Hi brighttomato,

I have always included the $9.00 security charge in my Terms of Sale.

Australian Buyers - one set of terms

Overseas Buyers - another set...[with a highlighted]

USA Buyers PLEASE NOTE Do not pay your invoice until the $9.00 security tax [terrorism tax] has been added to your invoice.

If a US buyer pays quickly & neglects to pay the tax I email them, if they don't respond I email again & inform them I will be refunding their paypal payment as the TAX has to be added to their invoice.

A few of them have questioned this TAX as they claim they can find nothing about it over there [I believe it is Australian imposed]. I have only lost ONE sale because of it, all the other buyers were more than willing to either pay the extra $9.00 in a separate paypal payment or have me refund, re-invoice & then they repay.

I know it will be hard to amend all your listings, perhaps Cut & Paste terms ????????

It is very annoying I know, life was so much easier before 9.11, computers & ebay lol.