HAS ANYBODY USED GLOBLE SHIPPING COMPANY? I AM STILL WAITING ON MY PARCEL AFTER MESSAGE 10 TIMES EBA

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POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE E-BAY REGARDING FLOLLOW UP ON PARC EL LOST. TO THIS DAY I AM STILL WAITING ON MY PARCEL, THEY COULDNT SEND TO MY PO BOX ADDRESS (ITS AN AUSTRALIAN POST OFFICE ) OTHER PARCELS GET SENT TO IT ,BUT FOR SOME REASON EBAY HAS TROUBLE . HAVE HAD 10 DIFFERENT MESSAGES WITH WHERE THE PARCEL IS. ITS LOST AS FAR AS I AM CONCERN. I PAID FOR IT AND THE SELLER HAVE THE MONEY ....E-BAY RUNS A CROCK SERVICE AS FAR AS I CAN SEE , THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY LET SELLERS RIP CUSTOMERS OFF. I CAN SAY NEVER GAIN WILL I SHOP WITH THIS COMPANT EBAY. NO MORE HAND OUTS 

[4channel]

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@imastawka wrote:

Watchers are not necessarily buyers.

Some are other sellers wanting to know if it sells for that price.

Some are just straight out tyre kickers.

So, if there are watchers, you may be the only one who actually wants to buy it.

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Well, I have come back to look at certain items quite a few times, they have been snapped up!

BTW: The items that I got the seller to change the listing for are quite likely "once offs". No onlne record of them being sold elswhere.

GSP Pitney Bowes is a hinderance to the every day MFSB.

[padi*0409]

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@4channel wrote:

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Well, I have come back to look at certain items quite a few times, they have been snapped up!

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Then either the buyer was in the same country or was prepared to pay Pitney Bowes for the international part of the shipping.

Then again, maybe you missed out on a relative bargain - even with the GSP - and will have to wait for another on to come up with your chosen "non-GSP postage option".

"GSP Pitney Bowes is a hinderance to the every day MFSB"

But 4channel, sellers are often happy with it since it negates a lot of buyer disputes.................

[4channel]

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@padi*0409 wrote:

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@4channel wrote:

Well, I have come back to look at certain items quite a few times, they have been snapped up!

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Then either the buyer was in the same country or was prepared to pay Pitney Bowes for the international part of the shipping.

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Well either way, if the buyer was in the US and didn't have to pay the GSP costs or in another country and prepared to pay 3 x the amount of shipping that USPS charges, I and others like me still miss out. Due to the time difference, it can be 12 or more hours before a reply comes from the seller. Items can and do get snapped up in that time.

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@padi*0409 wrote:

Then again, maybe you missed out on a relative bargain - even with the GSP - and will have to wait for another on to come up with your chosen "non-GSP postage option".

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Quite often relative bargains, even with rarities cease to be bargains when one has to pay 3 x the normal postage cost. This is something we have to weigh up. With my dealing with a caring seller who relisted the items as USPS, there would be no way on this earth I would pay an extra $90 for postage.

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@padi*0409 wrote:

"GSP Pitney Bowes is a hinderance to the every day MFSB"

But 4channel, sellers are often happy with it since it negates a lot of buyer disputes.................

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That's not what I hear padi.  Please take a look at the many many many threads about GSP. People hurting over being ripped off, having their items delayed taking ages to arrive, items damaged, stolen, confliscated and worst of all ....   paying through the nose for shipping that is substandard.

Many sellers are ditching it and going back to using USPS and shipping via Fiest Class International in the states. One seller I dealt with who helped me (He purchased an item for me from a seller who refused to change the listing) said to me that since ditching Pitney Bowes' GSP, his sales jumped up.

[imastawka]

4channel, you fail to understand.

Sellers using the GSP are immune to any dispute or neg fb

They never hear anything about any dispute, and neg fb is automatically removed.

That's why most love it.

[padi*0409]

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@4channel wrote:

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That's not what I hear padi.  Please take a look at the many many many threads about GSP. People hurting over being ripped off, having their items delayed taking ages to arrive, items damaged, stolen, confliscated and worst of all ....   paying through the nose for shipping that is substandard.

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It may not be what you want hear 4channel, but that's the way it is if the seller doesn't want to send any other way than by the GSP - and as Stawks says many sellers are happy to use the GSP to cover themselves against disputes.

I've seen probably all of the GSP related threads, and the main person that has a problem with it is you - if you don't want to use the GSP then don't, but don't carry on like a pork chop about it when things don't go your way.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@4channel wrote:

Many sellers are ditching it and going back to using USPS and shipping via Fiest Class International in the states. One seller I dealt with who helped me (He purchased an item for me from a seller who refused to change the listing) said to me that since ditching Pitney Bowes' GSP, his sales jumped up.

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suggestions around getting someone ‘in country’ to buy from sellers unwilling to budge have been around for years, especially for buyers who are collectors.

edit: I can provide links to support this post (if you need me to)

Spoiler

still laughing about that kudo

[*tippy*toes*]

I'm just surprised that you were able to convince someone in the UK to ship via USPS. Absolutely amazing. I take my hat off to you. That  would be a worldwide first. Good for you. I don't know of anyone in the UK who is able to ship via a United States shipping service, but obviously you've found someone who is able to achieve that, so I can't help but to be impressed. 

[lyndal1838]

Please stop advocating USPS First Class postage instead of the GSP......USPS First Class is a very limited service because of the low weight limit of 4lbs.

Once that limit is exceeded USPS becomes very expensive.....often far more that the GSP.

By the time eDELCON is added the First Class service is only fractionally less than the GSP.   The GSP is NOT 3 or more times more expensive.

[davewil1964]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

Please stop advocating USPS First Class postage instead of the GSP......USPS First Class is a very limited service because of the low weight limit of 4lbs.

Once that limit is exceeded USPS becomes very expensive.....often far more that the GSP.

By the time eDELCON is added the First Class service is only fractionally less than the GSP.   The GSP is NOT 3 or more times more expensive.

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BUT, if you reference specific low weight/volume items, you too could claim 3 or more times more expensive.

It might not apply in all, or many cases, but one case will do when you're flogging a conspiracy theory.

[4channel]

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@imastawka wrote:

4channel, you fail to understand.

Sellers using the GSP are immune to any dispute or neg fb

They never hear anything about any dispute, and neg fb is automatically removed.

That's why most love it.

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I don't fail to understand anything.

Sellers may at times be protected from negative feedback, but I'm sure that doesn't apply to dishonest or "I wish" grading.

I doubt that most love it. Some sellers have no idea that their items are going though GSP.  Many sellers have gone back to using USPS First Class International in the US and GB post in the US because they are losing sales.