No English language eBay in Hong Kong

Hi:

I live in Hong Kong; interested in registering with eBay, but site here
only in Chinese, which I can't read.

Do I just say I'm in the UK (say) - or my Indonesian wife should perhaps
say she's in Indonesia?
Or are non-Chinese reading Hong Kong residents just utterly unwelcome?

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to write to eBay. My name is Lan. I am happy to assist you further.

I understand that you would like to view eBay HK in English. However, I am sorry that eBay HK is currently encoded in traditional Chinese only. Please note that there is no feature available by which you can change the language of an site.

We have passed your suggestion to our product development department for further review. We will look into introducing an English interface on eBay HK. We are committed to making our users' experiences at eBay pleasant and rewarding. Your comments and proposals is appreciated.

If you can't read any Chinese and really want to register in eBay US, the only way to avoid being directed to eBay HK site is to use a US address temporarily. For example:

City: Albany
State / Province: New York
Zip / Postal code: 12201
Country or Region: United States
Primary telephone: (212) ***-****

Once your registration is confirmed, you should change the registration information to your true Hong Kong's immediately, including registration country, city, address, phone number, etc., by following the steps outlined for you below:

1. Go to eBay US site, and click on the "site map" link at the top of most eBay pages.
2. Click on the "Change Registration Information" link located under the bolded heading of "My Account". You may be asked to sign in.
3. Once you are on the "Change registration information" page, please update anything that needs to be changed and click on the "change registration information" button.
4. On the next page, you will be asked to review the information you just changed to be sure it is correct. If the information is correct, please click the "Submit" button to accept your changes.

I hope you've found this email helpful. Thank you for using eBay!

Regards,

Lan
eBay Hong Kong Customer Support

Hi Lan:

Thanks for this message.

I rather think eBay worldwide could use some options for people who are
resident in places where they can't read/write native language
- not whole websites, but just help with registration in non-local
language, providing that language is supported by eBay.

Thanks for the tip re registering as US user, then changing details; I
may do this.

Spoke of this last night with a friend who uses eBay: he'd solved by
having HK and US registration fields on pages side-by-side: could fill
in info by reading what was wanted on US page.

Seen a few forum posts about this issue with eBay HK, so might be more
than a handful of people interested. As I say, not worth a full website
translation, but perhaps meriting a little help.
(Yahoo likewise seems only focused on Chinese reading members in HK;
and like eBay, no matter English is an official language here.)

All the best,
Martin

Hello,

Thank you for writing back to eBay.

Your advice on our HK site is appreciated highly and I have submit your advice to relevant department for further review.

Thank you again for your precious advice!

Regards,

Lan
eBay Hong Kong Customer Support