On 10 May 2005 at 18:27, Mark Cassino wrote: > After a few such experiences as yours, I now state in my EBay auction rules > that > I won't declare the item to be a gift. Period. If someone asks me to do so I > point out that they made their bid per the rules of the auction, which clearly > state no gifts.
I have done it on occasion, not so much to assist financially but to help buyers who were overly paranoid about parcel losses within their local postal system (mainly eastern european), I do state that I only represent true values to customs in my auction terms. > I used to look at auctions with long lists of rules and wonder why the > seller felt compelled to do that - but after a few hundred auctions and lots > of > overseas transactions, I now understand thoroughly. Yes, I seem to add one every time I get screwed by a buyer :-( Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
