Hi. confusion on my part, but this is nothing new.

[williamf6194]

I posted on a now discontinued subject, and a v. helpful forum member provided some helpful advice.  I sell on ebay.ca living in Canada.  Most of the items I have sold and still have for sale are more specific to the U.K. market.  I find that buyers in the U.K. do respond to foreign sales without me listing on ebay.co.uk.  - which in the past has severely restricted the postage that I can charge to send the item to the U.K. from Canada (it has price restrictions 'thinking' that the item is being posted from the U.K. (Note: ebay.ca could not help me on this problem, an agent only telling me that I could not list on ebay.co.uk, even though I had successfully used it half a dozen times previously without a problem).  I have recently placed an item for sale on ebay.ca and when I check the price for International postage and click on the U.K., it notes that: "This item will ship to the United Kingdom, but the seller has not specified shipping options.  Contact seller etc."  If I go to ebay.co.uk, where it shows my listing as an international listing, on the main listing page it notes postage from Canada of £8.07 (8 Pounds Sterling and 7 pence)  or $13.94 Canadian at this month's average exchange rate.  The actual price from Canada Post is $35.22 or £20.38 Sterling at the current exchange rate.  When I click on postage cost on the U.K. ebay site, it doesn't provide a price, but immediately changes over to ebay.ca, shows my item listing price in Canadian Dollars with postage to Canada, but increases the 'buy now' price by $24.00 Canadian.  I never had problems in the past with postage, and no complaints from buyers. Obviously I charge the exact actual cost to post the item from my location to the buyers, but I have recently found differences in what ebay.ca states will be the postage cost, and what Canada Post will charge me for the exact same dimensions and weight. I weigh my items on a Starfrit letter/small parcel scale, and when I check at the post office nearby, my measurements and parcel weight have always been spot-on.  Has anyone else noticed the discrepancy between the ebay quotes and Canada Post?  Long post - my apologies. WF

[williamf6194]

Hi to the three of you.

Excellent advice and all printed off for reference.  I also received excellent advice from a local (Calgary) seller which I have also saved.  I can't thank you enough for the time you have all spent answering my query when you could be selling/listing.  Cheers to all and Happy holidays. Bill