eBay

th1ngs2se11 · ‎09-10-2023

Yah, sadly I think shopping on eBay is over for me.

Wanted to buy a 1 sweatshirt, cost was listed at C$61.36*Original Price, and then came the kick to the stomache +C $69.22*Shipping...the SHIPPING cost MORE then the item!!

femmefan1946 · ‎09-10-2023

Shipping is based on dimensions, weight and destination, not on the value of the contents.

But I agree, shipping costs have risen and US sellers, who live in the world's largest economy, have no reason to pamper non-US customers.

For what they work with here is the USPS rate chart.

https://postcalc.usps.com/?country=10440

Play with that (use 90210 as your US address) and you will see it is not eBay or the seller who is making those charges.

With one exception.

USPS puts the most expensive choice at the top of the list and the least at the bottom.

Most sellers don't realize that tracking, which is very important to sellers, is included with the cheapest option too.

At least with the last round of NAFTA decisions our duty free allowance from the US rose t0 $150Cdn and our tax free allowance to $40Cdn.

bhch-37 · ‎09-10-2023

I used to price my items far below market value and to compensated for that, I'd charge exorbitant shipping fees. This was done so I wouldn't have to pay eBay as much, and I'd recuperate the fees that I would have to pay through the shipping costs the seller would have had to pay.

mrdutch1001 · ‎09-10-2023

and that is the very reason for eBay implementing the fees on shipping many years back....

marnotom! · ‎09-10-2023

@bhch-37 wrote:

I used to price my items far below market value and to compensated for that, I'd charge exorbitant shipping fees. This was done so I wouldn't have to pay eBay as much, and I'd recuperate the fees that I would have to pay through the shipping costs the seller would have had to pay.

The prevalence of this practice is one reason why eBay started charging final value fees to sellers on the entire transaction value—that includes the shipping charge—in 2011.