Ebay charges import fees now? Lame for Transformers collecting

[justprime]

Contact the seller they can sidestep using the shipping method ebay has them singhed up for and can just ship the regular way I purchased a piece recently and the seller was using the system when I got the shipping quote I contacted him told him it was rediculos he agreed and we shipped the regular way U.S. post

[DecepticonusPrime]

Great, now it sucks to sell AND buy on ebay.

I can't believe another site hasn't been able to make a dent yet...

[Sokar]

Originally Posted by justprime

Contact the seller they can sidestep using the shipping method ebay has them singhed up for and can just ship the regular way I purchased a piece recently and the seller was using the system when I got the shipping quote I contacted him told him it was rediculos he agreed and we shipped the regular way U.S. post

This doesn't break ebay's TOS agreement?

If it doesn't then next time I will probably do that, but if it does I don't really want to risk either my account or the sellers because of this stupid money grab.

[justprime]

it doesn't violate the agreement the seller has the choise it was set up as a fast track for international shipping like going through a broker the problem arises with the fact that they charge for every little step from packaging to putting the shipping labels on, and there customs charge is where it gets stupid not to mention charges like "to fill out paperwork" come on really....if Ebay feels it needs to get its money that way then theres already a problem and remember they own Kijiji so see it there soon

[CKWG]

Originally Posted by DecepticonusPrime

Great, now it sucks to sell AND buy on ebay.

I can't believe another site hasn't been able to make a dent yet...

It does suck to buy on Ebay now that:
-On Jan.27 USPS increased their price sharply
-Some sellers now have this import fee crap
-no more Ebay bucks for Canadian

We have always been spending more than the Americans in buying Transformers....

It also sucks to sell on Ebay that their fees are so high and shipping by Canadapost is so expensive that no international bidders would wanna bid.

[Metroplex79]

I've noticed this on several auctions:

Shipping:_______$xx.xx (approx. C $xx.xx)
_______________Item location: city, state, United States
_______________Ships to: Worldwide

Import charges: To be provided at checkout (?)

But many don't have it. Guess we can still buy from those sellers without having to worry about this.

[Sureshot22]

Originally Posted by Metroplex79

I've noticed this on several auctions:

Shipping:_______$xx.xx (approx. C $xx.xx)
_______________Item location: city, state, United States
_______________Ships to: Worldwide

Import charges: To be provided at checkout (?)

But many don't have it. Guess we can still buy from those sellers without having to worry about this.

nope.

i saw exactly what you posted above and went to buy something. it wouldnt even show me how much it was until after i confirmed to buy it,,,,

luckily the guy let me cancel it

[Metroplex79]

Originally Posted by Sureshot22

nope.

i saw exactly what you posted above and went to buy something. it wouldnt even show me how much it was until after i confirmed to buy it,,,,

luckily the guy let me cancel it

Sorry, I should have been more clear.

Yes. If you see "Import charges: To be provided at checkout (?)" move on to the next seller that does not have that in their listing. I believe the amount is calculated based on the final price. So we won't know how much of a wallop until we actually win the auction/BIN.

Examples:
This seller has it.

This seller has it.

This seller does not.

This seller does not.

It's just another thing we all have to look out for when looking at auctions.

[Gaetznes]

Originally Posted by DecepticonusPrime

Great, now it sucks to sell AND buy on ebay.

I can't believe another site hasn't been able to make a dent yet...

Amazon is getting better!

[pud333]

Originally Posted by Metroplex79

Sorry, I should have been more clear.

Yes. If you see "Import charges: To be provided at checkout (?)" move on to the next seller that does not have that in their listing. I believe the amount is calculated based on the final price. So we won't know how much of a wallop until we actually win the auction/BIN.

Examples:
This seller has it.

This seller has it.

This seller does not.

This seller does not.

It's just another thing we all have to look out for when looking at auctions.

Yeah, I started noticing that and it is absolute BS. You just know the fee itself is set up so Ebay also gets a cut of it. Terrible. Just avoid at all costs, or contact the seller first to work something out before you bid. If I'm going to be charged import fees, I want Canada Customs doing that. Not Ebay. There was one I was look at doing BIN for, but I noticed the set import fees and the fee was essentially nearly 30% of the BIN price. Ridiculous.