Global Shipping disaster

[catgirl770]

This new program in the UK and the US is a disaster. It routinely charges 200% or 300% of the usual cost and it's very difficult to get round. I've been badly stung twice with purchases from the UK and now I won't buy items that are sent by Global Shipping - and it's not as though the seller gets the money. If it was some random seller not on ebay you'd think it was a scam, it's so outrageous.

[ajarnjenny]

Yep!

[bombbloke]

You've got my curiosity; how do you get "stung"?

[cherry*135]

stung = ripped off.

How does the GS work in the UK, do they have their own distribtion centre?

[lyndal1838]

Yes, I noticed the other day that the UK now has Global Shipping.

Does anyone know who is running the show in the UK and who is the courier delivering to Australia?

[catgirl770]

Found myself locked into paying 2 or 3 times the regular postage and no way of negotiating it, as it's the system that does it, not the seller. I contacted ebay 'support' for help and after speaking to 4 different people over 2 days, the best they could offer was to cancel the transaction and start again without GS. Both the seller and I were very, very unimpressed.

[bombbloke]

So you're saying that you're shown one price pre-sale, and a different price post-sale?

[catgirl770]

No, it doesn't show you the shipping price pre-sale (because the seller only opted for within UK), and then when you've bought it you can't request a total, it just decides what the total is and you're locked in. It's pay or cancel. And it opts for 'International Priority', the most expensive option.

[bombbloke]

Ah, so you're saying that if the postage price isn't visible prior to purchase, don't go ahead. Sounds like a plan.  🙂

[catgirl770]

Just don't buy anything that's using GS - you can see that info on the listing. "This will be sent by Global Shipping".