Selling of Item, pretty sure the bidder is not in the uk

[smileychopsuk]

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Hi, I sold the above item, I have today attempted to email the buyer, I am pretty sure he is not in the uk.

Do I have to follow through with this auction, by the time I send this artist box abroad there would be nothing left of it, even with my good packing.

Shall I just see if he attempts to make contact, the zero feedback does not look good?

Do I wait now to see if the person responds, I do not wish to send outside the UK, and the auction is UK postage only?

Thanks

[pixiesen2012 · Accepted solution]

you have UK only postage, so if the buyer is overseas they won't be able to pay,

you just need to wait 48 hours then open a non payment case, and close it 4 days later,

you don't have to post overseas

[m25jet]

@smileychopsuk :  If you do not wish to sell items to buyers outside of the UK then although you can prevent overseas buyers from paying by not including an overseas postage option this will not stop them from bidding, or being able to successfully click on the Buy It Now button on any fixed price listings you may have.  In order to prevent overseas buyers from being able to purchase your items in the first place you will need to go back to your Selling Preferences page and make some adjustments.  I've explained the process below so that you can see what you need to do:

First of all go back to your My eBay page and click on the Account tab.  When the next page loads up look for the Account Preferences heading on the right hand side of the page.  Click on the second option beneath the Account Preferences section and a new page entitled Site Preferences should load up.

Once the Site Preferences page loads up scroll down the page until you get to the link that says "Postage Preferences", click on it and a new page entitled Manage Postal Settings will load up.  Scroll right down to the bottom of the page and you'll see an option to the left that says "Exclude Postage Locations", with "Domestic" and "International" to the right of this in the centre of that line.  Click on the "Edit" link and a new page will load up.  The top half of the page is for Domestic destinations, such as Highlands, Channel Islands, etc, whereas the bottom half of the page is for International destinations.

If you don't want to sell to overseas buyers look at the International section of the page and tick the box next to every single region in that section.  Once you've done that tick the box next to where it says "Also Apply To Current Listings" at the bottom of the page, then click on the blue Save button.  Once you have done this overseas buyers will not be able to place bids on your auctions, nor will they be able to purchase anything you've listed via fixed price listings.