If Fedex/UPS can handle duties, why can't Ebay handle it for Canada Post?

[shallow_karl]

Just take the duties off at the point of customer payment, just like taxes and  the the @#$R#@@ fees.

[marnotom!]

eBay isn't a delivery company that's been legally empowered to advance taxes, duties, and tariffs when necessary.

[shallow_karl]

It IS necessary.  It's no different than charging taxes, both are remitted to the government.

[marnotom!]

But it’s not legal for eBay to do this with duties and tariffs.

When you’ve purchased an item from the US that’s been forwarded by eBay International Shipping and you’ve paid taxes and duty at checkout, the shipping company ultimately handles it, not eBay. eBay hasn’t been empowered by law to handle these monies for items imported into Canada.

eBay US has only been empowered by law to handle local and state sales taxes for items imported into the United States. Taxes, duties, and tariffs may all look the same to you, but they have different purposes and legal definitions.

[daisydaisy999]

Not sure this is correct - I checked with Netparcel today when I was having issues getting into Canada Post to see how I would go about sending to the states through them and was told that I just fill out the shipping label  order like normal and they take care of the new charges (duties/tarrifs etc) and it gets charged to my Netparcel account - they are a shipping provider just like eBay shipping is so why can't eBay provide that? It goes through Netparcel's Canada Post account and they charge it back to you, so it seems to me that eBay could be doing the same thing the same as they do with a shipping label...

[marnotom!]

I don’t think eBay and Netparcel are providing exactly the same services, though. My understanding is that eBay’s service is limited to selling shipping labels, while Netparcel is more of a shipping broker and as such can offer the services you’re describing. (I hope this isn’t going to set you back too much, though.)

Perhaps someone like @dinomitesales can articulate this distinction better than I can.

[dinomitesales]

There is no reason why NetParcel would be able to provide Canada Post labels without having the Declaration ID supplied by Zonos.

Can someone confirm whether NetParcel will actually let you complete the transaction and purchase/print the label without providing any Zonos Declaration ID? If it is somehow letting you complete the transaction then NetParcel is using Automated Billing through their own Zonos account and I guess will bill the customers later? I find it difficult to believe they're doing this as it would result in surprise charges billed to their customers after the fact. But who knows.

[daisydaisy999]

this is the exact quote from Netparcel: Our team advised that we have already made the Zonos integration from our end under our account with Canada Post. Any applicable clearance fees will be billed to netParcel, and this applies to the "my netParcel account" (DDP) option from the bill-to party. 

so they take care of it through their Netparcel Canada Post account and bill it back to the sender on your Netparcel account - so Zonos is charging Netparcel and Netparcel is charging the sender.

[dinomitesales]

I'm still surprised by that if true. Hopefully that doesn't cause issues at customs clearance since the sender on the shipping label is different than the sender of record on the Zonos account. 

Who knows. This is all very new.

[marnotom!]

The Zonos website seems to describe a different process than what @daisydaisy999 is experiencing.

https://zonos.com/landing-page/prepay-us-duties

[marnotom!]

Here’s what netParcel has to say, at any rate. It seems to support what DaisyDaisy’s been told, from what I can figure out.

https://www.netparcel.com/cross-border-shipping-changes-u-s-de-minimis-ends/