@brettjet38 wrote:
...I have actually purchased from Sellers who use the GSP.
But, I only purchase when it is a large lot or bulk purchase, never single items. I do not mind paying the "fees" as they are all deductible anyway as "expenses" and when it is a large lot having the tracking and proof duty was paid is useful. I just advise my Seller to pack them well as the items will be going to Canada.
That's just it. Buyers have to do their homework and find out how the GSP works best for them. if it does. As I've posted numerous times in the community, no shipping method is perfect for everything. If sellers started shipping five dollar magazines as XPresspost Parcels, we wouldn't conclude that Xpresspost sucked. We'd realize that the shipping method was just a poor fit for that particular item.
I've used the GSP for purchases of cell phones and paid way less in shipping than I would if the seller sent them by USPS Priority or by UPS, FedEx and their ilk. And I didn't have to worry about crazy brokerage fees. I haven't found anything else that I normally purchase that's a good fit for the GSP, but I'm not going to waste my sanity getting bent out of shape about it. The sellers of those items likely wouldn't ship directly to Canada if the GSP didn't exist anyway.
One of the big problems with the GSP is that it's not very forgiving of seller slip-ups. If the seller doesn't provide information on the item's shipping weight and dimensions, the GSP "bot" has to base its shipping charge on a category average, which can result in astronomical shipping charges for small items and occasionally jaw-droppingly low shipping charges for heavier items.
