[Boatanchors] eBay scam?

[Michael Bittner]

My one experience with the Global Shipping Program was not good.  A buyer in 
Australia won one of my items on eBay.  The shipping charge shown to him 
during the bidding process, and to other international bidders, was to a GSP 
shipper in Kentucky.  eBay prevented me from sending him an invoice, saying 
that it would be automatically sent to him by the GSP shipper.  The invoice 
that the GSP shipper sent to him included the cost of the item, the shipping 
charge from me to KY and an extra charge for shipping from KY to Australia. 
This latter charge was more than the USPS charge for shipping the item 
directly from me to the buyer.  The buyer withheld payment and filed a 
complaint with eBay.  We finally settled the issue by dropping the GSP and 
the buyer agreeing to pay me directly via PayPal for shipping directly from 
me to Australia via USPS international first class package.

1.  The shipping charge shown to international buyers was, at least 
misleading, in that it did not show the total shipping charge.  This was 
unfair to prospective bidders.

2.  The total shipping charge via the GSP was more than the charge for 
shipping via USPS.

3.  The only advantage to the seller, that I can see, is that he doesn't 
have to fill out the customs forms.

Mike, W6MAB
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Chesek" <tchesek at ptd.net>
To: "'Howard Ritter'" <hlritter at bex.net>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; 
"'National Radio Equipment'" <national at mailman.qth.net>; 
<Premium-Rx at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] eBay scam?


> Look into the eBay Global Shipping program where they handle the customs 
> issues, etc.  It must be shipped to an eligible country.  Read about it 
> here: http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/shipping-globally.html
>
> Tom K3TVC


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