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Max WederI can only echo Ben's comments as to sellers limiting access to US buyers. It seems very myopic for the sellers to limit access to US bidders only. (I also wonder if promoting such actions by ebay constitutes a violation of NAFTA, but I will leave that for any trade lawyers to comment on). In several instances, I have had my bid blocked electronically by sellers who won't sell to Canada. In some instances, the seller has potentially cost him or herself hundreds of dollars, given my maximum bid. The irony is that I have a US shipping address, and routinely get items shipped there, so the seller was simply blocking my Canadian email address. (I have now registered another ebay name with my US shipping address to avoid this problem)
The reverse of course is also true: I can't count the number of times I have had to explain to US buyers that Canada does not have a media rate for books and that it did in fact cost $6US to ship a book. I have managed to overlook this, and will continue to sell to US buyers 
Max