GSP - Australia

[gecko067]

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?

[gecko067]

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.

[lyndal1838]

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.

[lyndal1838]

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@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.

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

[padi*0409]

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@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.

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The listing will show these features :-

And this on the listing's page :-

[shoppingbag*]

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.