So recently, I have finally figured how to pay for purchase on Taobao by myself (having to ask colleagues in the past) via either my credit card or Alipay HK, and have it delivered directly to my address as I normally ever buy 1 or 2 things at a time so don't want to go through the hassle of consolidated shipping (and the mess of translating all the text throughout the whole process).
The last few days I've across an issue which I thought was either I had entered something incorrectly, or that the item was out of stock. Whenever I select these items, there's no pricing at the bottom, its just that I'm not allowed to pay for it and changing shipping options (even picking it up myself) doesn't allow me to option to buy.
The items in question a old film cameras or lenses. They don't cost much, ranging from HK$500-1500. I can go to a Taobao shop, not be able to buy a camera, but from the same shop be able to buy say a lens hood..... Then I finally realized there was a line of text when I tried to buy an item that it would not allow me, roughly translated to 'due to restrictions of country and Taobao rules, this item is unable to purchase'.
Is there anywhere I can read up on these restrictions? I want to find what factor(s) is preventing me a purchase. Could it be that the item was made in Japan? Is electrical?