Possibly I'm the only person on ebay who wasn't aware of this but I feel so strongly about it I have decided to post a message to make sure everyone is aware of the situation

I recently listed a vintage uranium glass set on ebay and it was accepted for the Global Shipping Programme. It sold to a buyer in Italy and was carefully wrapped and dispatched. Several days later both myself and the buyer received a message saying it would not be forwarded but that a full refund had been given to the buyer.

I requested a full explanation from ebay. In the meantime I sold two further uranium glass sets and dispatched both using the global shipping programme as one was going to the USA and one to Australia.

I then received a full explanation regarding the first item saying that because the items contained radioactive chemicals the thrid party shipping company, Pitney Bowes, would not handle them and they would be "safely destroyed" , but the good news was that the customer would not be out of pocket.

I'm horrified that these beautiful items are being destroyed and have requested that ebay highlight this at point of listing as they do with some other items by saying they cannot suppport global shipping.

If you are not already aware of this please make sure all this lovely glass isn't going to be "safely destroyed". It's appalling that this can be allowed to happen, yes, neither the buyer nor the seller are out of pocket but that really isn't the point, a lot of these pieces of glass are unique and therefore irreplacible.

If I havn't put this on the right formum to highlight this matter please feel free to redirect this message

Hannah 3008