12-07-2018 01:00 AM - edited 12-07-2018 01:04 AM
Is there any way that this ridiculous charge could be challenged? Who at some high level could contact Pitney Bowes and get this made fairer? What exactly does this fee entail? I could possibly accept that the GST is included?
on 21-09-2018 01:01 PM
@annipurr wrote:
@anni
Please show me where my calculation is wrong
GST is actually $46.19 if you use BIN. GST is calculated on value of imported item and transport costs, provided the seller is registered for GST.
eBay is not a seller, but an EDP and that loophole was conveniently blocked in January 2018 and effective July 2018, this fiscal calendar.
i used to buy alot from OS, not anymore through eBay. There are other ways...
F*&K this BS. Im outa here.
Pitney Bowes serves the same fuction as ebay in that they collect the GST before the goods are shipped.....the donside is that they charge a fee for doing so. It is cheaper to use USPS so ebay collects the GST and do not charge any extra.
So you're "outa here"? That is a relief.
on 21-09-2018 01:03 PM
@annipurr wrote:
@anni
Please show me where my calculation is wrong
GST is actually $46.19 if you use BIN. GST is calculated on value of imported item and transport costs, provided the seller is registered for GST.
see, I am able to admit when I get something wrong.
Can you see where your GST calculation is wrong?
on 21-09-2018 02:07 PM
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22-09-2018 09:41 AM - edited 22-09-2018 09:42 AM
@ k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:
see, I am able to admit when I get something wrong.
Can you see where your GST calculation is wrong?
SpoilerI can!
I really thought anni would come back to refute my post saying that they had an error in calculating the GST on that item, but they haven’t yet.
Anyway, here is the breakdown:
Item BIN price US$319
Postage US$21.78
Import charges US$41.51
So, the GST on the item+postage would be 10% of US$319+US$21.78 = US$340.78/10 = US$34.08
The import charge is made up of the GST plus a PB charge for collection of GST and processing documentation. In this case the PB component of the US$41.51 is US$41.51 - US$34.08 = US$7.43
Here’s where many members, self included, can make some calculation errors. The PB charge is subject to GST i.e. GST is charged on the fee applied by PB to collect GST (ouch!). So, 1/11th of that PB charge is GST as that charge is GST inclusive. For this item that is 1/11th of US$7.43 = US$0.68
If the exchange rate used is averaged from the rates shown in the jpg ($21.78/$29.99 = $0.72624, $319/$439.18 = $0.72635) at $0.7263
TOTAL GST is therefore US$34.08 + US$0.68 = US$34.76 = A$47.86
Minor differences in this total occur depending on the exchange rate used (item price calc or postage calc) and when exchange rate is applied i.e. before or after calculating 10%GST. But these would only mean a difference of cents, not dollars.
So, anni had a GST calculation of A$46.19 when the actual GST is A$47.86
on 06-01-2019 11:13 AM
on 06-01-2019 11:16 AM
on 06-01-2019 11:21 AM
on 06-01-2019 11:23 AM
06-01-2019 11:26 AM - edited 06-01-2019 11:28 AM
@sisyphusxx87 wrote:
Then when you go to pay you end up with a domestic postage charge added on to an international gsp cost. The total for postage given on the end of auction screen are completely misleading.
Of course there is a domestic shipping charge, how else would the seller get their parcel to Pitney Bowes' distribution centre in Erlanger ?????
There is a separate payment for Pitney Bowes' postage and charges, the seller may well not even know the item is being sent overseas.
Edit. Perhaps read up on this thread about the GSP.
on 06-01-2019 07:14 PM