Yes, shipping costs have gone up significantly, well, fuel costs definitely don't help. It's also still a weird market - ship the exact same box FedEx from here to China costs significantly more than to ship it from China to here! I understand why that's the case for sea freight, but air freight....
I don't like, and am puzzled by, the GSP. Yes, no question it's a (probably unnecessary) money grab. However, it seems - I'm sure I'll be corrected - that Americans don't like/want to ship out of the US, or find it challenging to do so through the US Postal system. I've sold a number of items on eBay to the US. I check Canada Post who will give me rates, based on package size and weight, for shipping to the US. I generally pick a location in Texas because it's further away. When the item is sold I again go online to Canada Post where I enter all the relevant information for export to the US (item category, country of origin, etc). Then I print a shipping label, slap it on the box, and walk into a postal outlet, obtain a receipt for proof it's in the system, and walk out.
Easy, straight forward, and even if GSP was available for shipping from Canada, I don't need it.
Given that the US postal system can coordinate with Canada Post so that I can use a US postal tracking number to trace within Canada, I find it difficult to believe that an American can't go online to easily export an item without having to resort to the GPS.
I will say in the defense of eBay, they do have your back if an item you purchased arrives in pieces, or doesn't work when it was claimed that it did. They've come through twice for me with complete refunds.
Easy, straight forward, and even if GSP was available for shipping from Canada, I don't need it.
Given that the US postal system can coordinate with Canada Post so that I can use a US postal tracking number to trace within Canada, I find it difficult to believe that an American can't go online to easily export an item without having to resort to the GPS.
I will say in the defense of eBay, they do have your back if an item you purchased arrives in pieces, or doesn't work when it was claimed that it did. They've come through twice for me with complete refunds.
rayma, the seller would not be waiting for a buyer to buy the product from him with higher shipping. AS there is no more profit for him, just E/bay.
However there is more cost to the seller, especially as the seller will have to pay import tax on the high shipping cost. So there is a lot of disadvantage selling with high shipping cost, but still they do.
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However there is more cost to the seller, especially as the seller will have to pay import tax on the high shipping cost. So there is a lot of disadvantage selling with high shipping cost, but still they do.
Cheers
I've experienced this. I hate GSP as I said, but I do find "Does no ship to Canada" is more often "No import duties or taxes - GSP" now.
In my experience, I never have had to have eBay step in. Anytime I've got broken tubes, I take a photo and show the seller. They issue a partial refund.
Actually one time I did need eBay to intervene. They refunded the purchase and closed the sellers account - he was scamming people.