Why US sellers should stop using GSP for non-US sales

sedin26 · 12-07-2020, 06:32 PM

The pandemic has really dampened my US purchases because I used to be able to ship to a border mail facility and pick them up but now that's out until such a time as vaccinations are caught up and things are safe again. It's not economically feasible to ship to one of the reshippers and then to canada - it's just as cheap to buy with GSP.

I understand why people would use GSP - I won't buy from them but that's probably fine for both parties. I've worked around it by finding a small number of trusted sellers who I now have a relationship with and who will sell directly to me and ship either in PWE or First Class puffie. The funny thing is that PWE seems to be by far the fastest and most reliable of the services but the parties have to trust each other.

12-07-2020, 06:32 PM	#9
sedin26 Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 117	The pandemic has really dampened my US purchases because I used to be able to ship to a border mail facility and pick them up but now that's out until such a time as vaccinations are caught up and things are safe again. It's not economically feasible to ship to one of the reshippers and then to canada - it's just as cheap to buy with GSP. I understand why people would use GSP - I won't buy from them but that's probably fine for both parties. I've worked around it by finding a small number of trusted sellers who I now have a relationship with and who will sell directly to me and ship either in PWE or First Class puffie. The funny thing is that PWE seems to be by far the fastest and most reliable of the services but the parties have to trust each other.