Thread: Global shipping program?

Any one else find the eBay global shipping program more cost than convenience?
the cynic in me sees yet another cash grab as the cost of shipping shaving memorabilia has, to me, gone up noticeably since sellers started opting for this program.
And another drag is that the customs fees levied seem higher, and automatically applied now. No more duty free "repaired" items, aka honed, coming across the worlds largest undefended border.
So is it just this cheap canuck that is feeling this, or is it a global thing?
Cheers.

p.s. the largest undefended border isn't really undefended.... There are pictures of Bieber everywhere on this side.. Seems to keep the people that can see or hear out.....
hehe.

Yea, it is a huge rip off, IMHO, for us on this side of the border. There are more than a few threads on this subject. Here is one of them http://straightrazorpalace.com/aucti...-shipping.html . I would sooner chew my arm off rather than buy from a seller who uses the Global Shipping Program.

Bob

I think it was touted as the safest way to get something to a person outside your country. No worries about the item disappearing before it got there. Yad yada yada yad yad. Give me your money if you want to feel safe ?

For years folks overseas have been complaining about sellers in the U.S not wanting to allow foreign bidders. So this is Eboy's solution. If you are shipping something that costs a grand or more it a really good feature because it's takes away all the risk for the buyer as well as the seller.

Of course for typical Eboy items the cost is prohibitive.

I have ranted about this in a thread or two already. It ads close to a week to the shipping time, at a cost of about the same as USPS Express mail, and has the brokerage fees that compare to UPS. An extra 22% is way too high of a fee. If I am scrolling through and see it in the search ad I don't even click on it anymore. It would have to have a crazy low bin price to get me to look. I have been buying more stuff from the UK and a few from Australia. There are quite a few countries tracking and insurance is available to from the US. If it is risky to ship to those counties I get it, but overpriced shipping and brokerage to countries that already have good systems in place doesn't make sense. People are welcome to sell stuff however they like. If the object of your sales strategy is to reach the greatest number of people in order to achieve the highest yielding sale and result in greater profits it is colmpetely missed with the global ship program. For those not in the know, brokerage fees are the money paid to the shipper to declare goods crossing borders, in the case of Canada there are no fees or taxes paid to Canadian Border Services for items under $200. So the fee is for filling out the customs declaration and if you look at global shipping brokerage fees on items over $200 they go up crazy high, because that is where the 5% GST has to be paid. Ok make that three rants now.

Great,, thought I wasn't the only one.
I could drive to the border and back for those fees. Have a few rolling rocks with the seller and still come out ahead..
Cheers.

Ebay is starting to become unusable for people like us.
I can't even sell international anymore because I don't fulfill all requirements.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Great,, thought I wasn't the only one.
I could drive to the border and back for those fees. Have a few rolling rocks with the seller and still come out ahead..
Cheers.

That is what I do, drive to the border and pick it up on the other side at a USPS outlet 1/2 mile from the border. There and back takes 2 hours so yes it is worth my while especially if USPS CONUS shipping is included in the price.

Bob

Ketchikan is my closest US community and it is about three hours in a speed boat. That is the way it goes if you live close to nowhere. I quick drive to the border and fill up on cheap gas while you are there sounds pretty good to me, although compared to me everyone has cheap gas. LOL

Shaun -- You're the only person on SRP that lives someplace I had to look up! I'm 66, I've been in the Army, traveled a lot, but never heard of Haidi Gwaii. Glad to know you! Harold

Originally Posted by RezDog

Ketchikan is my closest US community and it is about three hours in a speed boat. That is the way it goes if you live close to nowhere. I quick drive to the border and fill up on cheap gas while you are there sounds pretty good to me, although compared to me everyone has cheap gas. LOL