As a buyer, is there any way to opt out of GSP (or whatever ebay calls it now)?

[devicemodder16]

I'm located in canada, and i buy from the US quite often. I've found that when my orders come in via GSP (or whatever it is, just gonna call it GSP for simplicity), the shipping takes twice as long than it would if it were shipped direct via USPS > Canada Post.

Also, I've had them lose a few of my items in the past

Is there a way that I can blanket opt-out of having my orders shipped through GSP, seeing as they make the delivery take longer, and lose my stuff sometimes?

Or is it more of a message the seller and ask them not to use GSP to ship out.

[marnotom!]

The international forwarding service for the .com site is now unimaginatively called “eBay International Shipping” (eIS). The GSP is still a thing on the UK site, however.

eIS and the GSP are the seller’s choice. Most sellers use these services because they come with quite a few perks and incentives that make direct international shipping quite unattractive in comparison.

At least for sellers. Buyers, not so much.

You’ll have to check in with the seller to see if they’re willing to cancel the listing and relist it with direct international shipping to Canada. They can’t just change the listing with a few keystrokes, unfortunately.

For what it’s worth, I doubt your lost items were actually lost at the eIS forwarding hub. eIS has a pretty strict set of rules for sellers to follow when it comes to preparing and packaging items, particularly if lithium-ion batteries are involved, and items will dead-end at the hub if they’re unable to be forwarded due to non-compliance. For some reason, sometimes these items don’t get a final scan that notes their fate.