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Valued Member
China
171 Posts |
I have been looking for a long time for one last Canadian 1 cent to complete my run from 1938 to the present in BU condition. I finally found one on ebay but the seller doesn't offer shipping to Canada (which I found weird, since it is a Canadian coin). No big deal, I will just contact him and ask about shipping to Canada or China, where I currently live. When I tried to contact him on ebay, I discovered he has disabled messages, something I have never heard of before. Now, my first instinct is to simply ignore this seller, especially since he is so reluctant to actually sell his product, but this is the last coin I need! Aargh! I have the worst luck with things like this. Why on Earth would a seller selling a Canadian coin not ship to Canada and why would he block messages? He has 923 positive feedback and a 100% rating. Makes no sense. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1211 Posts |
Can't control other people. Don't worry about it. Move on.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7390 Posts |
No friend or family in the states that can buy it for you and ship it off to you or canada?
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Valued Member
 China
171 Posts |
Not really. I will ask at work to see if we have any Americans this year. It is still weird having a policy like this on something you want to sell though. When I was an active seller on ebay, I sold to anyone and anywhere. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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There has to be other dealers on ebay that would have this penny for sale, just wait a week, unless it's some kind od of rare date |
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Valued Member
China
171 Posts |
It's not rare. It's going for $20 but for some reason, I can't find it online at any Canadian coin shop. You're right though, I can wait. If the guy is so reluctant to actually sell something, too bad for him.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5324 Posts |
Try Colonial Acres or Canadian Coin and Currency or depending where you are there is Torex this weekend downtown Toronto, should have many examples of graded pennies. Sorry see your in China
Edited by john100
10/20/2015 10:55 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Tom,
I was trying to help you out. I tried to send you a PM email but you CCF profile does not allow email.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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What is the exact penny you want.. perhaps if you put it up here.. or mention it as a want list on this forum... you could find someone here who has one they're willing to sell.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4468 Posts |
Tom, I would be willing to purchase the coin. Relist the coin for sale on ebay for the same price and ship the coin to China if you are willing pick up shipping. Drop me an email if you are interested. I have never shipped anything to China, so it would be a first for me. |
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Could be because you live in China? I don't know if you can block emails from china users, but I am pretty sure you can block bidders from china.
I do know you can exclude listings from china, so I'm thinking your location might have something to do with it?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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no this is common for US sellers, who are on the ignorant side of the scale, who do not want the added frustration of international shipping. in this day and age, Canada - USA should be almost considered domestic but it is not.
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United States
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@ ace_ftw
You would think so, its unbelievable what the price difference in shipping can be. I sold a few post cards to someone in Canada and it would have cost me $25 dollars to ship it to them! So I mailed them separately so they wouldn't qualify as a package.
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Valued Member
China
171 Posts |
Figures. I rail against a guy who blocks my communication attempts and I have my own email turned off on this forum. Mine is on now (an oversight) and perhaps his was too but I didn't even know you could turn messages off on ebay. How do you expect to sell something without having the option of talking? Edited by TomSwift
10/20/2015 10:38 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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It doesn't help that you get worked up for not able to contact a seller like him / her. A lot of sellers were probably burnt out from previous negative experience from shipping overseas. I have shipped to China previously and the buyer claimed that he didn't receive it. And this is the only mail that has gone missing out of the 500+ mail that I have sent all around the world. Would I send something to China again? Not by regular mail for sure.
Again it's their choice. You cannot force them to mail something to countries they are not comfortable with.
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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United States
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no this is common for US sellers, who are on the ignorant side of the scale, who do not want the added frustration of international shipping. in this day and age, Canada - USA should be almost considered domestic but it is not. There is nothing "ignorant" about it. This is common because there is no way to accurately track an package once it leaves the US. I stopped shipping anywhere but to U.S Residents after a fellow dealer had a package "Lost" that was shipped out of the country that he paid extra for tracking and insurance. The buyer claimed he didn't get it. The post office could not show delivery because it was out of country, and ebay sided with the buyer, refunded his money, and the seller was left to file a claim with the USPS for a considerable amount of money. Way too much of a hassle to ship out of the US for the average seller. |
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