On 7/8/2015 10:09 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 21:49:50 -1000, dsi1
> > wrote:
>
>> On 7/7/2015 8:10 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 7/7/2015 4:38 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On 7/7/2015 8:53 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>> On 7/7/2015 3:37 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>>>>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> My understanding is that people on the mainland
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dsi1, please ttop talking about the "mainland" as if Hawaii is not
>>>>>>> part
>>>>>>> of the USA. It is. Maybe you should venture out.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've always heard of the continental 48 states referred to as
>>>>>> "mainland". The culture is much different that what we have. How
>>>>>> would you differentiate? We talk about southern states, left coast,
>>>>>> northern, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Agree. Alaska has many differences as well. I had a friend from Hawaii
>>>>> and she had to learn to adjust to the foods that we had here.
>>>>
>>>> What you probably don't know is that eBay won't sell a lot of stuff to
>>>> Hawaii or Alaska. I have no idea why. We get treated like we're
>>>> Nigerians!
>>>
>>> I wonder why!
>>
>> It's the latest craze - let's screw Hawaii and Alaska. It's like
>> everybody is jumping on the bandwagon on this one. I've even had sellers
>> in China refusing sales to us poor islanders. That's the breaks.
>
> Living in Hawaii I'd think you'd know... they can't afford any six
> legged hitch hikers, and Alaska's wild life has to be protected from
> diseases... many vermin arrive in foods and packaging materials.
>

They're not pro-actively thinking about protecting our native species by
creating restrictions on shipping where there is none. What company does
such a thing? Mostly they're dumb and just following what other sellers
are doing without rhyme or reason.