"I don't trade internationally I've had too many problems"
(This is a bit of a rant I'll admit, and I'm sure the topic has been covered, but I am feeling some rage!)
So the topic of this title is a phrase I am getting SICK TO DEATH of hearing. It is a favourite excuse of pin traders on Facebook pages it seems. A trade or purchase is going well until you drop the bombshell "I'm in the UK" and suddenly it's all called off. It is starting to get to me!
I think what I find most annoying is the "I've had too many problems". Problems with what? The postal service? That's not a new thing OR area specific. The British posties don't just kidnap all the mail to America in some kind of sick gleeful joke just to wind you up. The postal service can fail you no matter where you are or where you are posting to! Problems with sellers or traders? Well I can understand your trepidation but I'm sure we have all been burned before, and it seems strange to deny trading with an entire country just because you encountered one or two bad eggs.
These people don't even want to see my feedback for trades, they don't care that I've traded high value pins that always arrive, they don't care that I always posted tracked for my own peace of mind (and we're not talking customs number tracking, we're talking actual paid for tracking). They just will not do any business with me because I am in the UK!
I am so glad I have this forum and open minded people to trade with! It is just a shame I can't expand half the time because people don't trust the UK :rofl:
*end rant*
P.S. I am fully understand of people who just don't want to trade overseas or don't wanna pay the hiked postage because they're saving up, or who have an actual genuine reason other than lumping all their issues with previous deals on me :rofl:
So the topic of this title is a phrase I am getting SICK TO DEATH of hearing. It is a favourite excuse of pin traders on Facebook pages it seems. A trade or purchase is going well until you drop the bombshell "I'm in the UK" and suddenly it's all called off. It is starting to get to me!
I think what I find most annoying is the "I've had too many problems". Problems with what? The postal service? That's not a new thing OR area specific. The British posties don't just kidnap all the mail to America in some kind of sick gleeful joke just to wind you up. The postal service can fail you no matter where you are or where you are posting to! Problems with sellers or traders? Well I can understand your trepidation but I'm sure we have all been burned before, and it seems strange to deny trading with an entire country just because you encountered one or two bad eggs.
These people don't even want to see my feedback for trades, they don't care that I've traded high value pins that always arrive, they don't care that I always posted tracked for my own peace of mind (and we're not talking customs number tracking, we're talking actual paid for tracking). They just will not do any business with me because I am in the UK!
I am so glad I have this forum and open minded people to trade with! It is just a shame I can't expand half the time because people don't trust the UK :rofl:
*end rant*
P.S. I am fully understand of people who just don't want to trade overseas or don't wanna pay the hiked postage because they're saving up, or who have an actual genuine reason other than lumping all their issues with previous deals on me :rofl:
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