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On 1/2/2021 at 3:37 AM, joss said:

Ebay is applying its Global Shipping Program on UK items since about 10 days. I inquired about that questionably practice on Ebay's message board but have received no response. Not that many UK sellers have yet embraced the Global Shipping Program, fortunately, but I am quite confident that Ebay will force them to do that very soon.

 

The Global Shipping Program is extremely expensive and overcharges on import tax as well as on the actual shipping cost. It may be convenient for sellers but it seems to be designed to make profit on the buyer's expense in addition to what Ebay already charges the sellers. Since the introduction of the Global Shipping Program in the USA, I have cut my US buys with more than 75% and the same will now happen with my UK buys.

 

US sellers can opt out of the Global Shipping Program, and we opted out years ago when we saw the horrendous cost to the buyer.

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2 hours ago, terim said:

 

US sellers can opt out of the Global Shipping Program, and we opted out years ago when we saw the horrendous cost to the buyer.

 

That is quite brave. And that is another sneaky feature of the GSP: sellers are left completely unaware about the shipping cost that their buyers have to pay to Ebay.

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On 1/2/2021 at 10:51 AM, Uncial said:

Just so you're aware, the cut-off point here is €22

 

22€ is also the limit for Belgium and with current exchange rate that is circa USD 26.50.

Nevertheless, the Global Shipping Program already charges import tax for items valued as low as USD 22,80, as noticed just a minute ago when bidding on a pen from a US seller. This is fraudulent money making.

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12 minutes ago, joss said:

 

22€ is also the limit for Belgium and with current exchange rate that is circa USD 26.50.

Nevertheless, the Global Shipping Program already charges import tax for items valued as low as USD 22,80, as noticed just a minute ago when bidding on a pen from a US seller. This is fraudulent money making.

 

Tell the seller.

Add lightness and simplicate.

 

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3 hours ago, joss said:

 

22€ is also the limit for Belgium and with current exchange rate that is circa USD 26.50.

Nevertheless, the Global Shipping Program already charges import tax for items valued as low as USD 22,80, as noticed just a minute ago when bidding on a pen from a US seller. This is fraudulent money making.

 

Oh, let's call it what it really is: it's theft.

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On 1/3/2021 at 5:55 PM, terim said:

 

US sellers can opt out of the Global Shipping Program, and we opted out years ago when we saw the horrendous cost to the buyer.

The utterly ridiculous fees of the Global Shipping Program drastically reduced what I bothered to import from the States. Books that previously cost $5 to post suddenly cost $45 to post. I've never bought from any seller that uses that program.

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i recently sold some items through eBay for the first time in several years and ticked the Global Shipping Program option without thinking too much about it because I'd used it successfully in the past.  Then I discovered that the US buyer of one of my watches had been charged $127 in shipping fees - absolutely outrageous, especially considering the watch took nearly 3 weeks to be delivered.  For about two-thirds of that cost I could have had the watch delivered to the buyer in 3 days.

 

To get a bit closer perhaps to the subject of this thread, Appelboom is now showing its prices to UK buyers ex-VAT.  I had to send an embarrassing (and embarrassed) email to CS after ordering what I thought were bargain offers, because on top of the suddenly cheaper prices I was able to use a 15% discount code.  I know from previous experience how good Appelboom's CS is, and true to form my order was changed immediately and the payment was refunded within 24 hours.  

 

If you're in the UK and are accustomed to buying from the EU, do take care to check whether the prices are inclusive or exclusive of VAT.  I get the impression that a lot of retailers aren't quite sure what's meant to happen with sales to UK residents.

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I have a Duofold Mandarin Yellow at the airport waiting for me to do the customs clearances. I had completely forgotten the consequences of Brexit before pulling the trigger and now I am about to find it the hard way. Beaurocracy, fees and duties to get the merchandise, losing time, unnecessary paperwork. At least I will now remember to unfavor my UK based eBay sellers. I’m sure that a solution will be worked out soon.

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Hysterically Historically speaking, during the period when Britain was Great, it was not a member of the non-existent EU. "There is a tide in the affairs of men".

 

Toodles!

Add lightness and simplicate.

 

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I have also encountered the same issue. Have ordered a couple of pens from ebay-UK but nothing yet. And this is after paying sky-high postage.

 

For those of you who are based in Europe, could you recommend local European vendors? Are there similar marketplaces? I noticed that Ebay in Spain doesn't have much to offer.

 

Thanks a million.

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Technically/geographically the UK is still in Europe.

As to EU Vendors:

 

Add lightness and simplicate.

 

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33 minutes ago, Penspotting said:

I have also encountered the same issue. Have ordered a couple of pens from ebay-UK but nothing yet. And this is after paying sky-high postage.

 

For those of you who are based in Europe, could you recommend local European vendors? Are there similar marketplaces? I noticed that Ebay in Spain doesn't have much to offer.

 

Thanks a million.


Depends what you’re looking for. 
chemapen from Spain has a good collection, not to many specialties but mostly “casual” pens 

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Depends what you’re looking for. 
chemapen from Spain has a good collection, not to many specialties but mostly “casual” pens 

Thanks for the tip. I will check them out.

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On 1/15/2021 at 1:37 PM, Uncial said:

Um, now probably isn't the best time to declare Britain Great again. Lol.

 

This.

 

Britain is a nation that single handedly turned the tide of a war. Summer 1940, the Battle of Britain. Hitler thought he'd walk into the Houses of Parliament. We thought different. And we won.

 

Engaging in schoolyard "I'm not friends with you any more" nonsense in a manner that will have knock-on effects for the economy and our ongoing relaitonships with our geographical neighbours for decades to come?

Stuff offshore wind farms. We could power the nation by hooking a dynamo up to Winston Churchilll spinning in his grave.

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