The Australian Government is going to impose the GST 10% on all over seas transactions

[marakorpa]

The Australian Government is going to impose the GST at 10% on all overseas trading in Ebay.  This looks like we will soon have a 15%GST before the next elections.

It also means that Australian buyers will not only be paying the exhorbinate postage costs that come out of the US and the UK but as these are services we will also be paying 10% more to cover GST.

A simple example is thus: An item selling at $20au with the usual UK postage at around $35.00au will now cost another 55 cents.  A lot of us are bypassing UK and US items now, with the next impost Ebay is going to struggle holding on to the market. IMO.

[dazzledayz]

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@brerrabbit585 wrote:
Why do old threads get dragged up? Often it's because people intent on having a rant are so wound up they don't stop to check dates or to go through the latest threads, and some actually prefer to bring up old threads just to annoy others.

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It's really a problem caused by Lithium (who runs these forums) for not putting a time limit on the hints it throws up when someone is initiating a post.

They really need to limit resurrections to less than 12 months in order to keep the entire post relevant.

The problem is then exacerbated by the new poster who does not check the initial posting date when they click on the hinted old post.

Maybe Lithium should provide a date alongside the hints.