I refuse to deal with Sellers who subscribe to this Money grab scam of Global Shipping Charges

[rosemary2244]

I have never been charged these new outlandish shipping charges through Pitney Bowes ! I will not be forced into paying unnecessary charges on small amounts that my Government Customs would never charge me -- they never have before in all the years I have dealt with EBAY.CA and they dont now -- I have checked ! Therefore I will boycott all Sellers promoting this Scam !!

[cb_delft]

Actually, I don't even blame the sellers so much. Some of them are not even aware that they have it, and the outrageous import charges don't show up for them as they only see the US shipping charge. They also don't realize that Pitney Bowes will repack their carefully packed item (and do a really poor job of it) to make it even cheaper for them to ship. No, the blame lies squarely on the shoulders of the morally-bankrupt folk who run eBay. They know **bleep** well what's happening, but because they profit from this injustice, they happily turn a blind eye.

[esclyons · Accepted solution]

good for you, you are not alone in your being upset with the gsp.. i will not support it either..

if there is something you can't find elsewhere you can always ask the shipper if they will send it usa mail.. some will and some won't..  alot of usa sellers don't even know that they are using the program..

[rosemary2244 · Accepted solution]

Thank You Esclyons ! That is worth a try - Ebay did write me to inform me they had removed my comment as it was against the Guild-line Rules ! Well I feel what Ebay is doing in partnership with Pitney Bowes is morally wrong ! I do intend to report it to the Complaints Board in my country Canada and in America ! I shall be dealing only with Sellers who do not subscribe to this Global Shipping International, and dealing mainly with Amazon & other online Sellers ! I really appreciate your help , I was going to give up , because at 75 yrs old I felt I have fought enough Soap Boxes !! Thank You Again !!

[ypdc_dennis]

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@rosemary2244 wrote:

I have never been charged these new outlandish shipping charges through Pitney Bowes ! I will not be forced into paying unnecessary charges on small amounts that my Government Customs would never charge me -- they never have before in all the years I have dealt with EBAY.CA and they dont now -- I have checked ! Therefore I will boycott all Sellers promoting this Scam !!

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The Global Shipping Program (GSP) is not new.  The Buyer Central discussion board (https://community.ebay.ca/t5/Buyer-Central/bd-p/23003) has over nine thousand posts going back 4 years about GSP. 

Used by American and UK sellers to protect themselves when shipping internationally. Not a good fit for buyers in Canada for small value shipments because we are close to the USA and direct by the post office is often a better deal.

Not a scam. Goods brought across the border by mail/courier are supposed to be taxed if worth more than $20 -- but via the post office many packages are not stopped and taxed.  Anything over $20 that come through with no tax is a free BONUS. The Canada Post handling fee when they do collect tax is $9.95

Lots of Canadians do not bother with GSP listings -- especially for low value (<$100) items.

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If it is something you really want you can ask the seller if they will exclude Canada from the GSP and ship directly to Canada using the USPS First Class International parcel service (has tracking for Canada if bought online, inexpensive, and many sellers do not know about it).  eBay's GSP help files explain how to exclude Canada.

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