[78-L] The Nuisance of UP International Priority Mail & The Global Shipping Program

Fri Oct 25 23:25:46 PDT 2013

I have had NO problems with international postage from the USA to the UK. On the one occasion that a parcel was apparently not delivered I received a refund from the seller (IT was an Amazon item and not Ebay) I then paid the invoice again when the item eventually did arrive (Very Late but not teh senders fault)

I have severe issues with Ebay as a seller as I was banned due to late postage despite that being out of my control and excessive postage costs (£1 or $1.50 no matter how many negatives were bought) with no appeal, no recourse to returning as a seller and that was despite a 100% positive feedback after nearly 10 years selling.

Ebay is skewed in favour (mainly) of the buyer, but theie policies are draconian. Luckily I had a friend who let me use his dormant account to sell and I had lots of regular customers for my railway negs and slides that now buy from set price sales on my website - Ebay's loss!!

No point complaining - Ebay are not interested AT ALL - they still get their money!

Gavin R Whitelaw 

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On Sat, 26/10/13, H D Goldman <thedoctor at discdoc.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [78-L] The Nuisance of UP International Priority Mail & The Global Shipping Program
 To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
 Date: Saturday, 26 October, 2013, 5:17

 Jeff,

 It seems you're pissing on USPS for issues that have nothing
 to do with them actually delivering the package.  I've
 used this service for 20 yrs. w/o issues that could not be
 properly protected, including shipping to Africa & into
 Bosnia during the war.

 Your problems seem to stem from working thru Ebay. 
 Sent your orders outside of Ebay, use the PO or U-Pic for
 insurance & you won't have these problems.

 Just one man's opinion,

 Duane Goldman 

 On Oct 25, 2013, at 7:44 PM, jeffrey smedbron <bottomlessattic at yahoo.com>
 wrote:

 > For me as a frequent ebay seller sending anything Int.
 First Class Mail is a disaster. Almost everything is claimed
 as not received and ebay immediatly takes the money for it
 out of my account and I never see the item again. You will
 never win a claim dispute if you use FC Mail. Even had one
 buyer with the gall to give feedback how nice the item was
 after stiffing me with the claim, so I know he got the item
 and all his money back. Ebay does nothing about this and
 never will. Now if a buyer was willing to make an
 unassociated to the auction paypal back up payment to me
 that I would return after the claim period is over then I
 would do it, but funny how no buyer will ever agree to
 that.
 > 
 > Jeff S     
 > --------------------------------------------
 > On Thu, 10/24/13, Birgit Lotz Verlag <Birgit-Lotz-Verlag at gmx.de>
 wrote:
 > 
 > Subject: [78-L] The Nuisance of UP International
 Priority Mail & The Global Shipping Program
 > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
 > Date: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 4:26 AM
 > 
 > Sending USPS International Priority
 > to overseas customers is an enormous 
 > nuisance:
 > 
 > While letter post will be delivered straight away,
 traceable
 > packets 
 > must go through customs, where both import duties and
 value
 > added tax 
 > will be charged.
 > 
 > One would have to pick up the packet at the customs
 house,
 > which in my 
 > case means travelling up to an hour by car during a
 working
 > day, then 
 > join a long queue.
 > 
 > The alternative is to email customs the invoice, and
 ebay
 > numbers (since 
 > for some inexplicable reason American sellers tend to
 never
 > attach the 
 > invoice on the OUTSIDE of the packet, as required).
 > 
 > My local customs office (in western Germany) then
 sends
 > everything by 
 > mail to a central customs office some 600 km away (at
 the
 > far end of 
 > eastern Germany), where it will be processed further.
 This
 > normally 
 > requires another fortnight (!) until the goods finally
 > arrive at my home 
 > -- with a customs invoice which has to be paid cash to
 the
 > mailman...
 > 
 > On top of that, USPS Priority Mail charges are about
 double
 > the charges 
 > for regular uninsured letter airmail. And the advantage
 of
 > airmail is 
 > brought ad absurdum by this bureaucratic delay.
 > 
 > I therefore always URGE American sellers to send items
 as
 > letters, not 
 > packets, and adjust the invoices accordingly. I am
 prepared
 > to bear the 
 > risk of not being able to track the item (an
 alternative
 > would be to 
 > send by registered mail).
 > 
 > I just won two items from the same seller. I received
 what
 > might be an 
 > automatically generated invoice, charging the postage
 twice,
 > and 
 > stipulating USPS international priority mail.
 > 
 > I then contacted the seller:
 > 
 > "Could you please check the charges for combined
 shipping?
 > 
 > I prefer regular airmail, NOT USPS Priority Mail,
 because a
 > packet will 
 > always have to pass customs while letter post is
 > unproblematic, and 
 > cheaper."
 > 
 > The seller answered:
 > 
 > "Here is the message I receive from eBay when I try to
 > invoice your 
 > transactions -
 > "you can't send invoice for this order .
 > 
 > The item(s) will ship using the Global Shipping
 Program. As
 > part of the 
 > program, buyer directly pays international shipping
 and
 > import charges 
 > to the third-party shipping provider. The buyer will
 still
 > be able to 
 > complete checkout even if you don't send an invoice."
 > 
 > It sounds like you will be hearing from the Third
 Party
 > Shipper employed 
 > by eBay as to the shipping charges owed. Hopefully you
 will
 > be able to 
 > work it out with them. Sorry I can't be of any
 additional
 > help. Thank 
 > you for bidding."
 > 
 > This sounds rather strange to me, actually, this never
 > happened to me 
 > before. Does any one have an explanation? What can I
 do?
 > 
 > -- 
 > Dr. Rainer E. Lotz
 > Rotdornweg 81
 > 53177 Bonn (Germany)
 > 
 > Tel: 0049-228-352808
 > Fax: 0049-228-365142
 > Web: www.lotz-verlag.de
 > 
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 H D Goldman Lagniappe Chemicals Ltd. 
 PO Box 37066 St. Louis, MO 63141 USA
 v/f 314 205 1388 thedoctor at discdoc.com

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