I'm confused by this statement. If we didn't have to pay full tax on NAFTA items, then items made in Mexico and the USA that we purchase from stores shouldn't be subject to sales taxes, either.
Are you confusing taxes with duty?
these ebay GSP fees show no discretion between NAFTA items and NON NAFTA items. same jeans, same value, one is made in China one is made 100% in USA, same import charges, something is awry
GSP import charges are described by ebay as:
"This amount includes applicable customs duties, taxes, brokerage and other fees." so if NAFTA was formulated into the equation one would deduce that they should NOT indeed be the same price under the GSP program. i also appreciate the term ebay calls "other fees" how vague, just pay it without knowing what other fees actually are, or maybe NAFTA items are the same price because "other fees" pick up the slack where nafta deflated the price.
News flash: Contracts and service agreements are about covering the area below one's tailbone. That's why we have them in the first place!
not disputing that, my point was exposing contradicting promises to those who may not have noticed the false guarantee so blatantly advertised, only to be untrue. you seem ok with the way this is presented, sympathetic even, as if when it happens to you, you wouldnt mind being slighted.
Having said that, it strikes me as extremely unlikely that Canada Border Services would try any sort of double-dipping trick. In any event, there's an appeals procedure the importer can make through that agency should that occur and the importer should have an iron-clad case.
it was fedex, who double dipped the brokerage fees on a GSP purchase, it DID happen, and yeah you could appeal it, multiple calls, at least 45minutes on the phone, 6-8 weeks maybe you'll get a cheque. you shouldnt have to request a refund from a billion dollar company that doesnt have all the kinks worked out and is offering a service youre paying a premium for, that is not world class service, but extra work for you, their customer.
but that is irrelevant anyways, if you did dispute the double charge they would release the hounds the paperwork is already in order:
" i. Exclusions. You alone are responsible for any customs duties, taxes, surcharges, fines, penalties, or other charges which may be imposed on you by customs or tax officials after a GSP Item has successfully cleared customs and been delivered to (or made available for pickup at) the delivery address specified by you." Sincerely, ebay lawyer
How is trying to encourage more sellers to export their items not caring less about the American economy, or eBay's bottom line, even? What's good for General eBay is good for the USA, after all.
im not sure if youre being facetious here, or dont fully understand how the economies of business work.
how is now including a middle man that increases the price of service, cutting out the government USPS, or charging a levy to use USPS encouraging to foreign buyers? look around, there are threads of international buyers who skip over any listings with these added fees, taking their cyber shopping trips to anywhere but american sellers who offer this program.
If you believe ebay added this service for the good of the nation and not being a business with fiduciary responsibilities to their investors you are seriously deluded. ebay it self has bean counters that creatively keep them from paying their fare share to your american government (albeit within the letter of the law). depsite being founded in the land of opportunity and their love affair with american sellers, their actions are to channel payments through other countries +corporate tax rates in order to make more and pay less, some gratitude huh, these are published facts, no conspiracies here. this is nothing new in business either, all the cool kids are doing it; facebook, apple, google uses ireland bermuda bahamas as their base of operations. thats all fine and good, thats the culture of corporations, just dont be naive about it.
If you have "no problem paying taxes," then you should have no problem with the Global Shipping Program. Indeed, you should be embracing it because it's collecting taxes that are going increasingly uncollected for shipments made through the postal system. It sounds to me as though you've never had to pay taxes on an item valued at more than C$20 that's been sent from the U.S. by mail, but the possibility of that always exists. And those taxed items would also be subject to a C$9.95 processing charge from Canada Post.
GSP is a corporate program, paying taxes is a federal one. GSP is not a complimentary service run by ebay for the good of my government, they will take their share for brokering the service which will add to their revenue stream, if not, it would not exist. they would not launch this program and pay programmers only to bare no fruit for their efforts. they are reinventing their service overall in the hopes of squeezing extra revenue.
and I have in fact paid taxes on items coming from the U.S several times; electronics, an air pump, camera lens, so on and so on... but there was no brokerage fee attached to them, just cold hard taxes that went straight to parliament hill and all in a delivery time of 1 week, not several as what would be added by a third party shipping facility. I just do not see the purpose or the value of forcing down the throats of foreign buyers a third party shipping company that adds $35 minimum to each transaction, if for no reason other than to increase revenue. Pitney Bowes NYSE:PBI revenue up $5.3Billion with a B, no kidding.
also pay my taxes every year and on everything I buy daily. So ebay, charge me taxes on behalf of my government fairly according to the ACTUAL proper categorical scaled value of an item, be transparent in your charges, dont use the term "...other fees" "rust proof proofing" and give me an arbitrary dollar amount. I want to see exactly what im paying for like on any receipt, I want taxes represented as a % of the value and the duty amount, fair is fair. if you cant tell me what im paying for you shouldnt be charging me for it, or then its obviously profiteering with a little bit of taxes added in as guise to justify it.
somehow you seem ok with paying extra service fees and dont seem insulted by their weasel wording, defending evil empire as it were, do you own ebay stock?
