On 7/8/2015 5:46 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 7/8/2015 9:21 AM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>>> On 7/8/2015 12:22 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> I've always presumed it was because of the cost of shipping.
>>>
>>
>> The logical thing would be to make the shipping charges a little
>> higher for A&H. I've seen this before. That's OK with with me. The new
>> trend is no sales to our rock under any circumstances. Excluding some
>> citizens of the United States is no way to treat us red-blooded
>> Americans. This makes about as much sense as refusing to sell to
>> people in Montana. OTOH, I can understand not selling to Montana. Hee
>> hee.
>>
>>
>> "Shipping to: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia,
>> Mexico, Germany, Japan, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech
>> Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Greece,
>> Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia,
>> Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland,
>> Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Russian Federation,
>> Israel, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway,
>> Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain,
>> Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Turkey, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa
>> Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El
>> Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica
>>
>> Excludes: Alaska/Hawaii, US Protectorates"
>
> That's very sad. I know that some things can't be shipped to some
> areas. This includes plants, liquor and supplements. Doesn't apply here
> though.

The department of agriculture screens bags leaving the island. Incoming
passengers get sprayed with some kind of magical anti-bug mist in the
plane. Hoo boy!