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Thread: A warning about the Ebay US Global Shipping Program

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    Quote Originally Posted by jazzcomp View Post
    Most of these items are one-off being sold. It's safer to assume that it can't be replaced.
    Refund would be most logical.

    I decided to get my stuff shipped to a US address. Hopefully shipping and cost is cheap enough to be able to send it overseas on the next purchase.
    I contacted the seller, ebay has returned the item i bought, it is amazing that ebay failed to ship and decided to lie about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skullcruncher View Post
    Just recived a recent purchase from ebay and the seller used this program. Problem is fedex or whoever does the repackaging squashed the item into a box that was too small and damaged it. Anyone encounted this?
    The exact same thing in this video i was just watching earlier. Experience sounds horrific - the guy's channel has a few other rants about it and all the hassle he's had from Ebay. Won't be touching this service at all!

    Surely it's illegal to repackage? Based on the video above, i wouldn't be surprised if people start requesting "before shipping to ebay" photos to start proving some of this crap.

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    It’s interesting with all this negativity about eBay’s Global Shipping Program and of course the problems some have mentioned with delivery.
    Let’s not forget parcel theft occurs here at home also with Australian Post and even courier services. Employees in these jobs don’t require much over an IQ of 86 so like blackbirds or crows they see something shinny any can’t see that they will eventually get caught if they steal it. But enough said there!
    What is more important is eBay offers total protection on ‘most’ purchases, so if you can manage your disappointment of losing that chance of owning something desirable now there will always be another opportunity.
    For me the GSP has been very rewarding and I don’t find I have any difficulty purchasing multiple items from the same vendor to be boxed in one package through the ‘add to cart’ facility. What’s more important to me is sometimes I don’t wish to combine items from one vendor which I’ll explain below.
    GSP has opened the door to the very desirable USA market for me. USA have a paranoid export customs policy in my option which has frustrated and deterred many a vendor from selling overseas even to their neighbour Canada. Now it’s so easy and often much cheaper that dealing with vendors who use other methods of posting overseas.
    As for the desirability to combine post well that’s all very well if the item plus postage falls below $AUD999.99, otherwise import duty, GST and sales tax come into play.
    Recently I purchased an item set from the USA which cost well over three thousand US dollars. The vendor was kind enough to relist them separate which brought each item below the import duty threshold. Even with the extra freight cost I still saved close to a thousand Australian dollars should I have had to pay duty.
    I imagine if your purchasing something for only a few dollars per item I can understand your complaint of individual postal costs.
    Anyway cheers and good hunting in your next eBay purchases.

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