[Boatanchors] eBay scam?

[John via Boatanchors]

If you want the safest selling method, use E Ham or one of the other sponsored sales sites.  There are few rules and you are not under all of ePays various charges and policies.  Accept only US dollars and state up front that there will be no shipping until the method of payment has totally cleared your bank and that nothing will come back at you later.  State that there will be no returns for any reason and that damage occurring during shipping is between the buyer and the company handling shipping.  This is assuming that you have taken all proper packing precautions. Unless you can get references, sales overseas can be dangerous, even if the above is followed.

73, 

 John,  W4AWM

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: WA5CAB--- via Boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
To: boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thu, Jun 4, 2015 12:40 pm
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] eBay scam?


Those are all reasons why I looked into eBay's GSP when they started 
pushing
it and gave it an immediate thumbs down.  Both Seller and Buyer lose.  
Anytime
anyone is inserted between seller and buyer, there is apt to be 
trouble.  eBay
ignores the fact that obviously someone is going to have to pay 
shipping from
seller to GSP vendor.  TANSTAAFL.

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web
Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 06/04/2015 11:05:36 AM Central Daylight
Time, 
mmab at cox.net writes: 
> 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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