topic Re: GSP - Australia in Buying

GSP - Australia

gecko067 — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 04:54:50 GMT

Anyone know and understand how the charges are applied to items?

I’ve just been charged 57% plus postage to Australia on an item <$15

Goods and Service Tax in AU is 10%

I don’t understand how the GSP charges are applied.

Anyone with clarity and advice?

Re: GSP - Australia

gecko067 — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 05:07:22 GMT

Can anyone tell me how I am able to determine if a seller is using GSP - basically I will be avoiding all these sellers from now on.

Re: GSP - Australia

lyndal1838 — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 05:23:49 GMT

The GSP is the postage component of the invoice and it is what it is.....there is no specific % formula.

The GST is 10% of the item cost plus the postage cost and an extra fee charged by Pitney Bowes to collect the GST in the first place.

Re: GSP - Australia

lyndal1838 — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 05:25:42 GMT

@gecko067 wrote:
Can anyone tell me how I am able to determine if a seller is using GSP - basically I will be avoiding all these sellers from now on.

If it is an overseas listing (USA or UK) that quotes import charges then it is GSP.

Re: GSP - Australia

padi*0409 — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 06:14:26 GMT

@gecko067 wrote:
Can anyone tell me how I am able to determine if a seller is using GSP - basically I will be avoiding all these sellers from now on.

The listing will show these features :-

And this on the listing's page :-

Re: GSP - Australia

shoppingbag* — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 07:30:40 GMT

Most of us avoid Global Shipping like the plague, luckily I have never used it, I heard enough horror stories to know not to. There are heaps of threads on this board relating to. As soon as I see their logo, I move on. Someone did put a list of the charges up once, and it is a very long list.