If a seller ships to your location and has set up their international shipping options..then you would see the cost when you put the item in your cart and give your location.

If a person ships internationally, but has not set up their international shipping costs, then when you place an item in your cart, you should see a message something to the effect that the seller will have to be contacted for shipping costs. Usually,the purchase will go to the seller as an OBO (offer) and they will add shipping. Afterwards, you will be notified to complete check out if you so choose. Unfortunately US international shipping is so expensive now, many rarely complete the transaction.

If the person does not have international shipping set at all, the OBO can still be an option for the seller to consider it, or you will see a message that says something like ..“this seller does not ship to your location”

Some of my items are set with a price which you will see when you put the item in cart and give location, some are set to come as an offer, because 1) I have not set shipping costs or 2) it is a location that has been problematic in the past and I wish to decide on a case by case basis or 3) the weight/size of the item would cause the cost to be so high that many do not even consider completing the checkout process.

Is there somewhere on the page where this is clearly set out? (not always)

Some sellers only ship to certain locations and yours may or may not be on the list (and therefore you may not see “it at a glance”…realize that the message is different for each person, dependant on location/member and other factors, etc..I do not see this “worldwide” as I am located in US..I only see “Ships to or within US”

I do not ship worldwide, but I do ship internationally as stated above. Some places are set automatically, others I determine on case by case basis. I will ship to anyone who also a seller here despite location as I know they can be notified if there is a problem.

I am sorry you are not getting answers back from sellers. There have been so many new sellers set up here in the recent past and many do not understand how the system works and have not completed all the set-up options, or are just using bonz as a holding site for their ebay stores (unfortunately), which hurts those who are attentive and working hard to make this site work.

There is a section where sellers can put in their shipping preference for international, however, many may not….I know i am guilty of this myself, even tho i do ship international….Best thing would be is to contact the seller if you see something you want and ask them if they do indeed ship to your country.

It does take some time to set up international postage – but with almost all of my customers being international it is vital to me being a seller outside of the US. I try and be as accurate as I can.
There might be a problem or two in combining larger parcels together – but communications between buyer and seller should help sort that out.

Happy to help anyone if they need help at any stage although I am far from being any kind of expert.

Jules

I see. If they do put their shipping preferences, is it easy to find? I must be unlucky that everything I’ve been looking at so far doesn’t seem to have this in view.
I have contacted a couple of sellers but no one has replied yet. It’s a bit discouraging. Thank you for replying, much appreciated.

Thanks for all the replies. Clearly I will have to get used to Bonanza’s different terminology as well. Your answers have clarified a few more things for me.
I have now heard fron one of the sellers I contacted. They don’t ship overseas. Sigh. I thought I’d really found exactly what I was looking for….but it seems I’d have to move to the US to get it. :-)
Back to the drawing board…..

Oh yes, I’m used to the different time zones (I’ve bought a lot of stuff from the US and UK elsewhere). I also know what times to be online if I need to contact people overseas quickly. In the instances I’ve mentioned previously, I’d waited some days for replies.