May not ship to Canada..all over ebay now

I recently had a camshaft sell on Ebay. A prospective bidder sent a message asking if I would ship to Canada. I had a 20 dolla flat rate shipping charge posted. I told him, "sure, I can do it for an extra ten dollars for a total of 30. I am sure it would have been more, but I was going to be nice and try to help a fellow man.....after all, we ARE on the same hunk of dirt.

So he bids......and wins. I sent an invoice the same day he won. Five days go by. He finally sends a message. "I am out of town, blah blah blah will be back in Sunday night and pay."

Sunday comes and goes. Nothing. That Monday marks ten days since he won the auction. I sent him a message saying I will gove the next bidder a second chance offer if he does not pay. He says "I will pay in the morning." Finally, the next morning he paid. With a Paypal echeck. Now, this means two things. One, I have to wait 6-8 MORE days until it clears. Two, I have ZERO Paypal protection since he paid that way. So I returned the payment.

I am out 12.50 to post the cam on Ebay. That's gas money for my truck I did not need to lose all trying to be nice and help a Canadian. I know full well the woes of shipping up there, as I have seen stories on here and I feel for you guys. But that's it for me. I am not going out of my way anymore.

I know it really did not have anything to do with him being in Canada. But I could have flat refused him. I didn't and I thought 30 dollars was a good price to ship a V8 camshaft. I am sure I would have eaten some of it. Crap like that makes me not want to help anybody. Much less ship anything across the border.