topic Re: WHAT IS PITNEY BOWES in Buying

WHAT IS PITNEY BOWES

xhianjailaine — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 07:05:59 GMT

it debited in my account which i dont know what that is?

Re: WHAT IS PITNEY BOWES

amber-eyed-girl — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 07:13:31 GMT

You will have bought an item which was shipped using the Global Shipping Program.

Pitney Bowes charges a separate fee for handling the customs paperwork and repackaging the item (in theory).

This charge is debited on its own, alongside the payment for the item and shipping cost.

You should be given a tracking number. When it says FEDKEB, it means you then track it on the Fedex site 🙂

There have been a number of threads regarding PB and the GSP. The service is very slow and expensive.

Re: WHAT IS PITNEY BOWES

melja-54 — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 00:54:39 GMT

My husband keeps getting charges from Pitney Bowes and has never bought from them we live in Australia and believe it is a internet scam

Re: WHAT IS PITNEY BOWES

k1ooo-slr-sales — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 01:11:53 GMT

@melja-54 wrote:
My husband keeps getting charges from Pitney Bowes and has never bought from them we live in Australia and believe it is a internet scam

not a scam.

Pitney Bowes is a logistics company. They run the Global Shipping Program (GSP) which is a shipping method on some USA and UK eBay listings. The payment for items using the GSP is split into two payments, one to the seller and one to Pitney Bowes.

The payment to the seller covers the item price + the domestic shipping to PB.

The payment to PB includes the GST payable on the item + the charges they charge for processing the exporting of the item to Australia + GST on top of their charges (it might appear as a single charge called “import charges).

Someone will be along to agree that the GSP is a scam . . . but that will just be their personal opinion and objection to the GSP without acknowledging that many items probably would not be avaialable for purchase from sellers in the USA and UK without the GSP.

Re: WHAT IS PITNEY BOWES

padi*0409 — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 01:08:28 GMT

@melja-54 wrote:

My husband keeps getting charges from Pitney Bowes and has never bought from them we live in Australia and believe it is a internet scam

If you had read the reply to this 6 YEAR OLD thread, it would be apparent to you that Pitney Bowes is a shipping agent who work through the Global Shipping Program.

If your husband has bought from sellers in the UK or USA who use the GSP, then that is what the charges are for.

Please, in future don't drag up old threads, better to start your own thread.

EDIT. Snap SLR.

Re: WHAT IS PITNEY BOWES

4channel — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 07:14:26 GMT

@melja-54 wrote:
My husband keeps getting charges from Pitney Bowes and has never bought from them we live in Australia and believe it is a internet scam

Hi melja-54. One thing yoiu can do to avoid exra charges is to ask a seller to please close the Auction or Buy -It-Now at relist using USPS First Class International or the UK equivalent. It will work out cheaper and more than likely quicker for you in the long run.

Most sellers are willing to do this and some sellers, many in fact have no idea that their items are going via the Pitney Bowe's GSP (Global Shipping Program). I'e had good success with sellers changing to normal AirMail post. I've been told by sellers who have had GSP in the past that their sales have gone up when they go back to normal post.

NOTE: be aware that there can be confliscations without explanation by Pitney Bowes. One I've heard of was a an empty (Possibly vintage) motorcycle petrol tank. Another was a sword. And another an electric guitar. Usually these all sail through customs.

Anyway, good luck to you and your husband with future buys.

BTW: I have had stuff sent from the US via economy which is even less than a 3rd the price of USPS FIrst Class International service and it's arrived in about 2 weeks or so.

Re: WHAT IS PITNEY BOWES

davewil1964 — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:25:20 GMT

Someone will be along to agree that the GSP is a scam . . .

Like clockwork

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lambrum_73 — Sun, 17 May 2020 16:10:37 GMT

I understand what Pitney Bowes is but I'm not sure why I'm being charged by them.

I live in Italy, the seller is in the UK and has no idea who PB are or what they do. As far as I know, as of May 20 nothing has changed between the EU and UK until the trade deal has been agreed. So why would the shipper need paperwork for exporting?

The seller is going to send by Royal Mail at what point do PB get involved if at all?

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lyndal1838 — Sun, 17 May 2020 21:44:04 GMT

Global shipping is used by sellers in the UK too so that is why you are seeing PB mentioned.

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luatluxec_0 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 07:31:28 GMT

Here from DankPods

Never use the global shipping progam as they opened a sealed ipod and actually broke my phone that I got

Re: WHAT IS PITNEY BOWES

davewil1964 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 08:11:06 GMT

Why would you buy an iPod online?

Apple don't do 3rd party sales, nor do they warrant any items sold that way.

And how do you know that Australian Customs weren't the ones who opened it?

Re: WHAT IS PITNEY BOWES

sunrk — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 02:48:13 GMT

Why does Ebay do this 'integrated' logistics thing anyway? It was never needed in the past.

Now Ebay also manages all seller payments (at least here in Australia) so many small business and individual sellers get crippled by fees and charges levied to sell things on Ebay. I stopped trying to be a small business operator a lot of years ago (mid-2000's) when Ebay first began jacking up fees/charges to sellers. Starting to charge a fee on postage and attempting to force sellers to offer 'free postage' ruined it for me.

I've bought a lot of stuff (mostly car parts) from the USA and the GSP works just fine. Fedex is the carrier used for the international leg and the 'last mile' delivery is normally done by Australia Post.

Re: WHAT IS PITNEY BOWES

kh-stanley1 — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:00:21 GMT

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread HERE if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.