"eBay doesn't have that functionality, so the prices of all items listed here are essentially GST inclusive (so you could say that OS buyers technically pay it anyway)." I see. So what you are saying is that all sellers are registered for GST and do their bas returns religiously, and send off the GST $ to the govenment. I am impressed. Here was I thinking that no-one on here paid GST.

Oh yes. That's what I'm saying. 😐 (This is not the first time you've drawn incorrect conclusions from something I've posted, so perhaps you'll excuse the sarcasm and 😐 ...perhaps not).

I said that the prices on eBay are GST inclusive, in that it's impossible to charge two separate amounts to make up a purchase price on eBay Australia.

Then I said that technically you could say that overseas buyers already pay GST on goods purchased in Australia.

I didn't say anything about what sellers then do with the GST component of their prices, nor go on to apply that activity to all sellers on eBay, so I'm confused as to why you did.

As such, the only conclusion for you to draw from what I said is that technically, all prices for items from Australian sellers are GST inclusive, ergo prices paid by overseas buyers technically include a GST component. What then becomes of said GST component will depend on a seller's individual circumstances, but in so far as GST "collected" from an overseas buyer, that would then mean a slightly higher profit margin for the seller if it doesn't have to be passed on. Ditto that for sellers that don't have to register for GST.

Ok?