Odd, isn't it...

[ffutures]

...that when I sell a fairly heavy camera lens on eBay I can get it to the USA in a week, with insurance and tracking, for £17.....

...but if I want to buy a fairly light bit of software from a US vendor on eBay (a disk plus manual in a plastic bag) they quote me up to $50 depending on delivery speed, with delivery at that price still taking up to a week.

Are the US postal options really that crap, or do US vendors just not want to do business with British buyers?

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Re: New eBay technique

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

No - this is me going through every copy on offer on ebay.com and finding that nobody is offering postage to the UK. After that I sent messages to the people who were offering the best deals for US buyers. The one who bothered to reply gave me the prices I quoted.

Re: New eBay technique

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

What I really need to do is spend a Saturday going to every computer market I can find and see if I can turn up a copy of Acrobat V5 or V6 at a reasonable price. Unfortunately I'm probably going to someone's (slightly early) 4th of July party this Saturday, so it won't happen this week.