Ebay's Global Shipping Program
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what exactly ?
a problem regarding the shipping politic is that people from outside of the States cant really generate the right shipping costs on the auction already.Its not allowed to ask for any higher Shippingprices than 3$ if it goes to the States doesnt matter if you ship from a whole other country.
a problem regarding the shipping politic is that people from outside of the States cant really generate the right shipping costs on the auction already.Its not allowed to ask for any higher Shippingprices than 3$ if it goes to the States doesnt matter if you ship from a whole other country.
It sounds great, but it doesn't cover music as of yet. I guess eBay isn't playing with all of the fraudulent claims coming from outside of the U.S. anymore. I would sign up with the quickness, but this program only applies to certain categories at the moment. If it covered CD's, Tapes and Vinyl...I'll be all in.
It does actually. My predicament is that Ebay actually sends the invoice and calculates import duty taxes automatically. Us U.S. sellers will now have to ship to Ebay's shipping center in Kentucky and they do the rest. The benefit for us U.S. sellers is now there is tracking for both the seller and buyer. On top of that, if the package(s) get lost or damage we're protected. The only downfall is the import duty tax. I recently sold an item to someone to Canada, and the buyer opt out of the deal because there was a $21 import duty tax. That's why I'm 50/50 with this new program
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Yeah, U.S. customs are doing the same these days. I don't think that any country is going to be able to avoid being taxed for imported goods. We might as well get use to it. I'm sure that you notice the post office typing and asking for more information on our customs labels lately? This is, because every country wants in on every cent these days. It's sad, but these rules have always existed, but now every country is finally starting to enforce these rules.
On the other hand it's still good, because if you customer denies the duty tax, you will receive your package back. I still have yet to ever receive a package back that was returned to the U.S. Yeah it does get shipped back, I can track it, but not one has been returned to me. I've had many of them at some office in Atlanta, GA. and I wish that I would've got those items back, because they were worth some money. I ended up being assed-out of my money and the item. Hopefully this way I can get my item back and put it back up for sale vs. losing everything. Ya know? Lol!
On the other hand it's still good, because if you customer denies the duty tax, you will receive your package back. I still have yet to ever receive a package back that was returned to the U.S. Yeah it does get shipped back, I can track it, but not one has been returned to me. I've had many of them at some office in Atlanta, GA. and I wish that I would've got those items back, because they were worth some money. I ended up being assed-out of my money and the item. Hopefully this way I can get my item back and put it back up for sale vs. losing everything. Ya know? Lol!
I checked the list and I didn't see the music category on this global shipping option. I'm going to call eBay and see what's up, because if music does qualify...I will be opting in.
eBay has finally did something right. I'm sure that they're tired of hearing yelling sellers, when we get those all too common "Non-Receipt" claims through eBay and Pay Pal. Lot's of sellers (including myself) stopped auctioning on eBay for this reason among many other reasons. eBay's sales and auction figures have been slipping and they're scared to raise their fee's nowadays. If you haven't notice eBay hasn't raise their fee's in over a year now. They normally raised their fee's about 2 to 3 times a year. I believe that eBay is looking to create a store atmosphere, because their auctions numbers have fallen tremendously and sales outside of the U.S. from U.S. sellers have fallen significantly too. Basically they had no choice but to find a better solution to all of these fraudulent claims.
eBay has finally did something right. I'm sure that they're tired of hearing yelling sellers, when we get those all too common "Non-Receipt" claims through eBay and Pay Pal. Lot's of sellers (including myself) stopped auctioning on eBay for this reason among many other reasons. eBay's sales and auction figures have been slipping and they're scared to raise their fee's nowadays. If you haven't notice eBay hasn't raise their fee's in over a year now. They normally raised their fee's about 2 to 3 times a year. I believe that eBay is looking to create a store atmosphere, because their auctions numbers have fallen tremendously and sales outside of the U.S. from U.S. sellers have fallen significantly too. Basically they had no choice but to find a better solution to all of these fraudulent claims.
I would assume that it will, but I honestly don't know and we all know about that word "Assume". It's not going to make an "Ass" out of "U" nor "Me". Lol!
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Seems like they are trying to eliminate people cheating on customs forms by marking it as a gift or lying about the value, and also trying to take away the surprise on the buyers who get to know the big fees up front instead of from customs when they go to pick it up. And of course customs fees are an area eBay hasn't gotten a cut of so I'm sure they are ready to get their precentage...
If that scares people away from buying an item, I guess that's better than if they let it rot at the customs office and then file a paypal claim against you because the fee is too high.
If that scares people away from buying an item, I guess that's better than if they let it rot at the customs office and then file a paypal claim against you because the fee is too high.
idk maybe im trippin...hopefully it aint as bad for canada...then again this might not affect cd's that much...i have NEVER had to pay customs for cds whether i ordered them from ebay, amazon, rapbay, sellers on here, nowhere..i had a few big purchases on ebay, like 8 to 10 cds from one seller at a time and i got them no problem...im not a seller though so i have no idea how bad it can get for you guys...and the cheaters, liars, stealers fuck it up for all of us...i myself have never had to file a paypal/ebay claim...i have always received my shit, and the couple of times where the item was in bad shape or not exactly as described, it took practically no effort to resolve...maybe im lucky and never came across a punk seller...yet...haha...
