Refuse to ship item to West Coast. Any ideas as to why?

fifties · **Posted:** May Wed 24, 2023 8:48 pm

TPAairman wrote:

Lots of ideas going around, but lets be honest here. CA/WA/OR? Those states are all basically on the same political scale as each other, and the seller is probably on the other end of the scale. I know that the full population of each of those three states does not have the same political beliefs, but that's how they are seen. Washington is not 100% liberal, but Seattle very strongly is, and so the rest of the state gets lumped into it. It's the same as it is here in Florida, just the other way around. Large Areas of Florida are very conservative leaning, but the larger cities are not. Yet, the perception is Florida is fully red.

It's no different here on the "left" coast. Large, relatively sparsely populated geographic areas of this side of the continent are conservative leaning, while the big cities tend leftward. No different than anyplace else in the country.

In looking at that sellers shipping policy, nowhere does it include any particular states as not shipping to; just other countries. If he's idiot enough to infer the political agenda of a buyer, based on what state he lives in, as a condition to whether he'll sell to them or not, I'd stay away.

AuroraOldRadios · **Posted:** May Wed 24, 2023 9:49 pm

Who in his right mind would care? I'd sell to anybody. My old state CO flipped to blue a couple of years ago, just as blue as the west coast.
Dan B

Freeman · **Posted:** May Wed 24, 2023 9:55 pm

Take your refund. Add$15 and get a nice looking repo from Radio Daze. Never argue, talk, or try to understand crazy people. They will just pull you down. Goog Luck.

Freeman

Indiana Radios · **Posted:** May Wed 24, 2023 10:38 pm

Jon S. wrote:

All I know is that I need that dial, and I can't buy it (at least from him).

Tell you what, how about I buy it and you can reimburse me for the total cost and the extra cost for shipping it from my home to yours? I'll help you out.

targeteye · **Posted:** May Wed 24, 2023 11:46 pm

Id be more suspect in him getting burned on ebay's shipping calculator to those states on more than one occasion.

radiorich · **Posted:** May Thu 25, 2023 1:42 am

hello Guys,
I agree it has to be the seller I never encountered a issue like that and not everyone from Wa. thinks the same way :lol:

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Sincerely Richard

smithdoor · **Posted:** May Thu 25, 2023 2:17 am

glew1 wrote:

Maybe the seller never heard of Tehachapi, and thought you were a scammer.

Greetings to you from a brother Kern Co. denizen.

I guess I would have problems in Clovis California unless he was a cowboy { Clovis roedio }.

Dave

Rodney · **Posted:** May Thu 25, 2023 2:40 am

Like was said the high price of shipping from here to there, get over it, if we use it get use to it if you sell or buy. In many cases the shipping cost way more the part is worth.

TPAairman · **Posted:** May Thu 25, 2023 8:26 am

J. Hill wrote:

I am thinking that if it is a political thing, then why not include a couple of other states with the same political leanings as CA, OR and WA? .

fifties wrote:

It's no different here on the "left" coast. Large, relatively sparsely populated geographic areas of this side of the continent are conservative leaning, while the big cities tend leftward. No different than anyplace else in the country.

Because the news just says CA, WA, or OR. In other places, it's specific cities. It's Chicago, not Illinois. It's NYC, not NY state. But for the west coast, it's "Look what Washington just passed." "Look what Gavin Newsome just said/did." Otherwise it's Look what Lori Lightfoot or Eric Adams said/did. Or they point out specifics in those cities, but not the state as a whole. So you end up with people who are very strongly Conservative that lump the whole sate together, on the west coast.

lexrageorge · **Posted:** May Thu 25, 2023 1:47 pm

It's a dumb restriction and I would be skeptical of any seller's bonafides that added such restrictions to an Ebay sale. Doesn't matter if it's political (like, seriously, you really think cutting off customers from those states will actually accomplish anything?) or just fear of shipping across country. I find those sellers that refuse to ship to AK/HI to be clueless as well - the USA is the USA in all 50 states last I checked.

wiscojim · **Posted:** May Thu 25, 2023 2:03 pm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/195784787054

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Indiana Radios · **Posted:** May Thu 25, 2023 2:34 pm

I see that the seller has decided to eliminate the stipulation of shipping items to the West Coast. Looks like personal politics took a back seat to all mighty dollar.

radiorich · **Posted:** May Thu 25, 2023 3:05 pm

Hello Indiana Radios,
For sure !

Sincerely Richard

westcoastjohn · **Posted:** May Thu 25, 2023 5:06 pm

glew1 wrote:

Maybe the seller never heard of Tehachapi, and thought you were a scammer.

Greetings to you from a brother Kern Co. denizen.

We've All heard of Tehachapi, that were anywhere near a radio in the 70's.
Little Feat, "Weed, Whites and Wine".
How many of us have "Walked the streets of Bakersfield" too?

atwaterkent1 · **Posted:** May Fri 26, 2023 2:17 am

Indiana Radios wrote:

I see that the seller has decided to eliminate the stipulation of shipping items to the West Coast. Looks like personal politics took a back seat to all mighty dollar.

Money seldom loses, sadly.

lexrageorge · **Posted:** May Fri 26, 2023 11:05 am

atwaterkent1 wrote:

Indiana Radios wrote:

I see that the seller has decided to eliminate the stipulation of shipping items to the West Coast. Looks like personal politics took a back seat to all mighty dollar.

Money seldom loses, sadly.

In this case, money was inarguably on the correct side. I'm also not sure Ebay's terms of service specific restrictions based solely on politics.

J. Hill · **Posted:** May Fri 26, 2023 2:01 pm

I really think we are jumping the gun, so to speak, in assuming that his reasons are due to perceived politics. There are a number of other places that he could include if it was just political. I am more inclined to suspect that it is a shipping issue.

Scott · **Posted:** May Fri 26, 2023 4:29 pm

J. Hill wrote:

I really think we are jumping the gun, so to speak, in assuming that his reasons are due to perceived politics. There are a number of other places that he could include if it was just political. I am more inclined to suspect that it is a shipping issue.

I agree having spent the last 58 years living in NJ. More likely is that he had an issue with more than one West coast shipment and decided to no longer ship there.

fifties · **Posted:** May Fri 26, 2023 9:31 pm

Scott wrote:

J. Hill wrote:

I really think we are jumping the gun, so to speak, in assuming that his reasons are due to perceived politics. There are a number of other places that he could include if it was just political. I am more inclined to suspect that it is a shipping issue.

I agree having spent the last 58 years living in NJ. More likely is that he had an issue with more than one West coast shipment and decided to no longer ship there.

Sounds logical. I think the speculation about politics being involved is way off base.

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