Microsoft offers Apple users $650 off to trade a MacBook for a Surface

Re:Microsoft offers Apple users $650 off to trade a MacBook ... by hellofunk on Saturday October 29, 2016 @06:40AM (#12823414)

I had a similar problem a few years ago selling an old trusty graphing calculator. It's still leaves a sour taste in my mouth. The auction was for the United States only, but I kept getting a guy from Russia he wanted to bid on it. So I made the mistake of letting him. And he won the auction. And he paid and I sent it to Russia. And then he claimed he never received it and eBay gave him his money back so quickly, and I never got my calculator back. I've done international shipments for many years all over the world, and this is the only one that got "lost". So you do the math.

EBay has so disproportionately put the bias in favor of buyers that it is a true market for scams.

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Re:Microsoft offers Apple users $650 off to trade a MacBook ... by Scoundreller on Saturday October 29, 2016 @11:35AM (#12824383)

In my experience, selling internationally means higher prices, which makes up for the occasional loss. It's like taking credit cards: You lose some revenue in fraud, and commissions, but make it back in additional sales.

I do choose which countries I sell to carefully, however.

My biggest "I didn't receive it" claim was from an American buyer, 3-4 days after the purchase.

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