[Fresh Wind]

The seller on eBay has the right to decide whether or not to sell to foreign bidders, as long as any restrictions are clearly stated in the auction description. Unfortunately, eBay is coming under increasing pressure from the political correctness crowd, limiting what can be listed, and even what words can be used to describe them. It is only a matter of time before eBay will be forced by these pressure groups to limit the sellers "right to choose" where they ship their merchandise.

[Timesink]

The seller on eBay has the right to decide whether or not to sell to foreign bidders, as long as any restrictions are clearly stated in the auction description. Unfortunately, eBay is coming under increasing pressure from the political correctness crowd, limiting what can be listed, and even what words can be used to describe them. It is only a matter of time before eBay will be forced by these pressure groups to limit the sellers "right to choose" where they ship their merchandise.

Then millions of Americans will simply refuse to ship internationally period, which will cost eBay MILLIONS in fees. Except for a couple of countries, most of eBay's "international" sites are actually just tiny categories of the regular US site. Go check out "eBay New Zealand" sometime, for example, and see how many items are actually for sale FROM NZ instead of merely being available TO NZ. It's only a few hundred.