I think this new charge imposed on buyers who purchase items in the US is a real scandal!As an average french buyer who loves US items, I can no longer afford to buy because it makes the final amount too high for me. I resent this unfair measure which penalizes the average buyer........and eventually the average US seller!
It's certainly beyond outrageous when a tiny US$1.20 plastic cap (3mm*2mm) which could easily be sent as a standard letter is listed with $26.71 postage through Pitney Bowes.
Hi Marie, we always ask the seller in the US if they will use USPS instead of the GPS before we buy. Some will and some won't or don't know how to move their item out of the GSP. But it is worth a try. (It is a very annoying function that many have just accepted without realising the impact the GSP has on the costs of postage to the buyer.)
They are a law unto themselves as to what they will and will not deliver...often their decisions have no resemblance to what Aussie Customs says are OK for delivery to Australia.
I couldn't agree more.I will NOT being buying anything through sellers who now use this Global Shipping and once you have it you can't get rid of it. I feel E-Bay made a HUGE mistake in implimenting this. It will NO DOUBT cause sales to go down for them and sellers. With Global shipping at $42+ I will not be buying as much with sellers who have GS Where does the extra money go? NOT to the seller I'll bet. NOT HAPPY WITH IT AT ALL.
What an absolute gold-mine for eBay though, taking close to 10% FVF extra on those outrageous postage charges. There is nothing good whatsoever that can be said about Pitney Bowes (unless your name is John Donahoe, of course).
CQ, that is the annoying part.....sellers in the USA do not pay FVFs on international shipping, only on the local postage component of the listing (the amount to send the item to PBs for on shipping).
Lyndal, I was under the impression that it cost the seller nothing to send their item to PB for on-shipping, which is why it's so attractive to them. They don't have to worry about any postage costs at all.
