@fergua3 wrote:How would Even even know if a product is made in China or not? Ebay should STAY OUT OF IT. Otherwise lots of items that shouldn't be charged tariffs will be and the seller will be the one who suffers with increased fees, lost sales or outright having to pay the tariff.
The US put the tariffs on, they can do the work and expense of sorting it out.
I agree 100% except the last part of the US doing the work, they are incapable, Trumps goal is to stop all foreign imports and at the same time create never ending chaos. I've been watching US media all afternoon, the topic of tariffs is pretty much completely gone, they have moved on to invading Gaza and firing Federal Employees, closing departments like education, foreign aid and outing CIA employees. Hard to tell who is running the country, is it Trump or Elon or Stephen Miller lurking in the underworld.
The only way eBay could handle this is to establish something like eBay International Shipping (EIS), just think "great" that would be!
You could pay to ship your package from Regina (just an example) to a depot in Toronto, there they would slap on an expensive shipping charge and add the duties if any and send it off to the buyer.
The end result is a package you could send direct via CP for +/-$10 will be costing the buyer $20 - $25. Most Canadian buyers who are on the recieving end of EIS are none too happy, happy the item is actually available to a Canadian but definitely not happy about the additional costs and extended delivery times of a two stop service like EIS.
@itolduandso wrote:I find how European system works with IOSS is quite good. No surprises.
IOSS is different becaue it only collects VAT, country of origin is not relevant as the rate applies to (amost) all goods from all countries.
@itolduandso wrote:There is already a field for Country of Origin and HS Code on ebay listing. I am not using the form, but the fields are available in the CSV if you upload in bulk. So that's how ebay would know it.
eBay would know what sellers put in those fields....do you really think eBay would be able to simply accept what is inputted? I'm sure you know that many sellers will fill in false information.
eBay needs to stay out of stuff they really don't understand, they have demonstrated their lack of skills in the field of international logistics over and over. The old GSP and now the EIS programs are so inefficient, it was only through the excessive mark ups they earn and the desperate need to have US sellers offer goods internationally that make them viable to eBay.
If a customs broker submits a customs entry based on the information they were provided a seller/Stallion that is not accurate they would soon find that the customs broker no longer wants their business.
The customs broker, if they supply false information to US Customs they can face a) penalties, b) increased examination of the shipments they process, c) temporary suspensions of their brokerage license and finally d) permanent revoke of their brokerage privileges.
I spent enough time at Customs offices to see plenty of people feel the effects of thinking they could lie to customs and get away with it.
No company like Stallion or Chit Chats wants to put their entire business at risk because a few of their clients cannot be trusted to provide accurate information.
