Thats what I was told initially and then I was told it was also related to safety standard marks etc but why would this affect car service parts or second hand cars parts and toys that did not originate from the USA? Its *bleep* spouted forth by people who were guessing.
The fact of the matter is that the United Kingdom and its constituent countries were not listed anywhere in the Global priority or ebay shipping programmes; not in the "allowed" country list and not in the "not allowed" country list whilst every bucket country in bongo bongo land was in one or the other. It stands to reason that the UK should also have been in one list or the other especially if there was a legitimate reason behind the trading restrictions. It meant that sellers in the USA in California, Texas, New York, Georgia and Wisconsin that I have dealt with for years couldnt sell to me all of a sudden.......but now they can after the United Kingdom has miraculously re-appeared in the shipping programme lists. I have been able to resume buying from buyers in the USA that, for a period, I was unable to. There was one seller who I couldnt buy from but he very kindly experimented by ending his item early and relisted it. Low and behold I could buy the item which leads me to the conclusion that the addition of the UK to the shipping programme lists only becomes effective on new listings or relisted items.
On speaking with these sellers who I dealt with numerous times in the past it is clear that they haven't imposed the restrictions to the UK thenselves......non of them have changed their seller profiles in relation to selling to the UK...Brexit and safety standards marks has nothing to do with it as nothing has changed between the UK and USA in the last month eg trade agreements etc. The fact is that ebay's Global Priority Shipping Prgramme and the Ebay Shipping Programme both had missed the UK off its destination list....and I would bet my pension that it was an admin *bleep* up within Ebay but nobody from ebay will come on here and hold theirs hands up and admit to it.
As I said in my previous post, I can now buy what I want from the USA, (includes used car parts, new car service parts and both new and second hand collectible toys), and am a happy bunny. So to the original poster and all those who have had difficulty since the OP, try it now and see if you can buy what you want.
This is my last post on the matter....good luck.
