Originally Posted by
lofty100e
Hi, I am in the process of revamping my listings and adding international shipping options. One thi.ng that I find a little disgusting is that there is no ability to block sales to certain Countries. Yes we have the pick-list provided, but that only covers the Nations that eBid launched sites for. Since then eBid take all-comers with people being able to sign in as guests to make a purchase.
My understanding is that I can click the various regions of the world button to enable sales to those areas, but by doing so would be forced into taking offers from all the Countries in that region. If for instance I selected Europe and Africa then this would leave me open to the numerous scammers that are known to operate out of Russia and Nigeria.
This would mean that to avoid possible Russian sales I would have to miss out on selling to the rest of Europe.
One query I have is what would the situation be if the following scenario happened? I opened up my sales to Europe, then despite putting a warning on my listings that I do not sell to specified locations; however someone from one of these places still tried to buy. What would the situation be, would I be okay to just decline the sale, or would action be taken against me.
I was thinking that this might be possible by tracing the IP address of the applicant and if the Countries named has been selected in a pick list then the sale would be voided. However I am not very knowledgeable with IT matters, and am wondering if anyone has any views on this.
Would it be feasible or not?