Huh....
Got this today:
I've sold a few old Snoopy collectibles over the years on eBay and I can tell you that Snoopy is incredibly popular in Japan and that vintage Snoopy collectibles sell there for a fortune compared to the same items in the US.
I've never had any problems with Japanese buyers - they pay quickly in US funds, are happy to cover real shipping costs, are extremely polite, and always leave positive feedback.
I'm not sure why you have a strict non-overseas policy but you're really robbing yourself in this case. Whatever the closing price, you could have got twice as much if you'd allowed overseas bidders.
Incidentally, much the same thing applies to space collectibles, although the big buyers there are usually in Europe.
Sorry for the long message but I don't like to see people selling themselves short.
My response: "Mind your business."
I'm just trying to clean out my basement. I don't have the effort to go weigh something beforehand, figure out what the postage is to 192 different countries, then wait to see whether or not the package gets there. If it's that much trouble, I'd just rather chuck the thing in the trash. And I've already canceled one bid from Japan (and a US bidder already bid up to that Japanese bidder's amount.)
Don't tell me what I should or shouldn't do. It's my stuff, not yours. As well, you can't predict what an item will go for, particularly when everybody is trying to get rid of stuff and it's only the real collectibles or unusual stuff that is selling.
I've sold a few old Snoopy collectibles over the years on eBay and I can tell you that Snoopy is incredibly popular in Japan and that vintage Snoopy collectibles sell there for a fortune compared to the same items in the US.
I've never had any problems with Japanese buyers - they pay quickly in US funds, are happy to cover real shipping costs, are extremely polite, and always leave positive feedback.
I'm not sure why you have a strict non-overseas policy but you're really robbing yourself in this case. Whatever the closing price, you could have got twice as much if you'd allowed overseas bidders.
Incidentally, much the same thing applies to space collectibles, although the big buyers there are usually in Europe.
Sorry for the long message but I don't like to see people selling themselves short.
My response: "Mind your business."
I'm just trying to clean out my basement. I don't have the effort to go weigh something beforehand, figure out what the postage is to 192 different countries, then wait to see whether or not the package gets there. If it's that much trouble, I'd just rather chuck the thing in the trash. And I've already canceled one bid from Japan (and a US bidder already bid up to that Japanese bidder's amount.)
Don't tell me what I should or shouldn't do. It's my stuff, not yours. As well, you can't predict what an item will go for, particularly when everybody is trying to get rid of stuff and it's only the real collectibles or unusual stuff that is selling.