On 7/8/2015 10:43 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> 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!


Oh wow, I do recall that - spray cans of floral scented, well....who
knows what?

But they were nice enough to ley me on the way out to the terminal.