eBay Advice

[PARUK]

I don't sell much on eBay, so I'd appreciate advice from more experienced users.

The auction for an expensive camera lens I'm selling has just closed. In the item text I made it very clear that I only wanted UK bidders and would only ship within the UK. Needless to say the winning bidder is in Poland, and I haven't the first idea how much it would cost to ship the item to him, having it tracked and insured etc. For sure it would cost a darn site more than good old Special delivery.

Apparently there's a way to restrict bidding to UK-only members, but I didn't know about that until I chanced upon it a couple of mins ago.

Any advice on what to do? Can I make a second chance offer to the second highest bidder who is in the UK?

 

[PARUK]

Thanks guys, good advice.

I've been in touch with the winner (who has a grand total of 2 ebay interactions) and he's blanked my request for a verified UK address, so I'm going with the second chance thing. And next time I'll find the cpl option to prevent this from happening in the first place!

 

[PARUK]

could it be he is polish , but lives in the UK, have been selling things and several winning bids have come from people with polish and other overseas accounts, but have varified UK addresses....just a thought

Yup and obviously if that were the case here it'd be fine, but the verified address in the eBay notification - and the only address he wants me to send the lens to - is in Poland.