Selling to someone in another country

Macrojack,

Regarding:

I've had a couple of offers from Asia where all goes well with the arrangements until time to pay ....... then the downward negotiation begins. I, for one, would rather not bother.

I've had similar experiences, what is it with that?

Do they put us through mental gymnastics, hoping the time already invested will force us to accept a low ball offer?

My favorite is accepting a reduced price on goods and after quoting the shipping at my EXACT cost, no extra's for time, packing materials or driving to shipping office, the response is: "Shipping too high, I won't pay."

Perhaps we should take buy out FedEx and change the rates?

Ellery911,

Thank you for your response:

Nigeria is OK...anywhere else I would be suspect.

I just got a couple of emails from Nigeria asking for my PayPal information and confirmation of my banking information. Fortunately after reading your post I did not hesitate to forward my information to the gentleman who ask for this.

He was very pleasant, lots of "Sirs" and "thank you's, but seemed to be in a real hurry to make purchases I was offering.

It appears that I came across as SO trustworthy, he is sending me EXTRA money for the deal and after I cash the check for my part and ship the goods, I forward the balance to a friend he owes money to.

It makes me warm all over to think this total stranger would trust me all that cash. It's almost restores my faith in mankind and the internet.