I agree you can not ask buyers to buy local.

 

My only beef with buyers are those that go to negative or dispute without contacting a seller to give them the opportunity to rectify any issues - I always send a Tax Invoice with a printed message -

 

Thank you for purchasing from XXXXX - in the unlikely event that you are not 100% satisfied with this item, please contact me immediately so I can rectify any problems as soon as possible.  Thank you blah blah,

 

In saying that, I offer warranty's as I am a registered distributor, so any faulty item costs me nothing other than the additional replacement postage so long as I can provide my supplier with photo proof of fault etc.

I love when I get a message from a seller that says enjoy your item, etc there is normally something that says along the lines of what u said with if anything is wrong contact me which I think buyers would be more likely to do with a nice little note.

You do realise it is 2024 - this thread is 10 years old.

And off topic

 

And abusive (like the feedback they leave)

 

And not a way to communicate with the seller or with eBay

 

A welcome addition to many party lists