Global Shipping

[***kaya***renae***]

I've been using ebay for a while, and only recently come across Global Shipping

Is the seller making extra profit or is a seperate company over charging for our parcels to arrive in Oz,

A 50 gram ball of knitting wool does not usually cost eight english pounds to shop to Oz

or times the wool by 6 balls and the price is over fifty pounds????

Or a piece of paper e.g. a knitting pattern costs eight pounds.

I don't get this at all.

Who makes the money ..... the seller .... or a shipping company ??

[lyndal1838]

The seller does not make any money from the GSP. 

The service is run by logistics company Pitney Bowes....the seller sends the goods to PB who then repack it and process the shipping documents before handing the parcel to the overseas courier company.

It has always been a very expensive service for saller and lighter ites although it is more cost effective for larger and heavier items.

It is also a rather slow service so be prepared to wait for your items.

The usual advice given on the boards is to avoid sellers using the GSP.

[davewil1964]

... or contact the seller and see if they will send using Royal Mail.

Buying wool from the UK? Isn't that akin to shipping coal to Newcastle?

[***kaya***renae***]

Lyndal

Thank you for that information

I was wondering what the heck was going on.

Surely the sellers can pop something in a post bag and buy a stamp.

Especially if they are going to lose a LOT of business, with all the excessive costs that are going to the buyer.

I did ask one seller a week ago, to change to Royal Mail and it was a quarter of what global shipping charges.

My recent seller (this week)  doesn't seem to know whats happening.

It looks like I will have to search out the Royal Mail sellers now.

I got the shock of my life when I saw the paypal page come up with such high postage

What an absolute rip off 😞

[***kaya***renae***]

281137262201

What would a crochet pattern weigh

Have a look at the postage

The seller is really lovely and has tried to help
so no complaints about this seller

[imastawka]

OMG!! - no complaints.

Have you read the negs and how the seller deals with them?

[***kaya***renae***]

She has been really nice to me so far...

I had no problem with her at all

Off to check her feedback now

[wendshees-rocks]

No way I'd buy from that seller with those disgusting replies. I also wouldn't buy wool from overseas when we have the best wool in the world right here.

I certainly wouldn't be paying that,  or anything, for a photocopy of a pattern. Especially when there are hundreds of thousands online for free. 

I most certainly wouldn't be paying for a pattern for a granny square rug. You don't need a pattern to go round and round changing colours every row or 2. Anyone who can crochet knows how to make one because they are a starting point for most people. 

Seriously OP, buy your wool from Aus and search online for free patterns. There are hundreds of sites around.

[***kaya***renae***]

imastawka

I"m going to have to stop working long hours 6 days a week.

Normally I check feedback, and was so tired I forgot all about it.

You have been great, so thank you kindly.

Perth is very short of wool shops now, and the patterns for sale at one knitting shop are for sale at between $16 and $25, They are old and are on display in lever arch files and are not in good condition.

Thanks again for your help 🙂

[imastawka]

I agree with what wendshee has said about patterns.

Plenty available and not 'hard to decipher' photocopies