stung = ripped off.

How does the GS work in the UK, do they have their own distribtion centre?

Found myself locked into paying 2 or 3 times the regular postage and no way of negotiating it, as it's the system that does it, not the seller. I contacted ebay 'support' for help and after speaking to 4 different people over 2 days, the best they could offer was to cancel the transaction and start again without GS. Both the seller and I were very, very unimpressed.

No, it doesn't show you the shipping price pre-sale (because the seller only opted for within UK), and then when you've bought it you can't request a total, it just decides what the total is and you're locked in. It's pay or cancel. And it opts for 'International Priority', the most expensive option.

Ah, so you're saying that if the postage price isn't visible prior to purchase, don't go ahead. Sounds like a plan.  🙂

Just don't buy anything that's using GS - you can see that info on the listing. "This will be sent by Global Shipping".