Global Shipping Program HUGE Increase

[hollywood_australia]

Why does it now cost between $100 to $200 US. to send 12 magazines from the US to Australia. Postage is 5 times the cost of magazines. Recently all the postage pricing went up almost %50. How is this possible. Talk about price gauging. How much profit will they make when nothing gets sent overseas due to ridiculous postage costs.

Sellers are unaware of the huge postage costs forced on them by Global shipping program and were not advised that postage has risen so much. 

Why is there no control over what is happening with ridiculous International Postage costs..

[davewil1964]

No. Why do you ask? Irrelevant to the topic, which is overseas to Australia.

[hollywood_australia]

Thanks for the feedback mate.

Postage costs from the US to Australia seemed to triple overnight. 

I don't understand how this Postage cost can be justified. 

I have collected magazines from the US for over a decade and never has there been such a huge price increase. 

Not sure how I can now buy anything from the USA to Australia. 

The postage cost from Australia 🇦🇺 to USA 🇺🇸 is still the same.

Can't be good for sellers in the USA.

[asporty]

I guess we just have to live with the cost increases, sigh.

Another thing I discovered recently was that postage rate increased from listed US$25 to $40 at checkout for an item I won at auction. Seller was clueless as expected, and ebay said its because their GSP rates are shown generally for Australia on listings, but at checkout they are calculated specifically for my postal code. 

When I protested a bit, ebay rep told me that I can choose not to pay and they will remove any negative strikes. But given other factors, I eventually gave in and paid that extra $15 to get the item shipped.

[repentatleisure1952]

I'm no Rhodes Scholar but wouldn't  $25US be equal to about $40AUD.