Buy a macbook in the US and ship to Canada - shipping cost EIS costs btw 220 - 258 dollars? Haha
Summary: The discussion revolves around the costs associated with purchasing a MacBook in the US and shipping it to Canada. Participants, including itolduandso and others, are surprised by the estimated shipping and EIS costs ranging between 220 and 258 dollars. Participants share their reactions, possibly finding the costs unexpectedly high, and engage in back-and-forth chatter to understand or discuss these charges further. No specific solutions or actions are mentioned in the thread.
And that doesn't incldue import fees and taxes.
So even a 500 used laptop gets a 258 canadian dollars shipping charge. It's not one but many of the macbooks listings have these sort of shipping fees.
So if this is sort of shipping cost Ebay has for things to ship cross border then I don't see myself signing up for IES. I rather eat the tariffs, if I need to, if buyers don't pay extra or I eat the chair.
I haven't bought a used laptop from the US for maybe like a decade, I used to pay like 30-40 dollars tops. Where are we living now. Good luck ebay with this sort of business.
reallynicestamps
·4 months agoTrump's Tariffs change constantly, possibly depending on whether he managed a solid bowel movement recently.
If your buyer doesn't like the price before they pay, they will not buy.
itolduandso
OP4 months agoSo meaning the IES shows the tariffs and shipping one amount, so it's included in the total the buyer see when they look up the listing? If they sort the listing by item total and shipping total, is the tariff already included in the the shipping they shown?
Or is the total showing when they check out?
How does the Ebay tariff calculation compare to Zonos? I found even for the same HS Code, Zonos doesn't match with Stallion Express (I have created a separate post for this in the forum here).
marnotom!
·4 months agoAs has been pointed out already, you can still offer shipping via Stallion to the United States in addition to eIS when and if you get opted into the program.
itolduandso
OP4 months agoOh that's good. And I can also offer the Stallion for Canada and International along with eIS? Or just to US?
marnotom!
·4 months agoYes, you can offer Stallion along with eIS for your non-US international sales. Apologies for the lack of clarity on that point.
itolduandso
OP4 months agoIs there sort of way calculate various combination weight, size, distance (postal code, zip code, country code) to find out what the EIS rates are?
I haven't received the invite to EIS yet, been slugging along with Stallion Express mostly and I got used to the hassle but if I do get the invite, I would like to know how much is it going to affect my sales.
So I would like kind of compare what the rates are, currently side by side, a few example items different sizes and weights and I would use different postal codes by distance to see how much they come up to.
Does EBay have a shipping calculator for this EIS?
reallynicestamps
·7 months agoFrom 2020 to 2025 we had a de minimus of $150 on NAFTA purchases.
Before that it was $20.
The size of the package makes a difference. If the seller gave the wrong size (larger than accurate) eIS and shippers accept the larger /dimensional sizing.
And the cost of shipping by USPS has not only risen, but there is currently a "seasonal" surcharge.
Other companies may have the same sort of "seasonal " surcharges.
None are excuses, but may be part of the explanation.
then I don't see myself signing up for IES. I rather eat the tariffs, if I need to, if buyers don't pay extra or I eat the chair.
That's.....
Either you are here to make a profit or to run a charity.
If you don't want to make a profit, then donate your goods to a charity that can distribute the money locally.
We all pay taxes, which includes duty and tariffs on imports.
But we pay them to Canada, for the benefit of Canadians.
And I see no reason to pay for Donald Trump's insanity.
marnotom!
·7 months agoJust over a year ago, USPS announced that it was eliminating or renegotiating the commercial discounts that it gave to consolidators that piggybacked on the USPS network. This would have affected services such as DHL GlobalPost.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/usps-ending-discounts-shipping-consolidators/3643009/
I noticed that after this change was announced, eIS's shipping rates for listings where the import charges were deferred (DDU) shot way up, but its rates for listings where import charges were paid at checkout (DDP) seemed to be relatively stable, but this was for smaller, less expensive items than MacBooks. I think the DDU items to Canada are generally handled by DHL while the DDP items to Canada are generally handled by Asendia, but don't quote me on that.
eIS may be using a completely different set of carriers for electronics than the ones it uses for lower-value items and adding a stiff premium because of the nature of items: pricey and fraud-prone. I did find one listing for a MacBook where the seller was using Priority Mail International for US$60/C$85 to Canada, but they had a feedback rating of 1, so read into that what you want.
Using eIS doesn't prevent you from offering other shipping methods in your listings in addition to eIS. It just looks that way to us because most US sellers don't do this. That's something to keep in mind when you do get opted into the program.
fh991586
·7 months agoIs this a joke?
There are a lot of things that were cheaper a decade ago!
Just source them within Canada...
mrdutch1001
·7 months agoTotally agree!...I am all for buy Canadian, Sell Canadian, support the Canadian economy and eff the USA!
john_koenig99
·7 months agoIt's all relative. There are plenty of MacBook listings from the US with more reasonable shipping charges.
Moreover, there are many more that ship from Canada; quite a lot offering free shipping.
flipistics
·7 months agoMore than a quarter of my sales this month have been international through eIS. The program may not be perfect, but it does seem to be working rather well. Hopefully they'll be able to get the shipping prices a little lower as the program matures.