[78-L] international shipping?

[David Weiner]

Sending a single 78 to Europe usually works out to $22, no matter what service I use to ship it. My philosophy is, if you want it, you'll pay it.

Dave Weiner

On 1/24/19, 12:20 PM, "Dustin Wittmann" <78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com on behalf of dpwittmann at gmail.com.invalid> 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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