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john_koenig99 · ‎01-31-2025

Well, this does it then. It's time to stand firm against Trump's actions.

From my part, I am considering these two options:

1) To modify my listings and add a 25% increase to the shipping service to USA based buyers.

Or

2) To remove the shipping services to USA buyers altogether, effectively offering my listings to Canadian and Non-US international customers only.

Thoughts?

motomike_canada · ‎02-03-2025

Imagine having this be your take, lol!

I guess I'm buying shares of Alcan on the dip. We're gonna be selling more tinfoil on this side of the border.

ilikehockeyjerseys · ‎02-03-2025

US buyers have the option to ship independently of the GSP. If a Canadian GSP was like that, you could still ship directly to the USA with a carrier of your choice.

There is also no guarantee that we get these low Tracked Packet rates forever. In a scenario where Chit Chats or Stallion no longer can ship to the USA, there is less incentive for Canada Post to give eBay that kind of discount once any agreement they have expires.

carlmarxx · ‎02-04-2025

Keep in mined that 49% of us in the U.S. didn't vote for trump and don't like him .

visual-sound · ‎02-22-2025

Exactly! All these bleeding heart Canadian Democrats who continue to vote Liberal or NDP should look into a mirror to see the real cause of their problems!

mrdutch1001 · ‎02-23-2025

hmmm and guess what That Harper idiot did to our country a number of yrs back? Talk about problems!

It don't matter what Gov't ya get they all got their good,bad and ugly!

C'est la vie!

always_nostalgic · ‎03-10-2025

Take that **bleep** out of here you traitor

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎03-10-2025

@marnotom! wrote:
My understanding is that eBay has no legal ability to charge and collect duties on sales. When we do see instances of duties being charged and collected, say, for sales from the US made through the eBay International Shipping system, it's actually the carrier who's advancing these charges and then collecting them from the importer, not eBay.

It's the same deal when we Canadians buy items through eBay from outside of Canada and are charged taxes. Those charges are coming from the carrier contracted by eIS (or GSP for UK shipments), not eBay.

Even in countries where eBay does collect and remit taxes for direct-shipped international sales (such as sales to buyers from the EU, US, or Australia), they still have no legal ability to do the same for duties. I'm wondering how people are expecting eBay to "deal with this" potential issue of duties when eBay has been given no legal guidance or authority and it has no idea what it's going to look like anyway.

Can you imagine the daily looks and frustration on CBA/CBP employees during any given day over the last 2 months with the whimpsical updates they keep getting from the WH to procedure modifications? From stories on the news it is just as much of a nightmare for cross border shopping and intl travel inspections.