dodgy global shipping program
@58bcm wrote:
Not available in Australia,so l purchased a vintage rebuild carburetor (ebay usa) and sent through the global shipping program,
3 weeks later l received an email from ebay stating item cant be delivered due to possible restrictions, and dont worry you will receive a full refund, l did get a full refund,, but the $850.00 carburetor wont be returned to the seller, so someone at the global shipping centre has done alright out of it!
what a joke!! a new rebuilt carb. deemed restricted item. theres some serious problems with this service!!!
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Hi, I'm sorry to hear that this has happened to you and you've been put out by this. Yes a seller may get refund and you may get funds of sorts but that's not the point. Time, effort, expectation have now all been shredded to a nothing!
If buying a knife, some fishing equipment, anything to do with a machine's fuel system, cigarette lighters or unusual things that normally sail right through customs, it's an idea to contact seller prior to purchase and explain what may happen and could they please re-list. Best to do it promptly and hope for the best because some keen-eyed punter may spot that desired item and snap it up before seller gets to read your message.
Many sellers, a great deal of them have no idea that GSP has attached itself to their auction. More on this another time. Apart from a few cases where tunnel thinking of the seller is the stumbling block, I've had great success in getting auction / sale changed to First Class Int. USPS or another (and best one for the UK). I save money too.
In the below post from an early thread in the US, user elmih22 explains the simple opt out process. You can C&P that part and send to a seller who stumbles a bit with the process.
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How to opt out of global shipping programelmih22
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โ07-10-2013 12:42 AM
You CAN opt out of the Global Shipping Program.
Go to:
My eBay > My account > Site Preferences > Shipping preferences > EDIT > click 'yes' on 'opt out of the GSP > you will get this:
'You successfully opted out of the Global Shipping Program'.
Also you can 'check' the countries/continents where you do NOT want to ship to. You can check all the places you do NOT want to ship to, besides countries/continents - like PO Boxes, etc.
Also, it is better to always check your listing to be sure that the box for 'GSP' is not checked by eBay.I had my own experience where
I checked all places where i do not want to ship to - but i found anyway few of my listings with the box GSP checked. I had to review the listings and 'uncheck' the box for GSP.
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-International-Trading/How-to-opt-out-of-global-shipping-progra...
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Hopefully you don't have to endure another experience like this again. Cheers.
