Ebay opinions needed..

Often buyers "down under" have stateside agents who hold their purchases
until
they have a container load. I just sold an item to a fellow in NZ which was
too bulky to mail, but he had me send it to Lionel Stone who wil have it
placed in a container for shipment.
A couple of weeks ago, I placed several large items in a Lark ragtop and
took it to the shipper at the Port of Houston for shipment to Pekka in
Finland.

I have always found Stude folks down under easy to deal with, & if you have
bulky item he may have  friend w/ a container heading his direction in the
forseeable future.

Barry'd in Studes

He gave a shipping address "down under"...
It bothers me that he either didn't read my description or just plain
didn't give a crap what I said.  Nice guys or not, they can read
English better than most HERE these days...  All the new ebay shit and
now things like this just make me want to call the crusher and give up
on parts altogether.  These days I can get two fifty or more for the
whole car, so why bother with a couple twenty dollar items...unless
they are REAL easy to pull off and are really in demand.  Crush two a
week, do a few small jobs, and I'll have more time for my own stuff
and be happier...
hmmmm......
Studebaker George

Don't smoosh 'em all George. Hopefully I'll make it to your place
sometime, and I wanna play with the cuttin' torch. :-)

Matthew

If you really feel that way I don't see why you are selling the stuff to
begin with.
Henry

LOL, yeah, I wonder why I'm doing it in the first place...
With the price of scrap the way it is, might as well just send 'em on
to China...
Studebaker George

Just save me those two bumpers first <lol>..
Jeff


 =A0These days I can get two fifty or more for the

Don't worry Jeffy, they are safe...that thing is worth more as a shed
BTW, got your message and called you back and left a
message...answering machine tag..
Studebaker George

On May 26, 2:53ïBF=BDpm, m...@notanywhere.net wrote:

I've sent stuff ALL over the world and NEVER had a problem.  I kinda
discourage it by charging $20-$30 (even for the small/light stuff) for
shipping but if they wanna pay it, I'll ship it.  I DO require a phone
# and the buyers miss THAT sometimes.  But in my opinion, their money
is just as good as anyone else's.  It's all the same on PayPal.

John

UPDATE...after jumping through all ebay's hoops about getting a credit
for my listing since it was a nixed sale I get an email through ebay
from the buyer who magically gives me an address here in the
states...  NO prior communication from the buyer since his initial
request for an invoice and now he still doesn't directly communicate.
Evidently he is refusing the offer of no harm no foul due to his not
reading the description.  Ticks me off a lot that the guy didn't
bother to email me since I had sent him an email telling him I would
not ship overseas and he had not read the descripiton.  Very poor
communication or downright arrogance... If he had just emailed me and
told me to ship it to whomever here in the US, there would never have
been a problem.  I recon I will now type up a LONG AND BOLD disclaimer
to insert at the very BEGINNING of the description on any future ebay
auctions, even though most boneheads won't read it...  So I risk a
negative if I don't send it to him and maybe get a negative anyway if
I do....all for a measley hundred bucks...sheesh...
Studebaker George

I'll second that...  I have sold and purchased in Australia, New Zealand
and even Brazil without incident.

JT




Barry wrote:

Barry! Once  again  thank  you  for taking  care of my Lark & parts  and
taking
them to the  Houston port! I  hope that the boat does  not  sink
due  to the
heavy load the little  Lark  has  inside... ;-)

Regarding  buyers  from  other  countries  --- it  allways  good  to
communicate in advance  and  check the  feedback.  I have  shipped  quite
a few
Studebaker  parts  to  other  countries  from  here  --  a couple of
times  even
 below the  shipping  cost.  I think  it would  be  great  if
Stude folks would
do the  little  extra  to  help  each  other  to  keep
our  cars  on the  road.
I  do understand that we all have  priorities
regarding  time  and  money and
sometimes  it  may get  too troublesome
and  time  consuming.

Pekka

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 I sent 2 code cut keys to Finland, and they got there FASTER than me
mailing them 240 miles away to St Louis.. UNREAL on that..

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Thanks, Pekka. To most of us, seeing Studes preserved & maintained is a big
part of the joy of our hobby, and that frequently includes cars we will
never see belonging to people we may never meet in person. It is not solely
a money game or most of us would be doing something different in the first
place. It is what motivates a busy seller to spend an hour searching for or
removing a $5. part sometimes. Part of dealing with Stude stuff is dealing
with people, and that does require some patience with the occasional butt
hole and having misunderstandings when someone fails to read or listen what
you are trying to say, or forgets something, or wants to bargain for a
cheaper price, etc.etc. I got an email last night from a newbie ebay guy who
asked me 4 questions about a current auction of mine, all of which were
answered on the auction if he had bothered to read it before emailing me.
Sometimes it takes some effort to be nice, especially since people who ask
anal questions or want more pics seldom actually ever buy anything, unless
they can snag it for the opening bid price or less. I have dealt with folks
who are as young as 13 and up to their 90's, and people who have a limited
use of English, not to mention all sorts of personalities, and I have
discovered that some who tend to rub you the wrong way on first impression
tend to be some great guys once you get to know them. (hmm- who does that
make me think of???lol)
Barry'd in Studes

Barry, I didn't know you had such an eloquent side...<G>
Remember also that we all have bad days...sometimes weeks...or
longer...
Studebaker George

I "lost" a 57 Golden Hawk in the "Big D" many years ago...
Probably will never have another one.  I didn't get it taken, just
lost all my storage and $$ and ended up selling it rather than seeing
it go to hell outside.  I would love to find out what happened to that
car, it went to a recently retired Air Force pilot who was probably
the best buyer I could hope for.  Name long lost to history but he was
from AL or SE GA IIRC.  I'm sure the car went on to be a show winner
as he showed me pics of his garage and toys.  It was white and gold.
That was in the late seventies or early eighties...kind of flushed the
dates....
Studebaker George