[78-L] international shipping?

[Dustin Wittmann]

The Global Shipping program is completely voluntary and generally entered
into only by completely clueless vendors who are too stupid to print off an
international label and complete a customs declaration. It just uses eBay
as an intermediary to do the big scary international shipping for you. They
charge ripoff level rates to pad their coffers. That said, $25 isn't that
bad for international shipping. Maybe a little high. Most higher end
dealers charge somewhere in that neighborhood.

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 11:14 AM Malcolm <malcolm at 78data.com.invalid wrote:

>
> I don't think I've see this mentioned here before, and I may be the only
> one on the planet that didn't know about it since I don't have Facebook,
> but here goes. I recently found a 78 on eBay that I wanted and won the
> auction. Record sold for a very nice price and it's in England. Turns
> out there's some kind of shipping agreement eBay, as a business, has
> with Britain and, I am assuming, most other international sellers.
> Turns out there's a good reason for the low seller's price. The shipping
> for one 78 now costs me almost $25 USD. My well priced record now
> becomes a high priced one. The terms are called the "eBay.com Global
> Shipping Program" with an effective date of Sept. 12, 2014. You can go
> here to see it:
> https://pages.ebay.com/shipping/globalshipping/buyer-tnc.html
> I am royally shocked. I have paid for and received 78s from Europe and
> Britain since 2014 and never been hit so hard for shipping. Maybe it's
> because I bought from individuals and the terms of the eBay agreement do
> not seem to apply there.
> This program stifles international commerce on a small scale (I'm sure
> there are nice breaks for wholesale or bulk buyers/sellers) and is
> seemingly discriminatory. Instead of promoting international trade it
> effectively stifles it. The swine.
> So, no more records for me from anywhere except the good ol' Ewe Ess Ay!
> Comments?
> Malcolm R
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