It seem that a pretty standard feature of BST posts are the words CONUS only. Sometimes the expression is bold faced to drive the point home. It also seems there is a growing trend to including EU preferred on BST posts originating from the European Union. Perhaps somebody can help me understand the purpose of these sales limitations.
I’ve bought a lot of knives from all over the world. I pay the shipping on the purchases so shipping isn’t the consideration. I have trouble accepting that the seller is thinking … “I don’t want any foreign dog buying and owning this knife”. Why would a seller care about where the buyer lives so long as they (the seller) gets paid? Shipping out of country costs a little (sometimes a lot) more and takes a little (sometimes a lot) longer. Why would the seller care about that? … It’s the buyers problem and if they (the buyer) can’t accept that, they shouldn’t make the purchase. To get petty about it why would someone living in the Continental USA object to selling their knife to a fellow American living in Hawaii, or Puerto Rico, or Guam? None of these areas are part of the CONUS.
Anyway I would appreciate it if someone could explain it to me. I’ve seen many knives that I would have purchased but have stopped short from buying them because of the CONUS limitation. I live in Canada and though I live on the North American continent and can see San Juan Island out my kitchen window, I don’t live in “CONUS” and am therefore ineligible to purchase knives with the “CONUS”. The same applies to “EU only” posts.
I’ve bought a lot of knives from all over the world. I pay the shipping on the purchases so shipping isn’t the consideration. I have trouble accepting that the seller is thinking … “I don’t want any foreign dog buying and owning this knife”. Why would a seller care about where the buyer lives so long as they (the seller) gets paid? Shipping out of country costs a little (sometimes a lot) more and takes a little (sometimes a lot) longer. Why would the seller care about that? … It’s the buyers problem and if they (the buyer) can’t accept that, they shouldn’t make the purchase. To get petty about it why would someone living in the Continental USA object to selling their knife to a fellow American living in Hawaii, or Puerto Rico, or Guam? None of these areas are part of the CONUS.
Anyway I would appreciate it if someone could explain it to me. I’ve seen many knives that I would have purchased but have stopped short from buying them because of the CONUS limitation. I live in Canada and though I live on the North American continent and can see San Juan Island out my kitchen window, I don’t live in “CONUS” and am therefore ineligible to purchase knives with the “CONUS”. The same applies to “EU only” posts.