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@***kaya***renae*** wrote:

 

Surely the sellers can pop something in a post bag and buy a stamp.

 

Especially if they are going to lose a LOT of business, with all the excessive costs that are going to the buyer.

 

I did ask one seller a week ago, to change to Royal Mail and it was a quarter of what global shipping charges.

 

My recent seller (this week)  doesn't seem to know whats happening.

 

 

 

 

 

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With the exception of the larger and/or heavier items which can be cheaper to post through the GSP like lyndal mentioned, most sellers shipping small, light items through it are those who want to sell to overseas buyers, but do not want to risk sending to overseas buyers (I do both, and I certainly know first-hand that while the risks of posting to international customers are almost the same ones as you might experience posting domestically, it's also a lot more expensive when something goes wrong, so there are some sellers that would rather sell fewer items at lower risk to them).

The GSP is reportedly not well-implented, either. I don't know about sellers in the UK too much, but I do know that not so long ago, in the US eBay would check a listing to see if it qualified for the GSP and just implement it, so a lot of sellers found their items were being offered internationally when they intended to list/sell domestically only, and the first they heard about it was when an international buyer asked a question or bought the item - this may still be happening.