Australian eBay Sellers Subsidizing Chinese Sellers

[waddingtonfirstaid]

It's about time Chinese sellers pay the proper cost of delivering their items throughout Australia. It's totally ridiculous for Chinese items of less than $5 to be sent free of postage to any destination in Australia, yet this is happening thousands of times over every week, if not every day! I can't send a package under 500g for less than $5, so how can a Chinese seller? ANSWER - Australia Post makes it's profits from Australian sellers like me whilst it makes a loss delivering Chinese imported parcels. It's about time the imported parcels pay their proper postage cost! When Australia Post lists a fall in profits or even a loss, they need look no further than all those millions of Chinese parcels being delivered for next to nothing!

[ajarnjenny]

This comes up all the time on the US boards and most of them are absolutely convinced that their government has a special deal with Chinese sellers and allow them not to pay to have their mail delivered by USPS.

It matters not that US postage is cheaper than ours, so the same could be said of them, but they are adamant that their liberal government is to blame.

[fishingsavertackle]

IT NOT THAT PEOPLE HAVE NOT THE MONEY IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO FAIR PLAYING FIELD ON EBAY AT ALL 

CHINA CAN SEND ANY THING TO PEOPLE DOOR CHEAPER THAN WE CAN WITH  AUSTRALIA POST I GOT A CONTACT WITH THE POST AND IT STILL WILL NO COME CLOSE TOO CHINA POSTAGE WHAT SO EVER.

EBAY IS JUST KILLING AUSTRALIA SELLERS

CHINA SELLING PRODUCT THAT CHEAPER  AUSTRALIA SELLER THAT GET THERE PRODUCT MADE UP OS STILL CANNOT KEEP UP THEM  BECAUSE THEY COME STRAIGHT FROM THE FACTORY FLOOR

THAT WHY PEOPLE ARE SMART BUYER IF YOU CAN GET IT CHEAP WHY NOT

THERE WILL ONLY BE LARGE COMPANIES AND CHINA COMPANIES SELLING ON EBAY VERY SOON NO SMALL SELLER

FROM AUSTRALIA

[waddingtonfirstaid]

The problem would be solved if parcels were automatically sent back if they did not show a postage paid amount clearly printed on the outside that reflected the true cost of delivery in Australia. Only then would the overseas people have to pay the true cost of delivery no matter where it came from. Sometimes I think Australians can be very stupid literally bending over backwards and taking it without doing one thing about being totally screwed. The bottom line is, it is totally unacceptable to be delivering items for less than a realistic cost across the country without something done about it - government needs a proper agreement or automatically SEND IT BACK ! What happens when we don't pay enough? The receiver is charged more. Then maybe that has to happen then people won't buy again!

[clarry100]

I think every article sent to Australia from any foreign country should also have the same postage displayed on it as tho it were posted in Australia. If it arrives here without that then it should be treated as having been mailed without postage and the recipient has to pay up before collection. That would slow down imports and AP would be getting the correct revenue.

[iamanark]

It is not just China

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Look at the booksellers in the UK who can send a book here for $8-10, yet for us to send the same book to the UK would cost $35-40

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So not only are Australia Post losing money delivering UK mail, but so is the Australian economy with people buying from OS as opposed to keeping the money here

[dylan11235813]

all that is required is a reduction in the tax free threshold and a token payment for all imports.

[mydiyau]

Find something that is not made in China and sell it on ebay australia.

[i-love-my-sheep]

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@transoceania wrote:
Find something that is not made in China and sell it on ebay australia.

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Good luck with that!!

[ironiton]

It takes 30-45 days for a standard letter from Australia to arrive in China,I don't think Aust Post are stuffing a container,just the usual inefficiant sub service on both sides.

[ironiton]

Too bad Ebay couldn't cut the mustard in China,we'd all be flogging milk powder and baby formular to them, Try getting a Taobao account,no way if you're not living in China,yet the Chinese can flood our Australian Ebay,