..."Do you ship to anyone in Los Angeles or Seattle?? I suspect they are futher away from you than I am!!"

Sure I ship to the west coast.... and I never had a problem depositing a check from a L.A. or Seattle customer.

It has nothing to do with distance. It has to do with the banks in the U.S. and their federal reserve codes at the bottom of the checks. The foreign banks are in a different system. I do accept U.S. currency from ebay buyers from outside the U.S. and most ebay sellers outside the U.S. will accept the U.S. greenback as well.