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    Serious question: is there something wrong with GunBroker that people are still using and supporting anti-gun and idiotic eBay for firearms-related items? Do they not handle the international stuff a lot of you are doing? Do they not have the traffic you need? I won't use eBay for buying unless it's the last place that has what I need, and I will rather choke on my stuff rather than use them to sell anything anymore. I just can't stomach it after they went ape-**** on paperwork and fees and with absolutely no support to sellers when buyers flake.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MAC702 View Post
    Serious question: is there something wrong with GunBroker that people are still using and supporting anti-gun and idiotic eBay for firearms-related items? Do they not handle the international stuff a lot of you are doing? Do they not have the traffic you need? I won't use eBay for buying unless it's the last place that has what I need, and I will rather choke on my stuff rather than use them to sell anything anymore. I just can't stomach it after they went ape-**** on paperwork and fees and with absolutely no support to sellers when buyers flake.
    For the majority of the worlds population, the problem with GunBroker is that the vast majority of sellers say they will not ship outside the US therefore buying from them is not an available option.
    Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...

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    Quote Originally Posted by MAC702 View Post
    is there something wrong with GunBroker
    Exactly, they won't deal outside the US. Like looking through the window at things you want.
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    I've used that site for 23 years, the early days were great and you could find all sorts of goodies and get them sent anywhere in the world. Now its a nightmare people won't send overseas, shipping is horrendous, their GSP is a nightmare and now they charge GST on second hand items that has a value below the threshold here.

    I would use Gunbroker, but as other have said people wont ship overseas, it would be great if there was a place that allowed shipping overseas especially Bayonets. The one site that did ship bayonets has now retired. The headache is ITAR and its screwing collectors over ..... yet countries and arms dealers still find ways around shipping military equipment anywhere in the world. Meanwhile I can't get a 60 year old, obsolete, helmet, sent to me for example.

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    Missed Out

    I was the winning bidder on those auctions. I was fully refunded, but I am very disappointed not to have the items.

    I wish I could say this was a one-off, but incidents like this are increasing. For international shipping, the local post office (Royal Mail in the UKicon) seems to be the only choice for an international package.

    Even for non-military/firearms items, eBay's Global Shipping Program is shockingly expensive. At least they make up for it be being slower than any other shipper.

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