[78-L] international shipping?

[David Lennick]

Speaking of ripoffs, I try and guide people through Paypal so as to lose as 
little as possible ('nothing' is nice), but last week a Canadian bought 
something from me and sent $30 CDN which was converted into US funds. When I 
converted it back I ended up with $27. Not nice!

dl


On 1/24/2019 12:20 PM, Dustin Wittmann wrote:
> 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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