I am not trying to bash just to understand.I have a store on ebay,designer clothing,nothing under $100.I have so many problems with US customers....They beg me to lower my actual shipping(I don't charge handling) and after many emails explaining that is actual shipping they keep begging,literally.Then when shipped for some reason they expect order to be delivered within 2-3 days from Europe when is stated in the auction Expresspot 7 business days.I stoped selling to US then they start begging to sell them .I honeslty have this problems only with US customers.Is this a cultural thing?
2007-05-05 09:13:05 · 11 answers · asked by RX 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It is actual authentic designer.You can hardly find fakes in EU,nobody buys sells that crap here.We are about quality not logos and what the celebrity wear
2007-05-05 09:19:11 · update #1
Unfortunately, yes. We Americans are woefully ignorant of how the world works outside our own borders.
2007-05-05 09:19:01 · answer #1 · answered by Alice K 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is funny! No it is not cultural Honeychild... we just want bargains. Not all Americans are the upper crust to where price doesn't matter. It does. The wheel and deal syndrome is not a bad thing. Vendors will jack up prices too. They know they are too high so sometimes it really doesn't bother them when you want a deal. I understand your point though. You have the cost of shipping, handling, and merchandising to worry about. Please believe me... don't categorize us as 'beggars.' We come from one of the richest countries in the world. Some people may try to get over but not all of us look for the 'hookup'.
2007-05-05 16:21:24 · answer #2 · answered by fatbabyceesay 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When you deal with Europeans you will really see their frustration. They are almost like two-face, that batman villain. One time they will mock the US for not having a universal health care system like them, then a day or so later they will trash their own health care system and talk about how long it takes to get crappy service and how high taxes are. Their main issue is that they are truly jealous. They are jealous that they are not as talked about or recognized as the US. They are like the nerdy girl in HS that wants the attention from the best looking guy, and when he ignores her cause she is a geek, she freaks out and starts slashing the tires of his mustang. It really is sad how they live their lives, constantly in the shadow of the US. They get upset that nobody reads their crappy books, watches their crappy movies, or listens to their crappy music. They claim the US has no culture, yet will buy anything American. They make little mocking jokes about how America isn't a country, but 2 continents and they laugh to themselves over this, but then they get upset because nobody cares. At the end of the day they will make their comments and only they will listen to them, because Americans have more important things on their minds. What a sad life they lead.
2007-05-05 16:30:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Thats odd.I have had begging from customers from India to lower the price to absurd levels when I was selling 22k gold jewelery.But never about shipping.
2007-05-05 16:17:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you need to explain it in detail on your page. Make it in BIG letters and tell them that if they don't want to pay the payment plus the shipping then don't bid! Also put on there 'No negotiating'.
I couldn't tell you why you are having problems with U.S. customers. Maybe they just don't understand international shipping and think it should cost the same as shipping state to state.
BTW, what is your Ebay company name? :)
2007-05-05 16:20:45 · answer #5 · answered by doerayme_fasolatido 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Have you seen what the dollar is worth now? Buddy can you spare a dime? 2 bucks just to buy £1 pound!
2007-05-05 16:17:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the US, you can not go to a grocery store and negotiate the price of a box of cookies. You can not negotiate with salaried employees, in general.
You can not bargain at any type of franchise establishment.
However, you can negotiate with business owners, for consumer items, like textiles, or labor, like getting your hair cut.
I don't think you are authentically West-European. EU IS NOT A COUNTRY. Where are you located, and what is your business name? Link to your business, I will buy something "authentic" and not "what celebrity wear".
... Call americans "beggers". That is a remarkable jab at our way of life, and business style.
What COUNTRY are you from, where people don't negotiate?
2007-05-05 16:29:06 · answer #7 · answered by poweranni 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Must be! Maybe it's only a few families here that beg!
2007-05-05 16:16:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you begging for an answer right now?
2007-05-05 16:16:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
you could lower your prices its not like you're selling actual designer items, you probably only paid some china man $5 for the crap anyway.
2007-05-05 16:17:11 · answer #10 · answered by I Think 4 Me 3 · 7⤊ 3⤋