@collect.i wrote:
I know how GST works.
End of the day as a private seller, I'm paying 10% more on my fees. paying 10% fees + 10% GST doesn't make me feel any better than paying 11% fees.
I'm looking at other options. eBay have fleeced us enough.
It's hardly eBay's doing - they fought against this (along with the vendor-collects model for physical goods that would also see them impose / collect GST on overseas goods), but didn't find much support from users, so backlash now is a bit too little, too late, not to mention misdirected.
The gov wants to tax Aussies on overseas purchases, many OS governments want to do the same with their own citizens and imports. I think you'll be pretty hard pressed to find any seller, in any country, be they private or large corporation, willing to pay another person's tax for them, most people don't even like paying their own.
