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Originally Posted by mfw13
Conversely, if more Canadian sellers would opt out of shipping items over $50 via registered mail (costing $15-20) instead of regular post (costing about $4), sales of hockey southward would increase. I've long since lost count of the number of hockey cards from Canadian sellers I've decided not to bid on because of this...
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You seem to have misinterpreted my post. I have no issue paying the required shipping rate for tracked shipping from the US to Canada...I take issue with paying a 3rd party to handle the transaction as described via ebay but they simply don't do it. Pitney Bowes is pocketing the cash that should be paid to the CRA for the taxes/import fees exactly as ebay specifies it should be.
I have no issue paying someone to have their ass protected from ebay/paypal and their complete protection of the buyer. I simply factor it in my bidding/offer and go from there and can't blame anyone from wanting to be protected on the transaction. The vast majority of users who both buy and sell via ebay seem to now understand how lopsided the chargeback system is.
The GSP is leading to being double charged for the same service and according to ebay "even though they advertise that is how it works, there is nothing they can do to Pitney Bowes if they choose not to fulfill the required fees being remitted". Also should be noted the last 3 items I did have items delivered through the GSP, the USPS tracking vanished after the first facility they were handled at and had no further updates for the rest of the transaction.
Darren