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if you ship outside the us you get an automatic trackingnumber meanwhile. atleast for a few states it changed a few months ago, now you cant ship outside the usa without trackingnumber anymore.
and sincere you charge 13$ extra for tracked shipping how didnt you ship the items tracked then and make a "non received claim" possible?
the point i see is: they try to stop sellers from writing lower values on the custom slips, send packages as gift etc so buyers cant save the import tax anymore.
this is bad for sellers & buyers at the same time.
-some buyers wont bid as high as they did / wont buy high priced items anymore because they would ve to pay import tax then
-sellers will loose customers, get lower prices for their stuff as before.
of course there will always be buyers who want an item so bad and have enough money so they dont care for the import tax but not all which makes it a bad thing in total for both sides.
from an abstract economic perspective you could say if a country gets more import taxes this will make their inhabitants more wealthy and nothing will change because buyers will have more money to buy cds which will equalize the effect of import taxes they ve to pay. if you havin crazy faith in our economic theories you could even say it will be a change for the good because the import taxes will make countries richer to an extent which will make people buy more/higher priced cds, sellers will get more money which they theirselves will bring back into the economy and the whole world will be more wealthy LOL but hell .. i dont beleave it.
and sincere you charge 13$ extra for tracked shipping how didnt you ship the items tracked then and make a "non received claim" possible?
the point i see is: they try to stop sellers from writing lower values on the custom slips, send packages as gift etc so buyers cant save the import tax anymore.
this is bad for sellers & buyers at the same time.
-some buyers wont bid as high as they did / wont buy high priced items anymore because they would ve to pay import tax then
-sellers will loose customers, get lower prices for their stuff as before.
of course there will always be buyers who want an item so bad and have enough money so they dont care for the import tax but not all which makes it a bad thing in total for both sides.
from an abstract economic perspective you could say if a country gets more import taxes this will make their inhabitants more wealthy and nothing will change because buyers will have more money to buy cds which will equalize the effect of import taxes they ve to pay. if you havin crazy faith in our economic theories you could even say it will be a change for the good because the import taxes will make countries richer to an extent which will make people buy more/higher priced cds, sellers will get more money which they theirselves will bring back into the economy and the whole world will be more wealthy LOL but hell .. i dont beleave it.
The major reason why there's import tax is to protect national industry from cheaper international competitors, making the cheaper alternatives less attractive. There is a $33 import limit where I'm at that's been firm since 1975. If I buy stuff worth more than $33 I'll be taxed 25% + a fee of $20 on top of the total price of the item + shipping. the whole thing is absurd in 2012 because for CDs I cannot find the same items in any store here at home. So basically I don't have a choice because I don't have any national alternative. If I want one particular CD I have to search worldwide. My choice is not buying from the local CD shop or getting a cheaper one from abroad -my choice is to buy the CD or not buy the CD at all. Import tax like this goes way too far in interfering with independence and free competition and should be completely removed.
To be honest I don't think the problem will be that huge, from a buyer's perspective, because there will always be ways to get around such and if not I'll just quit buying stuff through ebay. The auctions on ebay lately have a 99% suck factor, it's only mixtapes or major label items while the real interesting stuff drowns in between all the crap.
It might be some Cd sellers that will join this program even if Cds aren't on that list. Good for them but I won't fuck with them then. 99% of all CDs I buy are shipped with normal untracked air mail and I receive each and every one of them. If one seller feels like he don't trust me or anybody else outside the US and therefore is forced to send his 99 cent CD registered then OK, I most likely won't mess with him then
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To be honest I don't think the problem will be that huge, from a buyer's perspective, because there will always be ways to get around such and if not I'll just quit buying stuff through ebay. The auctions on ebay lately have a 99% suck factor, it's only mixtapes or major label items while the real interesting stuff drowns in between all the crap.
It might be some Cd sellers that will join this program even if Cds aren't on that list. Good for them but I won't fuck with them then. 99% of all CDs I buy are shipped with normal untracked air mail and I receive each and every one of them. If one seller feels like he don't trust me or anybody else outside the US and therefore is forced to send his 99 cent CD registered then OK, I most likely won't mess with him then
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I agree. Im not against all regulations (i wish i could have this romantic point of view) but import taxes on oop rap cds not purchased in bulk has nothing to do anymore with the original idea behind import taxes.
Neither seller or buyer benefits in one single way of it, just a third party who dont even need the benefit in this area.
Sometimes i feel economists misuse the science of mathematics. In math you will always find a solution while in reality not. So to use numbers to justify real life actions is not always a way i totally agree with. Of course the science of economy is something to take serious but there are always expections where people should push the numbers behind and check a real situation in particular.
But o i go too far i just wanted to say once again this global shipping program on ebay sounds like bullshit.
But like you said ebay is not anymore the cool place it was anyway and if this makes it even worse who cares. Most people already found ways to purchase cds & tapes without ebay in a way they dont miss ebay at all.
Neither seller or buyer benefits in one single way of it, just a third party who dont even need the benefit in this area.
Sometimes i feel economists misuse the science of mathematics. In math you will always find a solution while in reality not. So to use numbers to justify real life actions is not always a way i totally agree with. Of course the science of economy is something to take serious but there are always expections where people should push the numbers behind and check a real situation in particular.
But o i go too far i just wanted to say once again this global shipping program on ebay sounds like bullshit.
But like you said ebay is not anymore the cool place it was anyway and if this makes it even worse who cares. Most people already found ways to purchase cds & tapes without ebay in a way they dont miss ebay at all.