Buying from E-Bay?

[irv]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Unfortunately, International Shipping Rates going outside the U.S. have been going up exponentially in the last few years, with another huge jump this last month.

Import fees are the fees your country or Postal service charges to let items into the country. It has nothing to do with the seller. Some sellers have Ebay's Global Shipping Service activated, which means they ship the item to one of Ebay's clearinghouses, and then they get shipped internationally from there.

Ebay collects those fees from the buyers up front (the sellers don't see any of that). Sellers who use that service would generally not ship Internationally at all if this was not available to them (it's less risky for them), but it generally ends up being much more expensive for the buyer, since Ebay usually rounds way up on any shipping calculation in their favor.

Other sellers who are more confidant shipping internationally themselves won't have that tacked on to their listings, and it's up to the shipping service on your end to collect any associated fees from you, if the type of shipment being sent applies, usually based on value.

Thanks, D. Bergin. I appreciate the info. It's going to make it tough for me to purchase any cards State side now and in the future.

It's funny the shipping/importing differences between cards? Some, it looks like it is based on the value of the cards and others, there doesn't seem to be a reason for it?

I appreciate the explanation.

Thanks again........Dale

[Ray Van]

Irv/Dale ... run far away from any auction that is attached to the Global Shipping Program. You are very correct that a $10 cost can quickly become a $50 cost. I can't understand why ebay charges, for example, $25 US shipping on an item that would normally cost $5 shipping. Outside of this program, most items (95%) shipped through regular means will not get stopped by customs and will not have extra duties and taxes added to them, that's just my experience and I buy a fair amount on ebay.

I can speak from experience as I am also located in Canada.

Also not sure if you are accessing ebay.ca or ebay.com but note that some US sellers on ebay.com will not ship to Canada. So it's safer to view items on ebay.ca but understand the selection, especially for baseball, will be smaller. You still see US sellers on ebay.ca, but only those that are willing to ship to Canada.

Ray

[chaddurbin]

to op,

serious question...did you just come out from living under a rock last month? you just discovered ebay and the high international shipping cost now?

[irv]

Originally Posted by Ray Van

Irv/Dale ... run far away from any auction that is attached to the Global Shipping Program. You are very correct that a $10 cost can quickly become a $50 cost. I can't understand why ebay charges, for example, $25 US shipping on an item that would normally cost $5 shipping. Outside of this program, most items (95%) shipped through regular means will not get stopped by customs and will not have extra duties and taxes added to them, that's just my experience and I buy a fair amount on ebay.

I can speak from experience as I am also located in Canada.

Also not sure if you are accessing ebay.ca or ebay.com but note that some US sellers on ebay.com will not ship to Canada. So it's safer to view items on ebay.ca but understand the selection, especially for baseball, will be smaller. You still see US sellers on ebay.ca, but only those that are willing to ship to Canada.

Ray

Thanks for the info, Ray Van, I did not know that about Global shipping.
Still learning, hopefully not the hard way with those 2 cards I purchased last night.
(I live east of you, in Durham Region)

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

to op,

serious question...did you just come out from living under a rock last month? you just discovered ebay and the high international shipping cost now?

Serious answer, chad.......... I am new here and new to all this card trading/bidding/E-Bay thing so if you'll excuse my ignorance and bear with me a while, I'll eventually learn and hopefully someday I'll be as smart as you?

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by irv

Serious answer, chad.......... I'll eventually learn and hopefully someday I'll be as smart as you?

Doubtful

[MooseDog]

Irv -

If you know or visit anyone in the States and plan on buying a lot it might be worth having your shipments sent there, it will be MUCH cheaper in the long run. Of course you'd have to trust your recipient.

I have a couple of regular customers from Canada, one lives in Vancouver and has a mail box service in Blaine, WA just across the border that he has me send to. Another lives in Toronto and has a son in Buffalo so he has me send stuff there.

[grainsley]

EBay's Global Shipping has indeed made life difficult for us Colonials. I have had very good luck contacting sellers and asking what they would charge to just put a card in a toploader in a p.w.e..........most seem to be quite reasonable about it, $2 or $2.50...and they seem surprised that Global Shipping to Canada for a single card is something like $16.75. (U.S.$$$), so more like $20 to us. A lot of them lose good potential Canadian business because they aren't aware of this total rip-off that they are party to.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Ray Van

Irv/Dale ... run far away from any auction that is attached to the Global Shipping Program. You are very correct that a $10 cost can quickly become a $50 cost. I can't understand why ebay charges, for example, $25 US shipping on an item that would normally cost $5 shipping. Outside of this program, most items (95%) shipped through regular means will not get stopped by customs and will not have extra duties and taxes added to them, that's just my experience and I buy a fair amount on ebay.

I can speak from experience as I am also located in Canada.

Also not sure if you are accessing ebay.ca or ebay.com but note that some US sellers on ebay.com will not ship to Canada. So it's safer to view items on ebay.ca but understand the selection, especially for baseball, will be smaller. You still see US sellers on ebay.ca, but only those that are willing to ship to Canada.

Ray

Found this, Ray. (Below) Thanks again for the heads up!!
I noticed, out of the 2 cards I purchased last night, the Global one I have still received no info on but the other, International shippers, is already on it's way.

Also appreciate the info on E-Bay.ca. I will make sure I use it more/all the time in the future.
http://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling...m/td-p/2728257

[rascalsally]

Originally Posted by irv

Thanks, D. Bergin. I appreciate the info. It's going to make it tough for me to purchase any cards State side now and in the future.

It's funny the shipping/importing differences between cards? Some, it looks like it is based on the value of the cards and others, there doesn't seem to be a reason for it?

I appreciate the explanation.

Thanks again........Dale

Dale, My main selling items on ebay are usually jewelry items. We have a buyer in Vietnam who likes old watches. We no longer ship internationally (due to some real bad experiences) so he has a friend stateside who lets him ship to his (paypal verified) California address and then when he has a few items he then packages and ships in one box to Vietnam. It saves him a ton of shipping charges.
If you have a good friend in the States this might be an option for you?