on 14-08-2019 02:25 PM
on 14-08-2019 03:17 PM
The Americans probably say the same about Aussie Post Charges. If it is cheap postage that determines your purchases, then China should be your country of choice, quality and reliabilty of both item and delivery aside.
on 14-08-2019 03:27 PM
Is the deller using the GSP postal service? If so, have you asked the seller t ship by USPS. The gsP is horrendously expensive for many items. Check out the many many threads about it.
on 14-08-2019 07:46 PM
US sellers are digging their heels in and sticking with the GSP I've found recently. So frustrating when buying small lightweight items.
Even the UK GSP sellers are increasing in number.
on 14-08-2019 08:11 PM
They've probably had too many claiming INR when the item hasn't travelled halfway around the world in less than a week.
on 15-08-2019 05:35 AM
on 15-08-2019 05:53 AM
on 15-08-2019 01:26 PM
Correct - they don't see the total cost of postage using the GSP. A seller I came across recently stated it only cost her less than $5 to post the item to Erlanger, and she would not consider an alternative postal arrangement.
There are also some US sellers out there who still don't realise USPS 1st Class International has eDelcon tracking to certain countries (Oz included). There are conditions to be met (parcel weight, lodgement etc) but it's there and has been for a while now. Sigh.
I recently bought an item on eBay from a US seller who uses USPS 1st Class Int and also dosn't inflate the postage charge. It has become such a rarity to find someone on eBay who doesn't use the GSP that I might add the seller to my Saved Sellers list.
on 15-08-2019 04:38 PM
on 15-08-2019 06:12 PM
Very interesting.
Thankfully the stuff I like is not so bulky. 🙂
The biggest issue I've found is trying to assess whether books are too heavy or not for USPS int.