Ebay Australia Site ID invalid on Trading API (Modified EbayR) - ruby

Question

Every time I try and publish a product with AddFixedPriceItem with the Site ID set to Australia (15) I get the error response:
:errors=>{:short_message=>"Input data is invalid.", :long_message=>"Input data for tag is invalid or missing. Please check API documentation."
I tried every variation of the site ID ("AU", "Australia", 15, "15") and when i switch it to the US site ID (0) everything works perfectly. Is there something that I'm doing wrong?
Im using my own customised version of EbayR (because it didn't parse the xml correctly)
Anyway here is the full raw SOAP request:
Headers:
{
'X-EBAY-API-COMPATIBILITY-LEVEL' => #compatability_level.to_s, # => 837
'X-EBAY-API-DEV-NAME' => dev_id.to_s,
'X-EBAY-API-APP-NAME' => app_id.to_s,
'X-EBAY-API-CERT-NAME' => cert_id.to_s,
'X-EBAY-API-CALL-NAME' => #command.to_s,
'X-EBAY-API-SITEID' => #site_id.to_s, # => which is 15
'Content-Type' => 'text/xml'
}
the full body request is:
<AddFixedPriceItemRequest xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
<RequesterCredentials>
<eBayAuthToken>....</eBayAuthToken>
</RequesterCredentials>
<Item>
<Title>dssddsheykduhfid</Title>
<ListingDuration>GTC</ListingDuration>
<ListingType>FixedPriceItem</ListingType>
<Description>This is another test description with image</Description>
<PrimaryCategory>
<CategoryID>57989</CategoryID>
</PrimaryCategory>
<SKU>dfiuhdssdsdfggfmeesddffdeseddfda</SKU>
<InventoryTrackingMethod>SKU</InventoryTrackingMethod>
<PaymentMethods>PayPal</PaymentMethods>
<PayPalEmailAddress>payments-facilitator#logicsaas.com</PayPalEmailAddress>
<CategoryMappingAllowed>true</CategoryMappingAllowed>
<ConditionID>1000</ConditionID>
<Country>AU</Country>
<Currency>AUD</Currency>
<DispatchTimeMax>4</DispatchTimeMax>
<PostalCode>3194</PostalCode>
<ReturnPolicy>
<ReturnsAcceptedOption>ReturnsAccepted</ReturnsAcceptedOption>
<RefundOption>MoneyBack</RefundOption>
<ReturnsWithinOption>Days_30</ReturnsWithinOption>
<Description>What! you dont want the product! .... ok</Description>
<ShippingCostPaidByOption>Buyer</ShippingCostPaidByOption>
</ReturnPolicy>
<PictureDetails>
<PictureURL>http://www.joomlaworks.net/images/demos/galleries/abstract/7.jpg</PictureURL>
</PictureDetails>
<ShippingDetails>
<ShippingType>Flat</ShippingType>
<ShippingServiceOptions>
<ShippingServicePriority>1</ShippingServicePriority>
<ShippingService>AU_eBayAusPost3kgFlatRateSatchel</ShippingService>
<ShippingServiceCost>10</ShippingServiceCost>
</ShippingServiceOptions>
</ShippingDetails>
<Site>15</Site>
<Variations>
<VariationSpecificsSet>
<NameValueList>
<Name>Size</Name>
<Value>L</Value>
<Value>S</Value>
</NameValueList>
<NameValueList>
<Name>Color</Name>
<Value>Red</Value>
<Value>Blue</Value>
</NameValueList>
</VariationSpecificsSet>
<Variation>
<SKU>dfiuhdssdsdfggfmeesddffdeseddfdaOMG454fgfgfg</SKU>
<StartPrice>100.99</StartPrice>
<Quantity>1</Quantity>
<VariationSpecifics>
<NameValueList>
<Name>Size</Name>
<Value>L</Value>
</NameValueList>
<NameValueList>
<Name>Color</Name>
<Value>Red</Value>
</NameValueList>
</VariationSpecifics>
</Variation>
<Variation>
<SKU>dfiuhdssdsdfggfmeesddffdeseddfdaOMG432325fgfgfg</SKU>
<StartPrice>100.99</StartPrice>
<Quantity>16</Quantity>
<VariationSpecifics>
<NameValueList>
<Name>Size</Name>
<Value>L</Value>
</NameValueList>
<NameValueList>
<Name>Color</Name>
<Value>Blue</Value>
</NameValueList>
</VariationSpecifics>
</Variation>
</Variations>
</Item>
Also I bit the bullet and payed the 75 dollars for technical support, If I don't get a response here I'll paste the response from them for all to see.

Answer 1

Cool, so it seems like this was an ebay issue. They are trying to fix it at the moment. But they responded with a work around:
Hello Avin ,
Thank you for reporting this issue. I can reproduce the problem and I have forwarded this to our engineering team for further investigation. We will keep the ticket open in "Waiting-BugFix" status.
Actually SiteID is not a mandatory field. SiteID will be taken from the header if you don't pass it. As a workaround, please omit the field and continue listing.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best Regards,
eBay Developer Support