also ebay sellers don’t exclusively use Royal Mail, so you could get lucky with different couriers.
I did buy something last week to test the waters, seller sent via Royal Mail 2nd class on Saturday (12/31) and proxy received it today (1/4), so I’m hoping that wasn’t just pure luck and I’m not trolling myself because I bought a bunch of things today.
The seller was great about it and refunded me no questions asked, but I really wanted this card. Mint condition, amazing price, lost to time. I’ve stopped buying from the UK entirely for now.
From what I understand they’re just not processing international shipments at all. Or at the very least, they are lowest priority.
It depends on the tier of shipping they use. Certain international services are still running at regular speeds, but the cheapest two options are basically not moving.
Thing is, eBay warns us when we go to buy shipping. They make it very clear that using that option will basically guarantee an INR claim. No idea why anyone would still use it when the ‘expensive’ options are only a few £ higher.
Clearing cookies worked for me, thanks! Went ahead and bought the thing since I realized I was overthinking it lol.
Also another data point if anyone cares: I bought a game from the official Nintendo UK store on 1/4, they shipped it out same day, middleman received it yesterday (1/6).
